South Angus (UK Parliament constituency)
Angus South | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | Forfarshire |
Major settlements | Arbroath, Carnoustie, Forfar and Monifieth |
1950โ1983 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | East Angus and North Tayside[1] |
Created from | Forfar and Montrose Burghs |
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 | ||
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ยฑ | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative and National Liberal | James 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 | ||
Conservative and National Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ยฑ | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Liberal and Conservative | James 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 | โ5.4 | ||
National Liberal and Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ยฑ | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Liberal and Conservative | James Duncan | 23,967 | 72.7 | +1.8 | |
Labour | Harry Gourlay | 8,996 | 27.3 | โ1.8 | |
Majority | 14,971 | 45.4 | |||
Turnout | 32,963 | 73.6 | โ3.0 | ||
National Liberal and Conservative hold | Swing | +1.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ยฑ | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Liberal and Conservative | James Duncan | 19,435 | 57.1 | โ15.6 | |
Liberal | George Mackie | 8,139 | 23.9 | N/A | |
Labour | James L. Stewart | 6,477 | 19.0 | โ8.3 | |
Majority | 11,296 | 33.2 | |||
Turnout | 34,051 | 75.9 | +2.3 | ||
National Liberal and Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections of the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ยฑ | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Jock Bruce-Gardyne | 19,566 | 58.2 | +1.1 | |
Labour Co-op | Dick Douglas | 7,590 | 22.6 | +3.6 | |
Liberal | Christopher B. H. Scott | 6,472 | 19.3 | โ4.6 | |
Majority | 11,976 | 35.6 | |||
Turnout | 33,628 | 75.6 | โ0.3 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | โ1.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ยฑ | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jock 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 | โ4.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.6 | |||
Elections of the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ยฑ | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jock Bruce-Gardyne | 20,439 | 56.2 | โ14.2 | |
SNP | Malcolm Slesser | 8,406 | 23.1 | N/A | |
Labour | Herbert Coutts | 7,557 | 20.8 | โ8.8 | |
Majority | 12,033 | 33.1 | |||
Turnout | 36,402 | 73.8 | +2.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ยฑ | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jock Bruce-Gardyne | 20,522 | 49.5 | โ6.7 | |
SNP | Malcolm Slesser | 15,179 | 36.6 | +13.5 | |
Labour | Robert William Perks | 5,721 | 13.8 | โ7.0 | |
Majority | 5,343 | 12.9 | |||
Turnout | 41,422 | 79.9 | +6.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ยฑ | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | Andrew Welsh | 17,073 | 43.8 | +7.2 | |
Conservative | Jock Bruce-Gardyne | 15,249 | 39.2 | โ10.3 | |
Labour | Neal Lorimer Geaughan | 4,103 | 10.5 | โ3.3 | |
Liberal | Henry O'Farrell Will | 2,529 | 6.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,824 | 4.7 | |||
Turnout | 38,954 | 74.5 | +1.8 | ||
SNP gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ยฑ | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Fraser | 20,029 | 43.6 | +4.4 | |
SNP | Andrew Welsh | 19,066 | 41.5 | โ2.3 | |
Labour | Ian Gordon Philip | 4,623 | 10.1 | โ0.4 | |
Liberal | Henry O'Farrell Will | 2,218 | 4.8 | โ1.7 | |
Majority | 963 | 2.1 | |||
Turnout | 45,936 | 79.9 | +5.4 | ||
Conservative gain from SNP | Swing | 3.4 | |||
References
- โ "'Angus South', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
- โ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs โ Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 2)
- โ Whitaker's Almanack 1955
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- โ Whitaker's Almanack 1955
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- โ Whitaker's Almanack 1970
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- โ Whitaker's Almanack 1963
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- โ Whitaker's Almanack 1966
- โ Whitaker's Almanack 1970
- โ Whitaker's Almanack 1972
- โ Whitaker's Almanack 977
- โ Whitaker's Almanack, 1977
- โ Election 79 BBC TV broadcast
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