| Angus East | |
|---|---|
| Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
| Subdivisions of Scotland | Angus |
| 1983–1997 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | North Angus & Mearns South Angus |
| Replaced by | Angus, Tayside North, Dundee East, Dundee West |
Angus East was a Scottish county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 until 1997, when it was replaced largely by Angus with smaller proportions moving to Tayside North, Dundee East and Dundee West. Between 1950 and 1983, the area had been represented by the North Angus & Mearns and South Angus constituencies.
It elected one Member of Parliament (MP), using the first-past-the-post voting system.
Boundaries
The Angus District electoral divisions of Aberbrothock, Arbroath Elliot, Arbroath St Vigeans, Brechin, Carnoustie, Eastern Glens, Montrose Lunan, and Montrose Northesk, and the City of Dundee District electoral divisions of Monifieth and Sidlaw.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Peter Fraser | Conservative | ||
| 1987 | Andrew Welsh | SNP | ||
| 1997 | constituency abolished | |||
Elections
Elections in the 1980s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Peter Fraser | 19,218 | 44.1 | −1.0 | |
| SNP | Andrew Welsh | 15,691 | 36.0 | +4.9 | |
| SDP | Pauline Hammond | 4,978 | 11.4 | +3.4 | |
| Labour | Charles McConnell | 3,497 | 8.0 | −7.8 | |
| Ecology | Pamela Ross | 239 | 0.6 | New | |
| Majority | 3,527 | 8.1 | −5.9 | ||
| Turnout | 43,623 | 73.5 | |||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | Andrew Welsh | 19,536 | 42.4 | +6.4 | |
| Conservative | Peter Fraser | 17,992 | 39.0 | −5.1 | |
| Labour | Raymond Mennie | 4,971 | 10.8 | +2.8 | |
| SDP | Ian Mortimer | 3,592 | 7.8 | −3.6 | |
| Majority | 1,544 | 3.4 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 46,091 | 75.5 | +2.0 | ||
| SNP gain from Conservative | Swing | +5.8 | |||
Elections in the 1990s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | Andrew Welsh | 19,006 | 40.1 | −2.3 | |
| Conservative | Ronald Harris | 18,052 | 38.1 | −0.9 | |
| Labour | Donald Taylor | 5,994 | 12.6 | +1.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Callum McLeod | 3,897 | 8.2 | +0.4 | |
| Green | Duncan McCabe | 449 | 0.9 | New | |
| Majority | 954 | 2.0 | −1.4 | ||
| Turnout | 47,398 | 75.0 | −0.5 | ||
| SNP hold | Swing | −0.7 | |||
References
- "Media Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies", BBC/ITN/PA News/Sky, 1995, p. 188.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 2)
- "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- "Politics Resources". Election 1983. Politics Resources. 9 June 1983. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
- "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- "Politics Resources". Election 1987. Politics Resources. 11 June 1987. Archived from the original on 22 May 2011. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
- "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.