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| Angus South | |
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| County constituency for the Scottish Parliament | |
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.svg) Angus South shown within the North East Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland | |
| Population | 72,926 (2019)[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 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.
The seat was created for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, and covers areas that were formerly in the seats of Angus and Tayside North, both of which were abolished.[2] It has been held since creation by Graeme Dey of the Scottish National Party.
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 North and Mearns, Banffshire and Buchan Coast, Dundee City East and Dundee City West.
The region covers all of the Aberdeen City council area, Aberdeenshire, Angus, the Dundee City council area and part of Moray.
Constituency boundaries and council area
Angus is represented by two constituencies in the Scottish Parliament: Angus North and Mearns and Angus South.
The electoral wards used in the creation of Angus South are:
- 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
2020s
| Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| SNP | Graeme Dey[a] | 19,568 | 50.7 |  1.8
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16,524 | 42.7 |  1.5
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| Conservative | Maurice Golden[b] | 13,451 | 34.8 | 0.6
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12,534 | 32.4 | 1.6
| |
| Labour | Graeme McKenzie | 3,625 | 9.4 | 2.4
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3,722 | 9.6 | 1.0
| |
| Scottish Green | 2,265 | 5.9 | 1.2
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| Liberal Democrats | Ben Lawrie | 1,964 | 5.1 | 1.3
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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 UK | 88 | 0.2 | New | |||||
| UKIP | 78 | 0.2 | 1.9
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| 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
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| Independent | Geoffrey Farquharson | 13 | 0.0 | New | ||||
| Renew | 8 | 0.0 | New | |||||
| Majority | 6,117 | 15.9 | 2.4
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| Valid Votes | 38,608 | 38,710 | ||||||
| Invalid Votes | 128 | 59 | ||||||
| Turnout | 38,736 | 65.1 | 8.3
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38,769 | 65.2 | 8.4
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| SNP hold | Swing | |||||||
Notes
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2010s
| Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| SNP | Graeme Dey[a] | 15,622 | 48.9 | 9.6
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14,148 | 44.2 | 10.7
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| Conservative | Kirstene Hair | 11,318 | 35.4 | 15.2
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10,885 | 34.0 | 14.9
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| Labour | Joanne McFadden | 3,773 | 11.8 | 1.6
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3,399 | 10.6 | 2.2
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| Scottish Green | 1,520 | 4.7 | 1.4
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| Liberal Democrats | Clive Sneddon | 1,216 | 3.8 | 0.6
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943 | 2.9 | 0.1
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| UKIP | 667 | 2.1 | 1.1
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| Scottish Christian | 174 | 0.5 | 0.2
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| Solidarity | 83 | 0.3 | 0.2
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| RISE | 60 | 0.2 | New | |||||
| National Front | 50 | 0.2 | 0.1
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| Scottish Libertarian | 45 | 0.1 | New | |||||
| Communist | 43 | 0.1 | New | |||||
| Majority | 4,304 | 13.5 | 24.8
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| Valid Votes | 31,929 | 32,017 | ||||||
| Invalid Votes | 123 | 52 | ||||||
| Turnout | 32,052 | 56.8 | 6.3
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32,069 | 56.8 | 6.3
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| SNP hold | Swing | 12.4
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