Angus (Scottish Parliament constituency)
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| Angus Scottish Parliament county constituency |
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| Angus shown within the North East Scotland electoral region |
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| Created: | 1999 |
| MSP: | Andrew Welsh |
| Party: | Scottish National Party |
| Council area: | Angus (part) Dundee City (part) Perth and Kinross (part) |
Angus is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is 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.
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[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Member of the Scottish Parliament
The constituency is currently represented by Scottish Nationalist MSP Andrew Welsh.
[edit] Election results
| Scottish parliamentary election, 2003: Angus | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Scottish National Party | Andrew Welsh | 13,251 | 44.48 | -2.01 | |
| Conservative | Alex Johnstone | 6,564 | 22.03 | +1.32 | |
| Labour | John Denning | 4,871 | 16.35 | -3.67 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Dick Spiers | 3,802 | 12.76 | -0.02 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Bruce Wallace | 1,301 | 4.37 | +4.37 | |
| Majority | 6,687 | 22.45 | -3.32 | ||
| Turnout | 29,787 | 49.15 | -8.51 | ||
| Scottish National Party hold | Swing | N/A | |||
| Scottish parliamentary election, 1999: Angus | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Scottish National Party | Andrew Welsh | 16,055 | 46.49 | -1.78 | |
| Conservative | Ron Harris | 7,154 | 20.71 | -3.90 | |
| Labour | Ian McFatridge | 6,914 | 20.02 | +4.39 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Dick Spiers | 4,413 | 12.78 | -7.66 | |
| Majority | 7,893 | 32.40 | N/A | ||
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| Scottish National Party hold | Swing | N/A | |||
