Angus South (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Angus South
County constituency for the Scottish Parliament
Angus South shown within the North East Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Electorate	58,622 (2022) [1]
Current constituency
Created	2011
Party	Scottish National Party
MSP	Graeme Dey
Council area	Angus
Created from	Angus, North Tayside

Angus South (Gaelic: Aonghas a Deas) is a county constituency of the Scottish Parliament covering part of the council area of Angus. ^[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 since creation by Graeme Dey of the Scottish National Party.

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 Deeside and North Kincardine, Aberdeen Donside, Aberdeenshire East, Aberdeenshire West, Angus North and Mearns, 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 is represented by two constituencies in the Scottish Parliament: Angus North and Mearns and Angus South. ^[2]

Angus South was created at the first periodic review of Scottish Parliament boundaries ahead of the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, and covers areas that were formerly in the seats of Angus and Tayside North, both of which were abolished. ^[4] It remained unchanged following the second periodic review of Scottish Parliament boundaries in 2025. ^[6] The constituency comprises the following wards of Angus Council: ^[2]

• Kirriemuir and Dean
• Monifieth and Sidlaw
• Carnoustie and District
• Arbroath West, Letham and Friockheim
• Arbroath East and Lunan

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	2011	Graeme Dey	SNP

Election results

Angus South election results 2011-2021

2020s

2021 Scottish Parliament election: Angus South ^{[7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Graeme Dey [a]	19,568	50.7	1.8	16,524	42.7	1.5
	Conservative	Maurice Golden [b]	13,451	34.8	0.6	12,534	32.4	1.6
	Labour	Graeme McKenzie	3,625	9.4	2.4	3,722	9.6	1.0
	Green					2,265	5.9	1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Lawrie	1,964	5.1	1.3	1,557	4.0	1.1
	Alba					788	2.0	New
	All for Unity					366	0.9	New
	Independent Green Voice					255	0.7	New
	Scottish Family					179	0.5	New
	Abolish the Scottish Parliament					116	0.3	New
	Reform					88	0.2	New
	UKIP					78	0.2	1.9
	Freedom Alliance (UK)					73	0.2	New
	Restore Scotland					59	0.2	New
	Independent	Laura Marshall				44	0.1	New
	Scottish Libertarian					41	0.1	0.0
	Independent	Geoffrey Farquharson				13	0.0	New
	Renew					8	0.0	New
Majority			6,117	15.9	2.4
Valid Votes			38,608			38,710
Invalid Votes			128			59
Turnout			38,736	65.1	8.3	38,769	65.2	8.4
	SNP hold		Swing
Notes Incumbent member for this constituency Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency

2010s

2016 Scottish Parliament election: Angus South ^{[9] [10] [11] [12]}

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Graeme Dey [a]	15,622	48.9	9.6	14,148	44.2	10.7
	Conservative	Kirstene Hair	11,318	35.4	15.2	10,885	34.0	14.9
	Labour	Joanne McFadden	3,773	11.8	1.6	3,399	10.6	2.2
	Green					1,520	4.7	1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Sneddon	1,216	3.8	0.6	943	2.9	0.1
	UKIP					667	2.1	1.1
	Scottish Christian					174	0.5	0.2
	Solidarity					83	0.3	0.2
	RISE					60	0.2	New
	National Front					50	0.2	0.1
	Scottish Libertarian					45	0.1	New
	Communist					43	0.1	New
Majority			4,304	13.5	24.8
Valid Votes			31,929			32,017
Invalid Votes			123			52
Turnout			32,052	56.8	6.3	32,069	56.8	6.3
	SNP hold		Swing		12.4
Notes Incumbent member for this constituency

2011 Scottish Parliament election: Angus South ^{[13] [14] [15]}

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Region
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Graeme Dey	16,164	58.5	N/A	15,171	54.9	N/A
	Conservative	Hughie Campbell Adamson	5,581	20.2	N/A	5,283	19.1	N/A
	Labour	William Campbell	3,703	13.4	N/A	3,547	12.8	N/A
	Independent (politician)	David Fairweather	1,321	4.8	N/A
	Green					902	3.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Sneddon	874	3.2	N/A	837	3.0	N/A
	All-Scotland Pensioners Party					535	1.9	N/A
	Angus Independents					369	1.3	N/A
	UKIP					285	1.0	N/A
	BNP					203	0.7	N/A
	Scottish Christian					187	0.7	N/A
	Scottish Socialist					96	0.3	N/A
	Socialist Labour					94	0.3	N/A
	National Front					60	0.2	N/A
	Solidarity					20	0.1	N/A
	Others					53	0.2	N/A
Majority			10,583	38.3	N/A
Valid Votes			27,643			27,642
Invalid Votes			75			94
Turnout			27,718	50.5	N/A	27,736	50.5	N/A
	SNP win (new seat)
Notes

See also

• South Angus (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. 12. 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 1 July 2021.
8. Constituencies A-Z | Angus South, BBC News; retrieved 8 May 2021
9. "Declaration of results - Angus South" (PDF). Angus Council . Retrieved 1 July 2021.
10. "Declaration of Regional votes cast - Angus South" (PDF). Angus Council . Retrieved 1 July 2021.
11. "SPE2016 - North East Scotland Regional List results by constituency" (PDF). Aberdeen City Council . Retrieved 1 July 2021.
12. "Angus South - Scottish Parliament constituency". BBC News . Retrieved 14 October 2020.
13. "2011 Election analysis (Excel 2.37MB)". Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
14. "Results and turnout at the 2011 Scottish Parliament election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
15. "Vote 2011: Scotland elections: Angus South". BBC News . 11 May 2011. Archived from the original on 20 May 2021. Retrieved 20 May 2021.

Bibliography

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

External links

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