East Angus (UK Parliament constituency)
| 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 |
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 by Angus. 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[1] | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- ^ 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.