Angus North and Mearns (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Angus North and Mearns is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). 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 ten constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

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
Current constituency
Created2011
PartyScottish National Party
MSPMairi Evans
Council areaAngus
Aberdeenshire
Created fromAngus,
North Tayside,
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine

From the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, the seat of Angus was split into two separate constituencies; Angus North and Mearns and Angus South

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 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, the Aberdeenshire council area, the Angus council area, the Dundee City council area and part of the Moray council area.

Constituency boundaries and council area

Angus is represented by two constituencies in the Scottish Parliament: Angus North and Mearns and Angus South. Aberdeenshire is represented by four constituencies in the Scottish Parliament: Aberdeenshire East, Aberdeenshire West, Angus North and Mearns and Banffshire and Buchan Coast.

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 Evans

Election results

2010s
2016 Scottish Parliament election: Angus North and Mearns[1][2][3]
Party Candidate Constituency Regional
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
SNP Mairi Evans 13,417 45.7 9.1 12,170 41.3
Conservative Alex Johnstone[lower-alpha 1] 10,945 37.3 11.7 10,575 35.9
Labour John Ruddy 2,752 9.4 3.3 2,663 9.0
Scottish Green 1,532 5.2
Liberal Democrats Euan Davidson 2,265 7.7 0.8 1,522 5.2
UKIP 626 2.1
Scottish Christian 110 0.4
Solidarity 80 0.3
National Front 69 0.2
Scottish Libertarian 56 0.2
Communist 47 0.2
RISE 44 0.1
Majority 2,472 8.4 20.8
Valid Votes 29,379 29,494
Invalid Votes 117 40
Turnout 29,496 54.1 7.6 29,534 54.3
SNP hold Swing 10.4
Notes
  1. Elected on the party list
2011 Scottish Parliament election: Angus North and Mearns
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SNP Nigel Don 13,660 54.8 +11.4
Conservative Alex Johnstone 6,374 25.6 +3.1
Labour Kevin Hutchens 3,160 12.7 -0.6
Liberal Democrats Sanjay Samani 1,726 6.9 -13.9
Majority 7,286 29.2 N/A
Turnout 24,920 47.4 N/A
SNP win (new seat)

See also


References
  1. "Angus North and Mearns" (PDF). Angus Council. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  2. "SPE2016 - North East Scotland Regional List results by constituency". Aberdeen City Council. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  3. "Angus North and Mearns - Scottish Parliament constituency". BBC News. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
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