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Revision as of 04:14, 12 June 2019
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.
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
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 |
Elections
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Peter Fraser | 19,218 | 44.1 | K.A. | |
SNP | Andrew Paton Welsh | 15,691 | 36.0 | K.A. | |
SDP | Pauline Hammond | 4,978 | 11.4 | K.A. | |
Labour | Charles McConnell | 3,497 | 8.0 | K.A. | |
Ecology | Pamela Ross | 239 | 0.6 | K.A. | |
Majority | 3,527 | 8.1 | K.A. | ||
Turnout | 43,623 | 73.5 | K.A. | ||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SNP | Andrew Paton 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 | |||
Turnout | 46,091 | 75.5 | +2.0 | ||
SNP gain from Conservative | Swing | +5.8 |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | +1.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Callum McLeod | 3,897 | 8.2 | +0.4 | |
Green | Duncan 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)
- ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
{{cite web}}
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- ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
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- ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
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