South Angus (UK Parliament constituency)

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South Angus
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland Forfarshire
Major settlements Arbroath, Carnoustie, Forfar and Monifieth
1950–1983
SeatsOne
Created from Forfarshire and Montrose Burghs
Replaced by East Angus and North Tayside [1]

South Angus was a county constituency in Scotland, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 to 1983.

Contents

Boundaries

The burghs of Arbroath, Carnoustie, Forfar, Kirriemuir, and Monifieth, and the districts of Carnoustie, Forfar, Kirriemuir, and Monifieth.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [2] Party
1950 James Duncan Conservative and National Liberal
1964 Jock Bruce-Gardyne Conservative
Oct 1974 Andrew Welsh SNP
1979 Peter Fraser Conservative
1983 constituency abolished: see Angus East & Tayside North

Election results

Elections of the 1950s

1950 general election: South Angus [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Liberal James Duncan 19,324 53.9
Labour Norman Hogg 9,17625.6
Liberal John George Jenkins 7,36020.5
Majority10,14828.3
Turnout 35,86082.0
National Liberal win (new seat)
1951 general election: South Angus [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Liberal James Duncan 24,478 70.9 +17.0
Labour James Harold10,02829.1+3.5
Majority14,45041.8+13.5
Turnout 34,50676.6−5.4
National Liberal hold Swing
1955 general election: South Angus [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Liberal James Duncan 23,967 72.7 +1.8
Labour Harry Gourlay 8,99627.3−1.8
Majority14,97145.4+3.6
Turnout 32,96373.6−3.0
National Liberal hold Swing +1.8
1959 general election: South Angus [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Liberal James Duncan 19,435 57.1 −15.6
Liberal George Mackie 8,13923.9New
Labour James L. Stewart6,47719.0−8.3
Majority11,29633.2−12.2
Turnout 34,05175.9+2.3
National Liberal hold Swing

Elections of the 1960s

1964 general election: South Angus [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Jock Bruce-Gardyne 19,566 58.2 +1.1
Labour Co-op Dick Douglas 7,59022.6+3.6
Liberal Christopher B. H. Scott6,47219.3−4.6
Majority11,97635.6+2.4
Turnout 33,62875.6−0.3
Unionist hold Swing −1.3
1966 general election: South Angus [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jock Bruce-Gardyne 22,407 70.4 +12.2
Labour Francis Cosgrove McManus9,40429.6+7.0
Majority13,00340.8+5.2
Turnout 31,81171.2−4.4
Conservative hold Swing +2.6

Elections of the 1970s

1970 general election: South Angus [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jock Bruce-Gardyne 20,439 56.2 −14.2
SNP Malcolm Slesser 8,40623.1New
Labour Herbert Coutts7,55720.8−8.8
Majority12,03333.1−7.7
Turnout 36,40273.8+2.6
Conservative hold Swing
February 1974 general election: South Angus [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jock Bruce-Gardyne 20,522 49.5 −6.7
SNP Malcolm Slesser 15,17936.6+13.5
Labour Robert William Perks5,72113.8−7.0
Majority5,34312.9−20.2
Turnout 41,42279.9+6.1
Conservative hold Swing
October 1974 general election: Angus South [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SNP Andrew Welsh 17,073 43.8 +7.2
Conservative Jock Bruce-Gardyne 15,24939.2−10.3
Labour Neal Lorimer Geaughan4,10310.5−3.3
Liberal Henry O'Farrell Will2,5296.5New
Majority1,8244.6N/A
Turnout 38,95474.5−5.4
SNP gain from Conservative Swing
1979 general election: Angus South [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Fraser 20,029 43.6 +4.4
SNP Andrew Welsh 19,06641.5−2.3
Labour Ian Gordon Philip4,02310.1−0.4
Liberal Henry O'Farrell Will2,2184.8−1.7
Majority9632.1N/A
Turnout 45,93679.9+5.4
Conservative gain from SNP Swing +3.4

References

  1. ↑ "'Angus South', February 1974 – May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  2. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 2)
  3. ↑ Whitaker's Almanack 1955
  4. ↑ Whitaker's Almanack 1955
  5. ↑ Whitaker's Almanack 1970
  6. ↑ Whitaker's Almanack 1963
  7. ↑ Whitaker's Almanack 1966
  8. ↑ Whitaker's Almanack 1970
  9. ↑ Whitaker's Almanack 1972
  10. ↑ Whitaker's Almanack 977
  11. ↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1977
  12. ↑ Election 79 BBC TV broadcast
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