East Angus (UK Parliament constituency)

Angus East
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland	Angus
1983–1997
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Angus, Tayside North, Dundee East, Dundee West
Created from	North Angus & Mearns South Angus

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.^[1] 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[2]	Party
	1983	Peter Fraser	Conservative
	1987	Andrew Welsh	SNP
	1997	constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1983: Angus East[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Lovat Fraser	19,218	44.1	N/A
	SNP	Andrew Paton Welsh	15,691	36.0	N/A
	Social Democratic	Miss Pauline Mary Hammond	4,978	11.4	N/A
	Labour	Charles Stephen McConnell	3,497	8.0	N/A
	Ecology	Mrs. Pamela May Ross	239	0.6	N/A
Majority			3,527	8.1	N/A
Turnout			43,623	73.5	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)

General Election 1987: Angus East[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Andrew Paton Welsh	19,536	42.4	+6.4
	Conservative	Peter Lovat Fraser	17,992	39.0	−5.1
	Labour	Raymond Anthony Mennie	4,971	10.8	+2.8
	Social Democratic	Ian Nicoll Mortimer	3,592	7.8	−3.6
Majority			1,544	3.4
Turnout			46,091	75.5	+2.0
	SNP gain from Conservative		Swing	+5.8

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: Angus East[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Andrew Paton Welsh	19,006	40.1	−2.3
	Conservative	Dr. Ronald Osborne Harris	18,052	38.1	−0.9
	Labour	Donald Geoffrey Taylor	5,994	12.6	+1.9
	Liberal Democrat	Callum Alexander McLeod	3,897	8.2	+0.4
	Green	Duncan McDougall McCabe	449	0.9	+0.9
Majority			954	2.0	−1.3
Turnout			47,398	75.0	−0.5
	SNP hold		Swing	−0.7

References

1. "Media Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies", BBC/ITN/PA News/Sky, 1995, p. 188.
2. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 2)
3. "Politics Resources". Election 1983. Politics Resources. 9 June 1983. Retrieved 9 Feb 2012.
4. "Politics Resources". Election 1987. Politics Resources. 11 June 1987. Retrieved 9 Feb 2012.
5. "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.