Angus North and Mearns (Scottish Parliament constituency)
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| Angus North and Mearns | |
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| County constituency for the Scottish Parliament | |
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 Angus North and Mearns shown within the North East Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland | |
| Electoral region | North East Scotland |
| Electorate | 55,006 (2022)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2011 |
| Party | Scottish National Party |
| MSP | Mairi Gougeon |
| Council area | Angus Aberdeenshire |
| Created from | Angus, North Tayside, West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine |
Angus North and Mearns (Gaelic: Aonghas a Tuath agus a' Mhaoirne) is a county constituency of the Scottish Parliament covering parts of the council areas of Angus and Aberdeenshire.[2] Under the additional-member electoral system used for elections to the Scottish Parliament, it elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. It is also one of ten constituencies in the North East Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members in addition to the ten constituency MSPs, producing a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.[3]
The seat was created for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election,[4] and has been held by Mairi Gougeon of the Scottish National Party since the 2016 Scottish Parliament election.
The other nine constituencies of the North East Scotland region are: Aberdeen Central, Aberdeen Donside, Aberdeen Deeside and North Kincardine, Aberdeenshire East, Aberdeenshire West, Angus South, Banffshire and Buchan Coast, Dundee City East and Dundee City West.[3] 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.[5]
Constituency boundaries and council area
Angus North and Mearns covers parts of the council areas of Aberdeenshire and Angus. Angus is represented by two constituencies in the Scottish Parliament, the other constituency being Angus South. Aberdeenshire is represented by four other constituencies in the Scottish Parliament: Aberdeenshire East, and Aberdeenshire West are both entirely within Aberdeenshire; Aberdeen South and North Kincardine also includes a portion of the Aberdeen City council area; Banffshire and Buchan Coast also includes a portion of Moray.
Angus North and Mearns was created ahead of the 2011 Scottish Parliament election and covers areas that were in the seats of Angus, Tayside North and West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine by the first periodic review of Scottish Parliament boundaries.[4] It remained unchanged following the second periodic review of Scottish Parliament boundaries.[6] The constituency comprises the following wards of Aberdeenshire Council and Angus Council:[2]
- Aberdeenshire:
- Mearns (entire ward)
- Stonehaven and Lower Deeside (shared with Aberdeenshire West)
- Angus
- Brechin and Edzell (entire ward)
- Forfar and District ((entire ward)
- Montrose and District (entire ward)
Member of the Scottish Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Nigel Don | SNP | |
| 2016 | Mairi Gougeon (née Evans) | ||
