Angus South (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Angus South is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. In addition, it is one of ten constituencies in the North East Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

Not to be confused with South Angus (UK parliament constituency).
Angus South
county constituency
for the Scottish Parliament
Angus South shown within the North East Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Current constituency
Created2011
PartyScottish National Party
MSPGraeme Dey
Council areaAngus
Created fromAngus,
North Tayside

Electoral region
See also: North East Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)

The other nine constituencies of the North East Scotland region are Aberdeen Central, Aberdeen Donside, Aberdeen South and North Kincardine, Aberdeenshire East, Aberdeenshire West, Angus North and Mearns, Banffshire and Buchan Coast, Dundee City East and Dundee City West.

The region covers all of the Aberdeen City council area, the Aberdeenshire council area, the Angus council area, the Dundee City council area and part of the Moray council area.

Constituency boundaries and council area

Angus is represented by two constituencies in the Scottish Parliament: Angus North and Mearns and Angus South.

The electoral wards used in the creation of Angus South are:

Member of the Scottish Parliament
ElectionMemberParty
2011 Graeme Dey Scottish National Party
2016

Election results

2010s
2016 Scottish Parliament election: Angus South[1][2][3]
Party Candidate Constituency Regional
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
SNP Graeme Dey[lower-alpha 1] 15,622 48.9 9.5 14,148 44.2
Conservative Kirstene Hair 11,318 35.4 15.3 10,885 34.0
Labour Joanne McFadden 3,773 11.8 1.6 3,399 10.6
Scottish Green 1,520 4.7
Liberal Democrats Clive Sneddon 1,216 3.8 0.6 943 2.9
UKIP 667 2.1
Scottish Christian 174 0.5
Solidarity 83 0.3
RISE 60 0.2
National Front 50 0.2
Scottish Libertarian 45 0.1
Communist 43 0.1
Majority 4,304 13.5 24.8
Valid Votes 31,929 32,017
Invalid Votes 123 52
Turnout 32,052 56.8 6.9 32,069 56.8
SNP hold Swing 12.4
Notes
  1. Incumbent member for this constituency
2011 Scottish Parliament election: Angus South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SNP Graeme Dey 16,164 58.5 +11.4
Conservative Hughie Campbell Adamson 5,581 20.2 -7.3
Labour William Campbell 3,703 13.4 -1.8
Independent David Fairweather 1,321 4.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats Clive Sneddon 874 3.2 -7.0
Majority 10,583 38.3 N/A
Turnout 27,643 49.9 N/A
SNP win (new seat)

See also


References
  1. "Angus South" (PDF). Angus Council. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  2. "SPE2016 - North East Scotland Regional List results by constituency". Aberdeen City Council. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  3. "Angus South - Scottish Parliament constituency". BBC News. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.