# Angus (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Angus was a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elected one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it was one of nine constituencies in the North East Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
From the Scottish Parliament election, 2011, the Angus council area was covered by two separate constituencies; Angus North and Mearns and Angus South

## Electoral region

Until 2011 the other eight constituencies of the North East Scotland region were: Aberdeen Central, Aberdeen North, Aberdeen South, Banff and Buchan, Dundee East, Dundee West, Gordon and West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
The region covered Aberdeenshire, the Aberdeen City council area, the Dundee City council area, part of Angus, a small part of Moray and a small part of Perth and Kinross.

## Constituency boundaries and council areas

The Angus constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of an existing Westminster constituency. In 2005, however, the boundaries of the Westminster (House of Commons) constituency were subject to major alterations.
The Holyrood constituency covered a southern portion of the Angus council area, north-eastern and north-western portions of the Dundee City council area and a small eastern portion of the Perth and Kinross council area. The rest of the Angus council area was covered by the North Tayside constituency. The rest of the City of Dundee area was covered by the Dundee West and Dundee East constituencies, and the rest of the Perth and Kinross area was covered by the North Tayside constituency, the Perth constituency and the Ochil constituency. The North Tayside, Perth and Ochil constituencies were all within the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region.

## Boundary review

Following the First Periodic review of constituencies to the Scottish Parliament, Angus was split into two newly drawn seats in time for the election in 2011. Thus, it became Angus North and Mearns and Angus South.

## Member of the Scottish Parliament

The constituency was represented for its entirety by the Scottish National Party MSP Andrew Welsh.
| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | 1999 | Andrew Welsh | Scottish National Party |
| | 2011 | constituency abolished: replaced by Angus South | constituency abolished: replaced by Angus South |

## Election results

2007 Scottish Parliament election: Angus :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | SNP | Andrew Welsh | 15,686 | 49.1 | +4.6 |
| | Conservative | Alex Johnstone | 7,443 | 23.3 | +1.3 |
| | Labour | Doug Bradley | 5,032 | 15.7 | −0.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Scott Rennie | 3,799 | 11.9 | −0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,243 | 25.8 | +3.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 31,960 | 53.0 | +3.9 |
| | SNP hold | SNP hold | Swing | | |
2003 Scottish Parliament election: Angus :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | SNP | Andrew Welsh | 13,251 | 44.48 | −2.0 |
| | Conservative | Alex Johnstone | 6,564 | 22.03 | +1.3 |
| | Labour | John Denning | 4,871 | 16.35 | −3.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dick Spiers | 3,802 | 12.80 | ±0.0 |
| | Scottish Socialist | Bruce Wallace | 1,301 | 4.37 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,687 | 22.45 | −3.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 29,787 | 49.15 | −8.5 |
| | SNP hold | SNP hold | Swing | | |
1999 Scottish Parliament election: Angus :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | SNP | Andrew Welsh | 16,055 | 46.5 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Ron Harris | 7,154 | 20.7 | N/A |
| | Labour | Ian McFatridge | 6,914 | 20.0 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dick Spiers | 4,413 | 12.8 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,893 | 25.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 34,536 | 57.6 | N/A |
| | SNP win (new seat) | SNP win (new seat) | SNP win (new seat) | SNP win (new seat) | SNP win (new seat) |