Angus North and Mearns (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Angus North and Mearns
County constituency for the Scottish Parliament
Angus North and Mearns shown within the North East Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Electorate	55,006 (2022) [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 county constituency of the Scottish Parliament covering parts of the council areas of Angus and Aberdeenshire. ^[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]

The seat was created for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, ^[4] and has been held by Mairi Gougeon of the Scottish National Party since the 2016 Scottish Parliament election.

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 Donside, Aberdeen Deeside and North Kincardine, Aberdeenshire East, Aberdeenshire West, Angus South, 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 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.

Angus North and Mearns was created ahead of the 2011 Scottish Parliament election and covers areas that were in the seats of Angus, Tayside North and West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine by the first periodic review of Scottish Parliament boundaries. ^[4] It remained unchanged following the second periodic review of Scottish Parliament boundaries. ^[6] The constituency comprises the following wards of Aberdeenshire Council and Angus Council: ^[2]

• Aberdeenshire:
  • Mearns (entire ward)
  • Stonehaven and Lower Deeside (shared with Aberdeenshire West)
• Angus
  • Brechin and Edzell (entire ward)
  • Forfar and District ((entire ward)
  • Montrose and District (entire ward)

Member of the Scottish Parliament

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

Election results

2020s

Angus North & Mearns election results 1999-2021

2021 Scottish Parliament election: Angus North and Mearns ^{[7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Mairi Gougeon [a]	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
	Green					2,151	6.1	0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Turvey	1,804	5.1	2.6	1,603	4.5	0.7
	Alba					724	2.0	New
	All for Unity					251	0.7	New
	Scottish Family					191	0.5	New
	Independent Green Voice					188	0.5	New
	Abolish the Scottish Parliament					151	0.4	New
	Reform					80	0.2	New
	Freedom Alliance (UK)					77	0.2	New
	Restore Scotland					63	0.2	New
	Scottish Libertarian					56	0.2	0.0
	UKIP					52	0.1	2.0
	Independent	Laura Marshall				35	0.1	New
	Independent	Geoffrey Farquharson				29	0.0	New
	Renew					5	0.0	New
Majority			3,509	9.9	1.5
Valid Votes			35,269			35,379
Invalid Votes			114			41
Turnout			35,383	64.2	10.1	35,420	64.2	9.9
	SNP hold		Swing		0.8
Notes Incumbent member for this constituency

2010s

2016 Scottish Parliament election: Angus North and Mearns ^{[9] [10] [11]}

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Mairi Evans	13,417	45.7	9.1	12,170	41.3	11.3
	Conservative	Alex Johnstone [a]	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
	Green					1,532	5.2	1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Euan Davidson	2,265	7.7	0.8	1,522	5.2	0.5
	UKIP					626	2.1	1.2
	Scottish Christian					110	0.4	0.2
	Solidarity					80	0.3	0.2
	National Front					69	0.2	0.0
	Scottish Libertarian					56	0.2	New
	Communist					47	0.2	New
	RISE					44	0.1	New
Majority			2,472	8.4	20.8
Valid Votes			29,379			29,494
Invalid Votes			117			40
Turnout			29,496	54.1	5.2	29,534	54.3	5.3
	SNP hold		Swing		10.4
Notes Elected on the party list

2011 Scottish Parliament election: Angus North and Mearns ^{[12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Region
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Nigel Don [a]	13,660	54.8	N/A	13,114	52.6	N/A
	Conservative	Alex Johnstone [a]	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
	Green					948	3.8	N/A
	All-Scotland Pensioners Party					474	1.9	N/A
	Scottish Christian					145	0.6	N/A
	UKIP					237	0.9	N/A
	Socialist Labour					145	0.6	N/A
	BNP					187	0.7	N/A
	Scottish Socialist					75	0.3	N/A
	National Front					54	0.2	N/A
	Solidarity					15	0.1	N/A
	Angus Independents					43	0.2	N/A
	Others					59	0.2	N/A
Majority			7,286	29.2	N/A
Valid Votes			24,920			24,950
Invalid Votes			88			102
Turnout			20,008	48.9	N/A	25,052	49.0	N/A
	SNP win (new seat)
Notes Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency

See also

• North Angus and Mearns (UK Parliament constituency)

References

Citations

1. Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 25.
2. Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 140.
3. Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 28.
4. "The New Scottish Parliament Constituencies 2011" (PDF). BBC News online. 8 September 2010. p. 11. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
5. Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 143.
6. Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 48-52.
7. "Scottish Parliamentary Election 2021 results". Angus Council . Retrieved 30 June 2021.
8. "Constituencies A-Z, Angus North & Mearns". BBC News. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
9. "Scottish Parliamentary Election 2016". Angus Council . Retrieved 30 June 2021.
10. "Angus North and Mearns - Scottish Parliament constituency". BBC News . Retrieved 14 October 2020.
11. "Results and turnout at the 2016 Scottish Parliament election". The Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
12. "2011 Election analysis (Excel 2.37MB)". Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
13. "Results and turnout at the 2011 Scottish Parliament election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 June 2021.

Bibliography

• "Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland. April 2025. Retrieved 26 November 2025.

External links

• "Angus North and Mearns constituency map (2025 review)" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland . Retrieved 19 November 2025.
• "Angus North and Mearns constituency map (2011 review)" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland . Retrieved 30 June 2021.