South Angus (UK Parliament constituency)

Angus South
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland	Forfarshire
Major settlements	Arbroath, Carnoustie, Forfar and Monifieth
1950–1983
Number of members	One
Replaced by	East Angus and North Tayside[1]
Created from	Forfar

Angus South was a county constituency in Scotland, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 to 1983.

Boundaries

The burghs of Arbroath, Carnoustie, Forfar, Kirriemuir, and Monifieth, and the districts of Carnoustie, Forfar, Kirriemuir, and Monifieth.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[2]	Party
	1950	James Duncan	Conservative and National Liberal
	1964	Jock Bruce-Gardyne	Conservative
	Oct 1974	Andrew Welsh	SNP
	1979	Peter Fraser	Conservative
1983		constituency abolished: see Angus East & Tayside North

Election results

Elections of the 1950s

General Election 1950: South Angus[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	James Alexander Duncan	19,324	53.9	N/A
	Labour	Norman Hogg	9,176	25.6	N/A
	Liberal	John George Jenkins	7,360	20.5	N/A
Majority			10,148	28.3	N/A
Turnout			35,860	82.0	N/A
	Unionist win (new seat)

General Election 1951: South Angus[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	James Alexander Duncan	24,478	70.9	+17.0
	Labour	James Harold	10,028	29.1	+3.5
Majority			14,450	41.9
Turnout			34,506	76.6	−5.4
	Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1955: South Angus[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	James Alexander Duncan	23,967	72.7	+1.8
	Labour	Harry Philip Heggie Gourlay	8,996	27.3	−1.8
Majority			14,971	45.4
Turnout			32,963	73.6	−3.0
	Unionist hold		Swing	+1.8

General Election 1959: South Angus[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Sir James Alexander Duncan	19,435	57.1	−15.6
	Liberal	George Yull Mackie	8,139	23.9	N/A
	Labour	James L. Stewart	6,477	19.0	−8.3
Majority			11,296	33.2
Turnout			34,051	75.9	+2.3
	Unionist hold		Swing

Elections of the 1960s

General Election 1964: South Angus[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	John Bruce-Gardyne	19,566	58.2	+1.1
	Labour	Richard Giles Douglas	7,590	22.6	+3.6
	Liberal	Christopher B. H. Scott	6,472	19.3	−4.6
Majority			11,976	35.6
Turnout			33,628	75.6	−0.3
	Unionist hold		Swing	−1.3

General Election 1966: South Angus[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Bruce-Gardyne	22,407	70.4	+12.2
	Labour	Francis Cosgrove McManus	9,404	29.6	+7.0
Majority			13,003	40.9
Turnout			31,811	71.2	−4.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.6

Elections of the 1970s

General Election 1970: South Angus[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Bruce-Gardyne	20,439	56.2	−14.2
	SNP	Malcolm Slesser	8,406	23.1	N/A
	Labour	Herbert Coutts	7,557	20.8	−8.8
Majority			12,033	33.1
Turnout			36,402	73.8	+2.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: South Angus[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Bruce-Gardyne	20,522	49.5	−6.7
	SNP	Malcolm Slesser	15,179	36.6	+13.5
	Labour	Robert W. Perks	5,721	13.8	−7.0
Majority			5,343	12.9
Turnout			41,422	79.9	+6.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Angus South[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Andrew Paton Welsh	17,073	43.8	+7.2
	Conservative	John Bruce-Gardyne	15,249	39.2	−10.3
	Labour	N.L. Geaughan	4,103	10.5	−3.3
	Liberal	H. Will	2,529	6.5	N/A
Majority			1,824	4.7
Turnout			38,954	74.5	+1.8
	SNP gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1979: Angus South[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Lovat Fraser	20,029	43.6	+4.4
	SNP	Andrew Paton Welsh	19,066	41.5	−2.3
	Labour	I.G. Philip	4,623	10.1	−0.4
	Liberal	H. Will	2,218	4.8	−1.7
Majority			963	2.1
Turnout			45,936	79.9	+5.4
	Conservative gain from SNP		Swing	3.4

References

1. "'Angus South', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
2. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 2)
3. Whitaker's Almanack 1955
4. Whitaker's Almanack 1955
5. Whitaker's Almanack 1970
6. Whitaker's Almanack 1963
7. Whitaker's Almanack 1966
8. Whitaker's Almanack 1970
9. Whitaker's Almanack 1972
10. Whitaker's Almanack 977
11. Whitaker's Almanack, 1977
12. Election 79 BBC TV broadcast