Angus (UK Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Angus (Scottish Parliament constituency).

Angus
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Angus in Scotland.
Subdivisions of Scotland	Angus
Major settlements	Arbroath, Brechin, Forfar and Montrose
Current constituency
Created	1997 (1997)
Member of Parliament	Mike Weir (SNP)
Created from	East Angus
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	Scotland

Angus is a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (at Westminster). It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post voting system.

It was created for the 1997 general election, largely replacing East Angus. It is now a marginal seat between the Scottish National Party and the Conservatives. As a result of boundary changes for the 2005 general election, boundaries are now quite different from those of the Angus Scottish Parliament constituency, which was created in 1999.

Boundaries

The constituency covers the Angus council area, minus an area round the Dundee City council area, which is divided between the Dundee East and Dundee West constituencies.

Until the 2005 general election, it covered the south-east of the Angus council area, north-eastern and north-western areas of the Dundee City council area, and a small eastern portion of the Perth and Kinross council area. The north-west of the Angus council area was within the North Tayside constituency.

Scottish Parliament constituencies retain the older boundaries.

Major towns in the House of Commons constituency are Arbroath, Brechin, Forfar, Kirriemuir and Montrose.

Member of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1997	Andrew Welsh	SNP
	2001	Mike Weir	SNP

Election results

Election in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Angus
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Mike Weir	15,020	39.6	+5.9
	Conservative	Alberto Costa	11,738	30.9	+1.5
	Labour	Kevin Hutchens	6,535	17.2	-0.7
	Liberal Democrat	Sanjay Samani	4,090	10.8	-6.7
	UKIP	Martin Gray	577	1.5	+1.5
Majority			3,282	8.6
Turnout			37,960	60.4	-0.1
	SNP hold		Swing	+2.2

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Angus
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Mike Weir	12,840	33.7	-1.6
	Conservative	Sandy Bushby	11,239	29.5	+4.5
	Labour	Douglas Bradley	6,850	18.0	−5.4
	Liberal Democrat	Rev Scott Rennie	6,660	17.5	+3.2
	Scottish Socialist	Alan Manley	556	1.5	−0.4
Majority			1,601	4.2
Turnout			38,145	60.5	+6.4
	SNP hold		Swing	+1.3

General Election 2001: Angus
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Mike Weir	12,347	35.3	−13.0
	Conservative	Marcus A.W. Booth	8,736	25.0	+0.4
	Labour	Ian A. McFatridge	8,183	23.4	+7.8
	Liberal Democrat	Peter J. Nield	5,015	14.3	+4.9
	Scottish Socialist	Bruce Wallace	732	2.1	N/A
Majority			3,611	10.3
Turnout			35,013	59.3	−12.8
	SNP hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Angus
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Andrew Welsh	20,792	48.3	N/A
	Conservative	Sebastian A.A. Leslie	10,603	24.6	N/A
	Labour	Miss Catherine D. Taylor	6,733	15.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Dr. Dick B. Speirs	4,065	9.4	N/A
	Referendum Party	Brian A. Taylor	883	2.0	N/A
Majority			10,189	23.7	N/A
Turnout			43,076	72.1	N/A
	SNP win (new seat)