East Angus (constituency)
UK Parliament constituency (1983–1997)
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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.[1] Between 1950 and 1983, the area had been represented by the North Angus & Mearns and South Angus constituencies.
South Angus
| Angus East | |
|---|---|
| Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
| Subdivision | Angus |
| 1983–1997 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | North Angus & Mearns South Angus |
| Replaced by | Angus, Tayside North, Dundee East, Dundee West |
It elected one Member of Parliament (MP), using the first-past-the-post voting system.
Boundaries
The Angus District electoral divisions of Aberbrothock, Arbroath Elliot, Arbroath St Vigeans, Brechin, Carnoustie, Eastern Glens, Montrose Lunan, and Montrose Northesk, and the City of Dundee District electoral divisions of Monifieth and Sidlaw.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member[2] | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Peter Fraser | Conservative | ||
| 1987 | Andrew Welsh | SNP | ||
| 1997 | constituency abolished | |||
Elections
Elections in the 1980s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Peter Fraser | 19,218 | 44.1 | −1.0 | |
| SNP | Andrew Welsh | 15,691 | 36.0 | +4.9 | |
| SDP | Pauline Hammond | 4,978 | 11.4 | +3.4 | |
| Labour | Charles McConnell | 3,497 | 8.0 | −7.8 | |
| Ecology | Pamela Ross | 239 | 0.6 | New | |
| Majority | 3,527 | 8.1 | −5.9 | ||
| Turnout | 43,623 | 73.5 | |||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | Andrew Welsh | 19,536 | 42.4 | +6.4 | |
| Conservative | Peter Fraser | 17,992 | 39.0 | −5.1 | |
| Labour | Raymond Mennie | 4,971 | 10.8 | +2.8 | |
| SDP | Ian Mortimer | 3,592 | 7.8 | −3.6 | |
| Majority | 1,544 | 3.4 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 46,091 | 75.5 | +2.0 | ||
| SNP gain from Conservative | Swing | +5.8 | |||
Elections in the 1990s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | Andrew Welsh | 19,006 | 40.1 | −2.3 | |
| Conservative | Ronald Harris | 18,052 | 38.1 | −0.9 | |
| Labour | Donald Taylor | 5,994 | 12.6 | +1.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Callum McLeod | 3,897 | 8.2 | +0.4 | |
| Green | Duncan McCabe | 449 | 0.9 | New | |
| Majority | 954 | 2.0 | −1.4 | ||
| Turnout | 47,398 | 75.0 | −0.5 | ||
| SNP hold | Swing | −0.7 | |||