North Tayside (UK Parliament constituency)

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Tayside North
County constituency
Created: 1983
Abolished: 2005
Type: House of Commons

Tayside North was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 until 2005. In 2005, the constituency was abolished, and the area is now represented by Angus and Perth and North Perthshire.

The Scottish Parliament constituency of Tayside North, which covered the same area, continues in existence.

[edit] Boundaries

[edit] Members of Parliament

Year Member Party
1983 Bill Walker Conservative Party
1997 John Swinney SNP
2001 Peter Wishart SNP

[edit] Results

General Election 2001: North Tayside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Scottish National Party Peter Wishart 15,441 40.1 −4.8
Conservative Murdo Fraser 12,158 31.6 −4.2
Labour Thomas Docherty 5,715 14.8 +3.6
Liberal Democrats Julia Robertson 4,365 11.3 +3.2
Scottish Socialist Rosie Adams 620 1.6 N/A
Independent (politician) Tina MacDonald 220 0.6 N/A
Majority 3,283 8.5
Turnout 38,519 62.5 −11.8
Scottish National Party hold Swing