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Angus East
Angus East
Former county constituency; for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland	Angus
1983–1997
Seats	One
Created from	North Angus & Mearns ; South Angus
Replaced by	Angus, Tayside North, Dundee East, Dundee West

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Angus East was a Scottish county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 until 1997, when it was replaced largely by Angus with smaller proportions moving to Tayside North, Dundee East and Dundee West.^[1] Between 1950 and 1983, the area had been represented by the North Angus & Mearns and South Angus constituencies.

It elected one Member of Parliament (MP), using the first-past-the-post voting system.

Boundaries

The Angus District electoral divisions of Aberbrothock, Arbroath Elliot, Arbroath St Vigeans, Brechin, Carnoustie, Eastern Glens, Montrose Lunan, and Montrose Northesk, and the City of Dundee District electoral divisions of Monifieth and Sidlaw.

Members of Parliament

	Member^[2]	Party
1983	Peter Fraser	Conservative
1987	Andrew Welsh	SNP
1997	constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: Angus East^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Fraser	19,218	44.1	−1.0
	SNP	Andrew Welsh	15,691	36.0	+4.9
	SDP	Pauline Hammond	4,978	11.4	+3.4
	Labour	Charles McConnell	3,497	8.0	−7.8
	Ecology	Pamela Ross	239	0.6	New
Majority			3,527	8.1	−5.9
Turnout			43,623	73.5
	Conservative win (new seat)

General election 1987: Angus East^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Andrew Welsh	19,536	42.4	+6.4
	Conservative	Peter Fraser	17,992	39.0	−5.1
	Labour	Raymond Mennie	4,971	10.8	+2.8
	SDP	Ian Mortimer	3,592	7.8	−3.6
Majority			1,544	3.4	K.A.
Turnout			46,091	75.5	+2.0
	SNP gain from Conservative		Swing	+5.8

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: Angus East^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Andrew Welsh	19,006	40.1	−2.3
	Conservative	Ronald Harris	18,052	38.1	−0.9
	Labour	Donald Taylor	5,994	12.6	+1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Callum McLeod	3,897	8.2	+0.4
	Green	Duncan McCabe	449	0.9	New
Majority			954	2.0	−1.4
Turnout			47,398	75.0	−0.5
	SNP hold		Swing	−0.7

References

^ "Media Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies", BBC/ITN/PA News/Sky, 1995, p. 188.
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 2)
^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
^ "Politics Resources". Election 1983. Politics Resources. 9 June 1983. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
^ "Politics Resources". Election 1987. Politics Resources. 11 June 1987. Archived from the original on 22 May 2011. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.

[1] "Media Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies", BBC/ITN/PA News/Sky, 1995, p. 188.

[2] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 2)

[electoralcalculus1983-3] "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.

[4] "Politics Resources". Election 1983. Politics Resources. 9 June 1983. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2012.

[electoralcalculus1987-5] "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.

[6] "Politics Resources". Election 1987. Politics Resources. 11 June 1987. Archived from the original on 22 May 2011. Retrieved 9 February 2012.

[electoralcalculus1992-7] "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.

[8] "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.

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 '''Angus East''' was a [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[county constituency]] represented in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] of the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]] from 1983 until 1997, when it was replaced largely by [[Angus (UK Parliament constituency)|Angus]] with smaller proportions moving to [[Tayside North (UK Parliament constituency)|Tayside North]], [[Dundee East (UK Parliament constituency)|Dundee East]] and [[Dundee West (UK Parliament constituency)|Dundee West]].<ref>"Media Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies", BBC/ITN/PA News/Sky, 1995, p. 188.</ref>  Between 1950 and 1983, the area had been represented by the [[North Angus and Mearns (UK Parliament constituency)|North Angus & Mearns]] and [[South Angus (UK Parliament constituency)|South Angus]] constituencies.
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+[[Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1983]]
-[[Category:United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1997]]
+[[Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1997]]

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