Angus North and Mearns (Scottish Parliament constituency)

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Angus North and Mearns
County constituency
for the Scottish Parliament
Angus North and Mearns (Scottish Parliament constituency).svg
North East Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region).svg
Angus North and Mearns shown within the North East Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Population70,839 (2019) [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 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.

Contents

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. [2] 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 (Scottish Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries from 2011

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:

Member of the Scottish Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
2011 Nigel Don SNP
2016 Mairi Gougeon (née Evans)

Election results

2020s

Angus North & Mearns election results 1999-2021 AngusNorthMearns 1999-2021.png
Angus North & Mearns election results 1999-2021
2021 Scottish Parliament election: Angus North and Mearns [3] [4]
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional
Votes%±%Votes%±%
SNP Mairi Gougeon [lower-alpha 1] 17,14448.6Increase2.svg2.914,36040.6Decrease2.svg0.7
Conservative Braden Davy 13,63538.7Increase2.svg1.412,45135.2Decrease2.svg0.7
Labour Cindy Douglas2,6867.6Decrease2.svg1.82,9128.2Decrease2.svg0.8
Scottish Green 2,1516.1Increase2.svg0.9
Liberal Democrats Michael Turvey1,8045.1Decrease2.svg2.61,6034.5Decrease2.svg0.7
Alba 7242.0New
All for Unity 2510.7New
Scottish Family 1910.5New
Independent Green Voice 1880.5New
Abolish the Scottish Parliament 1510.4New
Reform UK 800.2New
Freedom Alliance (UK)770.2New
Restore Scotland 630.2New
Scottish Libertarian 560.2Steady2.svg0.0
UKIP 520.1Decrease2.svg2.0
Independent Laura Marshall350.1New
Independent Geoffrey Farquharson290.0New
Renew 50.0New
Majority3,5099.9Increase2.svg1.5
Valid Votes35,26935,379
Invalid Votes11441
Turnout 35,38364.2Increase2.svg10.135,42064.2Increase2.svg10.1
SNP hold Swing Increase2.svg0.8
Notes
  1. Incumbent member for this constituency

2010s

2016 Scottish Parliament election: Angus North and Mearns [5] [6] [7]
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional
Votes%±%Votes%±%
SNP Mairi Evans 13,41745.7Decrease2.svg9.112,17041.3Decrease2.svg11.3
Conservative Alex Johnstone [lower-alpha 1] 10,94537.3Increase2.svg11.710,57535.9Increase2.svg15.1
Labour John Ruddy2,7529.4Decrease2.svg3.32,6639.0Decrease2.svg2.3
Scottish Green 1,5325.2Increase2.svg1.4
Liberal Democrats Euan Davidson2,2657.7Increase2.svg0.81,5225.2Decrease2.svg0.5
UKIP 6262.1Increase2.svg1.2
Scottish Christian 1100.4Decrease2.svg0.2
Solidarity 800.3Increase2.svg0.2
National Front 690.2Steady2.svg0.0
Scottish Libertarian 560.2New
Communist 470.2New
RISE 440.1New
Majority2,4728.4Decrease2.svg20.8
Valid Votes29,37929,494
Invalid Votes11740
Turnout 29,49654.1Increase2.svg5.229,53454.3Increase2.svg5.3
SNP hold Swing Decrease2.svg10.4
Notes
  1. Elected on the party list
2011 Scottish Parliament election: Angus North and Mearns [8] [9]
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegion
Votes%±%Votes%±%
SNP Nigel Don [lower-alpha 1] 13,66054.8N/A13,11452.6N/A
Conservative Alex Johnstone [lower-alpha 1] 6,37425.6N/A5,19520.8N/A
Labour Kevin Hutchens3,16012.7N/A2,82811.3N/A
Liberal Democrats Sanjay Samani1,7266.9N/A1,4315.7N/A
Scottish Green 9483.8N/A
All-Scotland Pensioners Party 4741.9N/A
Scottish Christian 1450.6N/A
UKIP 2370.9N/A
Socialist Labour 1450.6N/A
BNP 1870.7N/A
Scottish Socialist 750.3N/A
National Front 540.2N/A
Solidarity 150.1N/A
Angus Independents430.2N/A
Others590.2N/A
Majority7,28629.2N/A
Valid Votes24,92024,950
Invalid Votes88102
Turnout 20,00848.9N/A25,05249.0N/A
SNP win (new seat)
Notes
  1. 1 2 Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency

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