North Tayside (constituency, Scotland)

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North Tayside
North Tayside

Mid Scotland and Fife

Educated
1999
Abolished
2011
Regions
Angus
Perth and Kinross

North Tayside was a constituency for the Scottish Parliament . It was introduced in 1999 as one of nine constituencies in the electoral region of Mid Scotland and Fife , which was redesigned as part of the constituency revision in 2011 and continues to include nine constituencies. Here the constituency of North Tayside was abolished. In terms of area, he was the largest constituency in the electoral region and essentially comprised sparsely populated, rural areas of the Council Areas Angus and Perth and Kinross with the cities of Brechin , Forfar and Pitlochry . The areas of the former constituency have largely merged into the new Perthshire North constituency . In the 2001 census survey, a total of 77,530 people lived within its borders. A deputy was sent.

Election results

General election 1999

Results of the 1999 general election
Political party candidate be right %
SNP John Swinney 16,786 44.1
Conservative Murdo Fraser 12,594 33.1
Labor Marion Dingwall 5727 15.1
Liberal Democrats Peter Regent 2948 7.8

General election 2003

Results of the 2003 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
SNP John Swinney 14,969 44.9 +0.8
Conservative Murdo Fraser 10,466 31.4 −1.7
Labor Gordon MacRae 3527 10.6 −4.5
Liberal Democrats Robert Forrest 3206 9.6 +1.8
Socialist Roseanne Adams 941 2.8 +2.8
Scottish People's George Ashe 234 0.7 +0.7

General election 2007

Results of the 2007 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
SNP John Swinney 18,281 51.6 +6.7
Conservative Murdo Fraser 10,697 30.2 −1.2
Labor Michael Marra 3243 9.2 −1.4
Liberal Democrats James Taylor 3175 9.0 −0.6

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Map of the constituency
  2. ↑ 2001 census
  3. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  4. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  5. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament