East Angus (UK Parliament constituency)

Angus East
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland	Angus
1983 (1983)–1997 (1997)
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Angus, Tayside North, Dundee East, Dundee West
Created from	North Angus & Mearns South 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 largely by Angus with smaller proportions moving to Tayside North, Dundee East and Dundee West. 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	Party
	1983	Peter Fraser	Conservative
	1987	Andrew Welsh	SNP
	1997	constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992:Angus East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Andrew Welsh	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 Democrat	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

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987:Angus East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Andrew Welsh	19,536	42.39
	Conservative	Peter Fraser	17,992	39.04
	Labour	R. Mennie	4,971	10.79
	Social Democrat	I. Mortimer	3,592	7.79
Majority			1,544	3.35
Turnout
	SNP gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1983:Angus East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Fraser	19,218	44.05
	SNP	Andrew Welsh	15,691	35.97
	Social Democrat	P. Hammond	4,978	11.41
	Labour	C. McConnell	3,497	8.02
	Ecology	P. Ross	239	0.55
Majority			3,527	8.09
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing