Angus (UK Parliament constituency)

{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1997-2024}}

{{Infobox UK constituency main

|name = Angus

|parliament = uk

|map1 = Angus

|map2 =

|map_size = 250px

|map_entity = Scotland

|map_year =

|year = 1997

|abolished =

|type = County

|elects_howmany =

|previous = East Angus
North Tayside

|next =

|electorate =

|mp = Dave Doogan

|party = SNP

|region = Scotland

|county = Angus

|european = Scotland

|towns = Arbroath, Brechin, Forfar and Montrose

}}

Angus was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (at Westminster). It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post voting system. It was represented by Dave Doogan of the Scottish National Party who had been the MP since 2019 until 2024.

It was created for the 1997 general election, largely replacing East Angus.{{cite news |url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12074396.Political_battle_plans_drawn_in_rural_conflict/ |title=Political battle plans drawn in rural conflict |work=The Herald |date=24 February 1997 |access-date=4 April 2017}} As a result of boundary changes for the 2005 general election, the boundaries became quite different from those of the Angus Scottish Parliament constituency, which was created in 1999 and abolished in 2011.

The constituency was dominated by farmland, and included the towns of Arbroath, Montrose, Brechin and Forfar.

Further to the completion of the 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was subject to boundary changes which entailed expansion into northern parts of the Perth and Kinross council, partly offset by the loss of Arbroath and surrounding areas. As a consequence, it was renamed Angus and Perthshire Glens, and first contested at the 2024 general election.[https://www.bcomm-scotland.independent.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2023_review_final/bcs_2023_review_report_web_version.pdf Boundary Commission Scotland 2023 Review Report]

Boundaries

{{maplink|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Angus (UK Parliament constituency)}}|frame=yes|text=Map of boundaries 2010-2024}}

1997–2005: The Angus District electoral divisions of Arbroath Central, Arbroath East, Arbroath North and Central Angus, Carnoustie East and Arbroath West, Carnoustie West, Montrose North, and Montrose South; and the City of Dundee District electoral divisions of Monifieth and Sidlaw.

2005–present: The Angus Council wards of Arbirlot and Hospitalfield, Arbroath North, Brechin North Esk, Brechin South Esk, Brechin West, Brothock, Cliffburn, Forfar Central, Forfar East, Forfar South, Forfar West, Harbour, Hayshead and Lunan, Keptie, Kirriemuir East, Kirriemuir West, Letham and Friockheim, Montrose Central, Montrose Ferryden, Montrose Hillside, Montrose West, and Westfield and Dean.

The constituency covered the Angus council area, minus an area round the Dundee City council area, which was divided between the Dundee East and Dundee West constituencies.

Major towns in the House of Commons constituency were Arbroath, Brechin, Forfar, Kirriemuir, and Montrose.

Members of Parliament

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!colspan=2|Election!!Member{{Rayment-hc|a|2|date=March 2012}}

!Party

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| 1997

| Andrew Welsh

| rowspan="2" | SNP

2001

| Mike Weir

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Scottish Conservatives}}" |

| 2017

| Kirstene Hair

| Conservative

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Scottish National Party}}" |

| 2019

| Dave Doogan

| SNP

Election results

File:Angus Results 1997-2019.png

= Elections in the 2010s=

{{Election box begin|title=General election 2019: Angus{{cite web |title=UKPE 2019 SPN NOP Situation of polling places - Angus (PDF) |url=https://www.angus.gov.uk/media/ukpe_2019_spn_nop_situation_of_polling_places_angus_pdf |website=Angus Council |access-date=14 November 2019}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/politics/constituencies/S14000004|title=Angus parliamentary constituency - Election 2019|access-date=2019-12-15|language=en-GB}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Scottish National Party

|candidate = Dave Doogan

|votes = 21,216

|percentage = 49.1

|change = +10.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Scottish Conservatives

|candidate = Kirstene Hair

|votes = 17,421

|percentage = 40.4

|change = −4.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats

|candidate = Ben Lawrie

|votes = 2,482

|percentage = 5.7

|change = +2.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Scottish Labour

|candidate = Monique Miller

|votes = 2,051

|percentage = 4.8

|change = −8.2

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 3,795

|percentage = 8.7

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 43,170

|percentage = 67.5

|change = +4.5

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Scottish National Party

|loser = Scottish Conservatives

|swing = +7.7

}}

{{Election box begin

| title=General election 2017: Angus{{Cite web|url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/general-election/general-election-snp-reselects-54-mps-1-4426658|title=General Election: SNP reselects 54 MPs|website=www.scotsman.com|date=22 April 2017 }}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Scottish Conservatives

|candidate = Kirstene Hair

|votes = 18,148

|percentage = 45.2

|change = +16.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Scottish National Party

|candidate = Mike Weir

|votes = 15,503

|percentage = 38.6

|change = −15.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Scottish Labour

|candidate = William Campbell

|votes = 5,233

|percentage = 13.0

|change = +4.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats

|candidate = Clive Sneddon

|votes = 1,308

|percentage = 3.3

|change = +0.6

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 2,645

|percentage = 6.6

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 40,192

|percentage = 63.0

|change = −4.6

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Scottish Conservatives

|loser = Scottish National Party

|swing = +16.3

}}

{{Election box begin | title= General election 2015: Angus{{cite web|title=Election Data 2015|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017112223/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|archive-date=17 October 2015}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.angus.gov.uk/downloads/file/1262/angus_constituency_-_declaration_of_results |title=Angus Constituency - declaration of results - UK Parliamentary Election - Downloads - Angus Council |access-date=2015-08-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923172223/http://www.angus.gov.uk/downloads/file/1262/angus_constituency_-_declaration_of_results |archive-date=2015-09-23 |url-status=dead }}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Scottish National Party

|candidate = Mike Weir

|votes = 24,130

|percentage = 54.2

|change = +14.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Scottish Conservatives

|candidate = Derek Wann

|votes = 12,900

|percentage = 29.0

|change = −1.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Scottish Labour

|candidate = Gerard McMahon

|votes = 3,919

|percentage = 8.8

|change = −8.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = UK Independence Party

|candidate = Calum Walker

|votes = 1,355

|percentage = 3.0

|change = +1.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats

|candidate = Sanjay Samani

|votes = 1,216

|percentage = 2.7

|change = −8.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Scottish Greens

|candidate = David Mumford

|votes = 965

|percentage = 2.2

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 11,230

|percentage = 25.2

|change = +16.5

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 44,485

|percentage = 67.6

|change = +7.2

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Scottish National Party

|swing = +8.3

}}

{{Election box begin | title= General election 2010: Angus{{cite web|title=Election Data 2010|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726162034/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|archive-date=26 July 2013}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Scottish National Party

|candidate = Mike Weir

|votes = 15,020

|percentage = 39.6

|change = +5.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Scottish Conservatives

|candidate = Alberto Costa

|votes = 11,738

|percentage = 30.9

|change = +1.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Scottish Labour

|candidate = Kevin Hutchens

|votes = 6,535

|percentage = 17.2

|change = −0.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats

|candidate = Sanjay Samani

|votes = 4,090

|percentage = 10.8

|change = −6.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = UK Independence Party

|candidate = Martin Gray

|votes = 577

|percentage = 1.5

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 3,282

|percentage = 8.7

|change = +4.5

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 37,960

|percentage = 60.4

|change = −0.1

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Scottish National Party

|swing = +2.2

}}

= Elections in the 2000s =

{{Election box begin | title=General election 2005: Angus{{cite web|title=Election Data 2005|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054249/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2005/html/674.stm|title=Election 2005; Result: Angus|date=2005-05-16|work=BBC News|publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=2008-07-26}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Scottish National Party

|candidate = Mike Weir

|votes = 12,840

|percentage = 33.7

|change = +0.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Scottish Conservatives

|candidate = Sandy Bushby

|votes = 11,239

|percentage = 29.5

|change = −2.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Scottish Labour

|candidate = Douglas Bradley

|votes = 6,850

|percentage = 18.0

|change = −0.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats

|candidate = Scott Rennie

|votes = 6,660

|percentage = 17.5

|change = +2.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Scottish Socialist Party

|candidate = Alan Manley

|votes = 556

|percentage = 1.5

|change = −0.4

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 1,601

|percentage = 4.2

|change = +1.6

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 38,145

|percentage = 60.5

|change = +6.4

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Scottish National Party

|swing = +1.3

}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 2001: Angus{{cite web|title=Election Data 2001|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054450/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2001/results_constituencies/constituencies/012.stm|title=Vote2001: Results & Constituencies|work=BBC News|publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=2008-07-26}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Scottish National Party

|candidate = Mike Weir

|votes = 12,347

|percentage = 35.3

|change = −13.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Scottish Conservatives

|candidate = Marcus Booth

|votes = 8,736

|percentage = 25.0

|change = +0.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Scottish Labour

|candidate = Ian McFatridge

|votes = 8,183

|percentage = 23.4

|change = +7.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats

|candidate = Peter Nield

|votes = 5,015

|percentage = 14.3

|change = +4.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Scottish Socialist Party

|candidate = Bruce Wallace

|votes = 732

|percentage = 2.1

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 3,611

|percentage = 10.3

|change = −13.4

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 35,013

|percentage = 59.3

|change = −12.8

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Scottish National Party

|swing = −6.7

}}

= Elections in the 1990s =

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1997: Angus{{cite web|title=Election Data 1997|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054424/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Scottish National Party

|candidate = Andrew Welsh

|votes = 20,792

|percentage = 48.3

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Scottish Conservatives

|candidate = Sebastian A.A. Leslie

|votes = 10,603

|percentage = 24.6

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Scottish Labour

|candidate = Catherine Taylor

|votes = 6,733

|percentage = 15.6

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats

|candidate = Dick B. Speirs

|votes = 4,065

|percentage = 9.4

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Referendum Party

|candidate = Brian A. Taylor

|votes = 883

|percentage = 2.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 10,189

|percentage = 23.7

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 43,076

|percentage = 72.1

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box new seat win|

|winner = Scottish National Party

}}

References

External links

[https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/14401.html Angus UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 2005 – May 2024) at MapIt UK

Category:Historic parliamentary constituencies in Scotland (Westminster)

Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1997

Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 2024