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Revision as of 03:04, 25 December 2010
Angus East | |
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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 |
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.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[2] | Party | ||
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style="background-color: Template:Scottish Conservative Party/meta/color" | | 1983 | Peter Fraser | Conservative | |
style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" | | 1987 | Andrew Welsh | SNP | |
1997 | constituency abolished |
Election results
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SNP | Andrew Welsh (politician) | 19,006 | 40.1 | −2.3 | |
Conservative | Dr. RO Harris | 18,052 | 38.1 | −0.9 | |
Labour | DG Taylor | 5,994 | 12.6 | +1.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | CA McLeod | 3,897 | 8.2 | +0.4 | |
Green | DM McCabe | 449 | 0.9 | +0.9 | |
Majority | 954 | 2.0 | −1.3 | ||
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)
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.