North Tayside (UK Parliament constituency)
North Tayside | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | Tayside |
1983–2005 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Perth & East Perthshire, Angus South and Kinross & West Perthshire[1] |
Replaced by | Angus Perth & North Perthshire |
North Tayside was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 until 2005. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post voting system.
The constituency was abolished for the 2005 general election, and the area is now represented by Angus and Perth and North Perthshire.
The Scottish Parliament constituency of North Tayside, which covered the same area, continues in existence.
Boundaries
1983-1997: The Angus District electoral divisions of Forfar East and Dunnichen, Forfar West and Strathmore, Kirriemuir, and Western Glens, and the Perth and Kinross District electoral divisions of Atholl, Breadalbane and Rannoch; St Martin's; Strathardle; Strathisla; and Strathtay.
1997-2005: The Angus District electoral divisions of Brechin and Eastern Glens, Forfar East, Forfar West, and Kirriemuir and Western Glens, and the Perth and Kinross District electoral divisions of Alyth and Coupar Angus; Blairgowrie and Glenshee; Dunkeld and Strathtay; Pitlochry, Aberfeldy and Rannoch; and Scone and St Martin's.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[2] | Party | |
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style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1983 | Bill Walker | Conservative |
style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" | | 1997 | John Swinney | SNP |
style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" | | 2001 | Pete Wishart | SNP |
2005 | constituency abolished |
Election results
Elections of the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | William Connoll Walker | 19,269 | 51.0 | N/A | |
SNP | Alasdair Neil Morgan | 9,170 | 24.3 | N/A | |
Liberal | Danus Skene | 7,255 | 19.2 | N/A | |
Labour | Noel McLeod Orchison Wylie | 2,057 | 5.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 10,099 | 26.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 37,751 | 72.6 | N/A | ||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | William Connoll Walker | 18,307 | 45.4 | −5.6 | |
SNP | Kenneth James Nicolson Guild | 13,291 | 32.9 | +8.6 | |
Liberal | Peter Frederick Regent | 5,201 | 12.9 | −6.3 | |
Labour | James Whytock | 3,550 | 8.8 | +3.3 | |
Majority | 5,016 | 12.5 | |||
Turnout | 40,349 | 74.7 | +2.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −7.1 |
Elections of the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | William Connoll Walker | 20,283 | 46.7 | +1.3 | |
SNP | John Swinney | 16,288 | 37.5 | +4.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Simon Anthony Horner | 3,791 | 8.7 | −4.2 | |
Labour | Thomas Alasdair Stewart Maclennan | 3,094 | 7.1 | −1.7 | |
Majority | 3,995 | 9.2 | |||
Turnout | 43,456 | 77.6 | +2.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SNP | John Swinney | 20,447 | 44.8 | +6.1 | |
Conservative | William Connoll Walker | 16,287 | 32.5 | −10.6 | |
Labour | Ian Andrew McFatridge | 5,141 | 11.3 | +4.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Frederick Regent | 3,716 | 8.2 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 4,160 | 9.1 | |||
Turnout | 45,951 | 74.3 | −3.3 | ||
SNP gain from Conservative | Swing | +8.4 |
Elections of the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SNP | Pete Wishart | 15,441 | 40.1 | −4.8 | |
Conservative | Murdo Fraser | 12,158 | 31.6 | −4.2 | |
Labour | Thomas Docherty | 5,715 | 14.8 | +3.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Julia Margaret Robertson | 4,365 | 11.3 | +3.2 | |
Scottish Socialist | Rosie Adams | 620 | 1.6 | N/A | |
Independent | Tina MacDonald | 220 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,283 | 8.5 | |||
Turnout | 38,519 | 62.5 | −11.8 | ||
SNP hold | Swing |
References
- ^ "'Tayside North', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "T" (part 1)