Angus South (Scottish Parliament constituency)

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Angus South (Gaelic: Aonghas a Deas) is a county constituency of the Scottish Parliament covering part of the council area of Angus.[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]

Electoral regionNorth East Scotland
Electorate58,967 (2026)[1]
Created2011
PartyScottish National Party
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Angus South
County constituency
for the Scottish Parliament
Angus South shown within the North East Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Electoral regionNorth East Scotland
Electorate58,967 (2026)[1]
Current constituency
Created2011
PartyScottish National Party
MSPLloyd Melville
Council areaAngus
Created fromAngus,
North Tayside
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The seat was created for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election,[4] and has been held since creation by the Scottish National Party.

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 Deeside and North Kincardine, Aberdeen Donside, Aberdeenshire East, Aberdeenshire West, Angus North and Mearns, 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

Map of boundaries from 2011

Angus is represented by two constituencies in the Scottish Parliament: Angus North and Mearns and Angus South.[2]

Angus South was created at the first periodic review of Scottish Parliament boundaries ahead of the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, and covers areas that were formerly in the seats of Angus and Tayside North, both of which were abolished.[4] It remained unchanged following the second periodic review of Scottish Parliament boundaries in 2025.[6] The constituency comprises the following wards of Angus Council:[2]

Member of the Scottish Parliament

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ElectionMemberParty
2011 Graeme Dey SNP
2026 Lloyd Melville
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Election results

2020s

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2026 Scottish Parliament election: Angus South[1][7][8]
Party Candidate Constituency Regional
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
SNP Lloyd Melville 13,289 42.3 Decrease 8.4 9,968 31.7 Decrease 11.0
Conservative Angus MacMillan Douglas 6,681 21.3 Decrease 13.5 6,091 19.4 Decrease 13.0
Reform Bill Reid 5,583 17.8 New 5,734 18.2 Increase 18.0
Green 3,113 9.9 Increase 4.0
Labour Heather Doran 3,344 10.7 Increase 1.3 3,085 9.8 Increase 0.2
Liberal Democrats Isobel Knights 2,488 7.9 Increase 2.8 2,227 7.1 Increase 3.1
Independent Green Voice 265 0.8 Increase 0.1
AtLS 249 0.8 New
Scottish Family 230 0.7 Increase 0.2
ISP 185 0.6 New
Independent Marie Boulton 80 0.3 New
Scottish Socialist 76 0.2 New
Workers Party 60 0.2 New
Advance UK 43 0.1 New
Independent Iris Leask 29 0.1 New
Majority 6,608 21.1 Increase 5.2
Valid votes 31,385 31,435
Invalid votes 123 61
Turnout 31,508 53.4 Decrease 11.7 31,496 53.4 Decrease 11.8
SNP hold Swing Increase 2.6
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2021 Scottish Parliament election: Angus South[9][10]
Party Candidate Constituency Regional
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
SNP Graeme Dey[a] 19,568 50.7 Increase1.8 16,524 42.7 Decrease1.5
Conservative Maurice Golden[b] 13,451 34.8 Decrease0.6 12,534 32.4 Decrease1.6
Labour Graeme McKenzie 3,625 9.4 Decrease2.4 3,722 9.6 Decrease1.0
Green 2,265 5.9 Increase1.2
Liberal Democrats Ben Lawrie 1,964 5.1 Increase1.3 1,557 4.0 Increase1.1
Alba 788 2.0 New
All for Unity 366 0.9 New
Independent Green Voice 255 0.7 New
Scottish Family 179 0.5 New
Abolish the Scottish Parliament 116 0.3 New
Reform 88 0.2 New
UKIP 78 0.2 Decrease1.9
Freedom Alliance (UK) 73 0.2 New
Restore Scotland 59 0.2 New
Independent Laura Marshall 44 0.1 New
Scottish Libertarian 41 0.1 Steady0.0
Independent Geoffrey Farquharson 13 0.0 New
Renew 8 0.0 New
Majority 6,117 15.9 Increase2.4
Valid votes 38,608 38,710
Invalid votes 128 59
Turnout 38,736 65.1 Increase8.3 38,769 65.2 Increase8.4
SNP hold Swing
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  1. [a]
    Incumbent member for this constituency
  2. [b]
    Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency
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2010s

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2016 Scottish Parliament election: Angus South[11][12][13][14]
Party Candidate Constituency Regional
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
SNP Graeme Dey[a] 15,622 48.9 Decrease9.6 14,148 44.2 Decrease10.7
Conservative Kirstene Hair 11,318 35.4 Increase15.2 10,885 34.0 Increase14.9
Labour Joanne McFadden 3,773 11.8 Decrease1.6 3,399 10.6 Decrease2.2
Green 1,520 4.7 Increase1.4
Liberal Democrats Clive Sneddon 1,216 3.8 Increase0.6 943 2.9 Decrease0.1
UKIP 667 2.1 Increase1.1
Scottish Christian 174 0.5 Decrease0.2
Solidarity 83 0.3 Increase0.2
RISE 60 0.2 New
National Front 50 0.2 Decrease0.1
Scottish Libertarian 45 0.1 New
Communist 43 0.1 New
Majority 4,304 13.5 Decrease24.8
Valid votes 31,929 32,017
Invalid votes 123 52
Turnout 32,052 56.8 Increase6.3 32,069 56.8 Increase6.3
SNP hold Swing Decrease12.4
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    Incumbent member for this constituency
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2011 Scottish Parliament election: Angus South[15][16][17]
Party Candidate Constituency Region
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
SNP Graeme Dey 16,164 58.5 N/A 15,171 54.9 N/A
Conservative Hughie Campbell Adamson 5,581 20.2 N/A 5,283 19.1 N/A
Labour William Campbell 3,703 13.4 N/A 3,547 12.8 N/A
Independent (politician) David Fairweather 1,321 4.8 N/A
Green 902 3.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats Clive Sneddon 874 3.2 N/A 837 3.0 N/A
All-Scotland Pensioners Party 535 1.9 N/A
Angus Independents 369 1.3 N/A
UKIP 285 1.0 N/A
BNP 203 0.7 N/A
Scottish Christian 187 0.7 N/A
Scottish Socialist 96 0.3 N/A
Socialist Labour 94 0.3 N/A
National Front 60 0.2 N/A
Solidarity 20 0.1 N/A
Others 53 0.2 N/A
Majority 10,583 38.3 N/A
Valid votes 27,643 27,642
Invalid votes 75 94
Turnout 27,718 50.5 N/A 27,736 50.5 N/A
SNP win (new seat)
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