Angus (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Angus was a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elected one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it was one of nine constituencies in the North East Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

Not to be confused with Angus (UK Parliament constituency).

Angus
Former county constituency for the Scottish Parliament
Angus shown within the North East Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Former constituency
Created	1999
Abolished	2011
Council area	Angus (part) Dundee City (part) Perth and Kinross (part)
Replaced by	Angus North and Mearns, Angus South

From the Scottish Parliament election, 2011, Angus was expanded and ultimately split into two separate constituencies; Angus North and Mearns and Angus South

Electoral region

The other eight constituencies of the North East Scotland region are Aberdeen Central, Aberdeen North, Aberdeen South, Banff and Buchan, Dundee East, Dundee West, Gordon and West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine

The region covers the Aberdeenshire council area, the Aberdeen City council area, the Dundee City council area, part of the Angus council area, a small part of the Moray council area and a small part of the Perth and Kinross council area.

Constituency boundaries and council areas

The Angus constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of an existing Westminster constituency. In 2005, however, the boundaries of the Westminster (House of Commons) constituency were subject to major alterations.

The Holyrood constituency covers a southern portion of the Angus council area, north-eastern and north-western portions of the Dundee City council area and a small eastern portion of the Perth and Kinross council area. The rest of the Angus council area is covered by the North Tayside constituency. The rest of the City of Dundee area is covered by the Dundee West and Dundee East constituencies, and the rest of the Perth and Kinross area is covered by the North Tayside constituency, the Perth constituency and the Ochil constituency. The North Tayside, Perth and Ochil constituencies are all within the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region.

Boundary review

Following the First Periodic review of constituencies to the Scottish Parliament, Angus was split into two newly drawn seats in time for the election in 2011. These will be Angus North and Mearns and Angus South.

Member of the Scottish Parliament

The constituency was represented for its entirety by the Scottish National Party MSP Andrew Welsh.

Election		Member	Party
	1999	Andrew Welsh	Scottish National Party
	2011	constituency abolished: replaced by Angus South

Election results

2007 Scottish Parliament election: Angus

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	SNP	Andrew Welsh	15,686	49.1	+4.6
	Conservative	Alex Johnstone	7,443	23.3	+1.3
	Labour	Doug Bradley	5,032	15.7	-0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Scott Rennie	3,799	11.9	-0.9
Majority			8,243	25.8	+3.4
Turnout			31,960	53.0	+3.8
	SNP hold		Swing

2003 Scottish Parliament election: Angus

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	SNP	Andrew Welsh	13,251	44.48	-2.0
	Conservative	Alex Johnstone	6,564	22.03	+1.3
	Labour	John Denning	4,871	16.35	-3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Dick Spiers	3,802	12.80	±0.0
	Scottish Socialist	Bruce Wallace	1,301	4.37	N/A
Majority			6,687	22.45	-10.0
Turnout			29,787	49.15	-8.5
	SNP hold		Swing

1999 Scottish Parliament election: Angus

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	SNP	Andrew Welsh	16,055	46.5	N/A
	Conservative	Ron Harris	7,154	20.7	N/A
	Labour	Ian McFatridge	6,914	20.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Dick Spiers	4,413	12.8	N/A
Majority			7,893	32.4	N/A
Turnout			34,536	57.6	N/A
	SNP win (new seat)

See also

• Politics of Dundee