| Arbroath and Broughty Ferry | |
|---|---|
| County constituency for the House of Commons | |
 Boundary of Arbroath and Broughty Ferry in Scotland | |
| Subdivisions of Scotland | Angus, Scotland |
| Major settlements | Dundee, Arbroath, Broughty Ferry |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2024 |
| Member of Parliament | Stephen Gethins (SNP) |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Dundee East & Angus |
Arbroath and Broughty Ferry is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. It was first contested in the 2024 general election. [1]
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the composition of the constituency is as follows (as they existed on 1 December 2020): [2]
In the City of Dundee:
And in Angus:
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | Stephen Gethins | 15,581 | 35.3 | -15.6 | |
| Labour | Cheryl-Ann Cruickshank | 14,722 | 33.4 | +23.2 | |
| Conservative | Richard Brooks | 6,841 | 15.5 | -14.8 | |
| Reform UK | Gwen Wood | 3,800 | 8.6 | +8.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | David Evans | 2,249 | 5.1 | +8.6 | |
| Alba | Ghazi Khan | 693 | 1.6 | +1.6 | |
| Sovereignty | Moira Brown | 231 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
| Majority | 859 | 1.9 | |||
| Turnout | 44,278 | 58.15 | -10 | ||
| Registered electors | 76,149 | ||||
| SNP win (new seat) | |||||
Angus is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland, a registration county and a lieutenancy area. The council area borders Aberdeenshire, Dundee City and Perth and Kinross. Main industries include agriculture and fishing. Global pharmaceuticals company GSK has a significant presence in Montrose in the east of the county.
Broughty Ferry is a suburb of Dundee, Scotland. It is situated four miles east of the city centre on the north bank of the Firth of Tay. The area was a separate burgh from 1864 until 1913, when it was incorporated into Dundee. Historically it is within the County of Angus.
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Monifieth is a town and former police burgh in the council area of Angus, Scotland. It is situated on the north bank of the Firth of Tay on the east coast. In 2016, the population of Monifieth was estimated at 8,110, making it the fifth largest town in Angus.
Balmossie railway station is a small railway station at the border between Dundee and Angus which serves the east of Broughty Ferry and the west of Monifieth. It is located 5 miles from the former Dundee East station, on the Dundee to Aberdeen line, between Broughty Ferry and Monifieth. ScotRail, who manage the station, operate all services.
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Newbigging is a village in Angus, Scotland, two miles northeast of Dundee. The name "Newbigging" originally referred to a "new bigging" or "new cottar town" (hamlet). The village is roughly two miles north of Monifieth.
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Politics in the Dundee Citycouncil area are evident in the deliberations and decisions of Dundee City Council, in elections to the council, and in elections to the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) and the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster).
Elections to Angus Council were held on 3 May 2007 the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election. The election was the first one using 8 new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward will elect three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system a form of proportional representation. The new wards replace 29 single-member wards which used the plurality system of election.
Angus South is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering part of the council area of Angus. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. In addition, 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.
Wellbank is a village in Angus, Scotland. It lies approximately three miles north of Dundee, on the B978 road.
Kellas is a village in Angus, Scotland. It lies approximately two miles north of Dundee, on the B978 road.
Stephen Patrick Gethins is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician and academic serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Arbroath and Broughty Ferry since the 2024 general election.
Monifieth and Sidlaw is one of the eight wards used to elect members of the Angus Council. It elects four Councillors.
Tayway is a bus service between Dundee and Arbroath in Scotland. The service started in November 1980 and was operated jointly by Tayside Regional Council, Northern Scottish and British Rail. It included an integrated timetable and fare system, meaning that tickets could be used on all three operators. The brand is now used for Stagecoach Strathtay's route 73.
Elections to Angus Council took place on 5 May 2022, the same day as the 31 other Scottish local government elections. As with other Scottish council elections, it was held using single transferable vote (STV) – a form of proportional representation – in which multiple candidates are elected in each ward and voters rank candidates in order of preference.
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