# Angus North and Mearns (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Angus North and Mearns (Gaelic: Aonghas a Tuath agus a' Mhaoirne) is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering parts of the council areas of Angus and Aberdeenshire. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. It is one of ten constituencies in the North East Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to the ten constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
The seat was created for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election and covers areas that were in the seats of Angus, Tayside North and West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine. It has been held by Mairi Gougeon of the Scottish National Party since the 2016 Scottish Parliament election.

## Electoral region

The other nine constituencies of the North East Scotland region are: Aberdeen Central, Aberdeen Donside, Aberdeen South and North Kincardine, Aberdeenshire East, Aberdeenshire West, Angus South, Banffshire and Buchan Coast, Dundee City East and Dundee City West.
The region covers all of the Aberdeen City council area, Aberdeenshire, Angus, the Dundee City council area and part of Moray.

## 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.
The electoral wards used in the creation of Angus North and Mearns are:
* In full:
** Mearns (Aberdeenshire)
** Brechin and Edzell (Angus)
** Forfar and District (Angus)
** Montrose and District (Angus)
* In part:
** Stonehaven and Lower Deeside (Aberdeenshire); shared with Aberdeenshire West

## Member of the Scottish Parliament

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | 2011 | Nigel Don | SNP |
| | 2016 | Mairi Gougeon (née Evans) | SNP |

## Election results
### 2020s

2021 Scottish Parliament election: Angus North and Mearns :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Constituency | Constituency | Constituency | Regional | Regional | Regional |
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% |
| | SNP | Mairi Gougeon | 17,144 | 48.6 | 2.9 | 14,360 | 40.6 | 0.7 |
| | Conservative | Braden Davy | 13,635 | 38.7 | 1.4 | 12,451 | 35.2 | 0.7 |
| | Labour | Cindy Douglas | 2,686 | 7.6 | 1.8 | 2,912 | 8.2 | 0.8 |
| | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | 2,151 | 6.1 | 0.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Turvey | 1,804 | 5.1 | 2.6 | 1,603 | 4.5 | 0.7 |
| | Alba | Alba | Alba | Alba | Alba | 724 | 2.0 | New |
| | All for Unity | All for Unity | All for Unity | All for Unity | All for Unity | 251 | 0.7 | New |
| | Scottish Family | Scottish Family | Scottish Family | Scottish Family | Scottish Family | 191 | 0.5 | New |
| | Independent Green Voice | Independent Green Voice | Independent Green Voice | Independent Green Voice | Independent Green Voice | 188 | 0.5 | New |
| | Abolish the Scottish Parliament | Abolish the Scottish Parliament | Abolish the Scottish Parliament | Abolish the Scottish Parliament | Abolish the Scottish Parliament | 151 | 0.4 | New |
| | Reform UK | Reform UK | Reform UK | Reform UK | Reform UK | 80 | 0.2 | New |
| | Freedom Alliance (UK) | Freedom Alliance (UK) | Freedom Alliance (UK) | Freedom Alliance (UK) | Freedom Alliance (UK) | 77 | 0.2 | New |
| | Restore Scotland | Restore Scotland | Restore Scotland | Restore Scotland | Restore Scotland | 63 | 0.2 | New |
| | Scottish Libertarian | Scottish Libertarian | Scottish Libertarian | Scottish Libertarian | Scottish Libertarian | 56 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| | UKIP | UKIP | UKIP | UKIP | UKIP | 52 | 0.1 | 2.0 |
| | Independent | Laura Marshall | Laura Marshall | Laura Marshall | Laura Marshall | 35 | 0.1 | New |
| | Independent | Geoffrey Farquharson | Geoffrey Farquharson | Geoffrey Farquharson | Geoffrey Farquharson | 29 | 0.0 | New |
| | Renew | Renew | Renew | Renew | Renew | 5 | 0.0 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,509 | 9.9 | 1.5 | | | |
| Valid Votes | Valid Votes | Valid Votes | 35,269 | | | 35,379 | | |
| Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | 114 | | | 41 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 35,383 | 64.2 | 10.1 | 35,420 | 64.2 | 9.9 |
| | SNP hold | SNP hold | Swing | Swing | 0.8 | | | |
| Notes ↑ Incumbent member for this constituency |||||||||

### 2010s

2016 Scottish Parliament election: Angus North and Mearns :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Constituency | Constituency | Constituency | Regional | Regional | Regional |
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% |
| | SNP | Mairi Evans | 13,417 | 45.7 | 9.1 | 12,170 | 41.3 | 11.3 |
| | Conservative | Alex Johnstone | 10,945 | 37.3 | 11.7 | 10,575 | 35.9 | 15.1 |
| | Labour | John Ruddy | 2,752 | 9.4 | 3.3 | 2,663 | 9.0 | 2.3 |
| | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | 1,532 | 5.2 | 1.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Euan Davidson | 2,265 | 7.7 | 0.8 | 1,522 | 5.2 | 0.5 |
| | UKIP | UKIP | UKIP | UKIP | UKIP | 626 | 2.1 | 1.2 |
| | Scottish Christian | Scottish Christian | Scottish Christian | Scottish Christian | Scottish Christian | 110 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| | Solidarity | Solidarity | Solidarity | Solidarity | Solidarity | 80 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| | National Front | National Front | National Front | National Front | National Front | 69 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| | Scottish Libertarian | Scottish Libertarian | Scottish Libertarian | Scottish Libertarian | Scottish Libertarian | 56 | 0.2 | New |
| | Communist | Communist | Communist | Communist | Communist | 47 | 0.2 | New |
| | RISE | RISE | RISE | RISE | RISE | 44 | 0.1 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,472 | 8.4 | 20.8 | | | |
| Valid Votes | Valid Votes | Valid Votes | 29,379 | | | 29,494 | | |
| Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | 117 | | | 40 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 29,496 | 54.1 | 5.2 | 29,534 | 54.3 | 5.3 |
| | SNP hold | SNP hold | Swing | Swing | 10.4 | | | |
| Notes ↑ Elected on the party list |||||||||
2011 Scottish Parliament election: Angus North and Mearns :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Constituency | Constituency | Constituency | Region | Region | Region |
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% |
| | SNP | Nigel Don | 13,660 | 54.8 | N/A | 13,114 | 52.6 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Alex Johnstone | 6,374 | 25.6 | N/A | 5,195 | 20.8 | N/A |
| | Labour | Kevin Hutchens | 3,160 | 12.7 | N/A | 2,828 | 11.3 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sanjay Samani | 1,726 | 6.9 | N/A | 1,431 | 5.7 | N/A |
| | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | 948 | 3.8 | N/A |
| | All-Scotland Pensioners Party | All-Scotland Pensioners Party | All-Scotland Pensioners Party | All-Scotland Pensioners Party | All-Scotland Pensioners Party | 474 | 1.9 | N/A |
| | Scottish Christian | Scottish Christian | Scottish Christian | Scottish Christian | Scottish Christian | 145 | 0.6 | N/A |
| | UKIP | UKIP | UKIP | UKIP | UKIP | 237 | 0.9 | N/A |
| | Socialist Labour | Socialist Labour | Socialist Labour | Socialist Labour | Socialist Labour | 145 | 0.6 | N/A |
| | BNP | BNP | BNP | BNP | BNP | 187 | 0.7 | N/A |
| | Scottish Socialist | Scottish Socialist | Scottish Socialist | Scottish Socialist | Scottish Socialist | 75 | 0.3 | N/A |
| | National Front | National Front | National Front | National Front | National Front | 54 | 0.2 | N/A |
| | Solidarity | Solidarity | Solidarity | Solidarity | Solidarity | 15 | 0.1 | N/A |
| | Angus Independents | Angus Independents | Angus Independents | Angus Independents | Angus Independents | 43 | 0.2 | N/A |
| | Others | Others | Others | Others | Others | 59 | 0.2 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,286 | 29.2 | N/A | | | |
| Valid Votes | Valid Votes | Valid Votes | 24,920 | | | 24,950 | | |
| Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | 88 | | | 102 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 20,008 | 48.9 | N/A | 25,052 | 49.0 | N/A |
| | SNP win (new seat) | SNP win (new seat) | SNP win (new seat) | SNP win (new seat) | SNP win (new seat) | SNP win (new seat) | SNP win (new seat) | SNP win (new seat) |
| Notes 1 2 Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency |||||||||