Angus South

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Angus South
Angus South

North East Scotland

Educated
2011
MP
Graeme Dey ( SNP )

Graeme Dey

Regions
Angus

Angus South is a constituency for the Scottish Parliament . It was introduced in 2011 as one of ten constituencies in the electoral region of North East Scotland , which was redesigned and expanded from nine to ten constituencies as part of the constituencies' revision in 2011. Here, the constituency of Angus South was formed from areas of the former constituency Angus and parts of the former constituency North Tayside of the neighboring electoral region of Mid Scotland and Fife . It includes areas of the Council Area Angus with the cities of Arbroath , Carnoustie and Kirriemuir . The constituency sends a representative.

The constituency extends over an area of ​​1298.7 km 2 . In the 2011 census survey, a total of 72,452 people lived within its borders.

Election results

Parliamentary election 2011

Results of the 2011 general election
Political party candidate be right %
SNP Graeme Dey 16.164 58.5
Conservative Hughie Campbell Adamson 5581 20.2
Labor William Campbell 3703 13.4
Non-party David Fairweather 1321 4.8
Liberal Democrats Clive Sneddon 874 3.2
Turnout: 27,643 (50.33%)

General election 2016

Results of the 2016 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
SNP Graeme Dey 15,622 48.9 −9.5
Conservative Kirstene Hair 11,318 35.4 +15.3
Labor Joanne McFadden 3,773 11.8 −1.6
Liberal Democrats Clive Sneddon 1,216 3.8 +0.6
Turnout: (56.7%)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Map of the constituency
  2. ↑ 2011 census
  3. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  4. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament