South Angus (UK Parliament constituency)
South Angus | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | Forfarshire |
Major settlements | Arbroath, Carnoustie, Forfar and Monifieth |
1950–1983 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Forfar and Montrose Burghs |
Replaced by | East Angus and North Tayside[1] |
South Angus was a county constituency in Scotland, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 to 1983.
Boundaries
[edit]The burghs of Arbroath, Carnoustie, Forfar, Kirriemuir, and Monifieth, and the districts of Carnoustie, Forfar, Kirriemuir, and Monifieth.
Members of Parliament
[edit]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
[edit]Elections of the 1950s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Liberal | James Duncan | 19,324 | 53.9 | ||
Labour | Norman Hogg | 9,176 | 25.6 | ||
Liberal | John George Jenkins | 7,360 | 20.5 | ||
Majority | 10,148 | 28.3 | |||
Turnout | 35,860 | 82.0 | |||
National Liberal win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Liberal | James Duncan | 24,478 | 70.9 | +17.0 | |
Labour | James Harold | 10,028 | 29.1 | +3.5 | |
Majority | 14,450 | 41.8 | +13.5 | ||
Turnout | 34,506 | 76.6 | −5.4 | ||
National Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Liberal | James Duncan | 23,967 | 72.7 | +1.8 | |
Labour | Harry Gourlay | 8,996 | 27.3 | −1.8 | |
Majority | 14,971 | 45.4 | +3.6 | ||
Turnout | 32,963 | 73.6 | −3.0 | ||
National Liberal hold | Swing | +1.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Liberal | James Duncan | 19,435 | 57.1 | −15.6 | |
Liberal | George Mackie | 8,139 | 23.9 | New | |
Labour | James L. Stewart | 6,477 | 19.0 | −8.3 | |
Majority | 11,296 | 33.2 | −12.2 | ||
Turnout | 34,051 | 75.9 | +2.3 | ||
National Liberal hold | Swing |
Elections of the 1960s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | −4.6 | |
Majority | 11,976 | 35.6 | +2.4 | ||
Turnout | 33,628 | 75.6 | −0.3 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | −1.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jock Bruce-Gardyne | 22,407 | 70.4 | +12.2 | |
Labour | Francis Cosgrove McManus | 9,404 | 29.6 | +7.0 | |
Majority | 13,003 | 40.8 | +5.2 | ||
Turnout | 31,811 | 71.2 | −4.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.6 |
Elections of the 1970s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jock Bruce-Gardyne | 20,439 | 56.2 | −14.2 | |
SNP | Malcolm Slesser | 8,406 | 23.1 | New | |
Labour | Herbert Coutts | 7,557 | 20.8 | −8.8 | |
Majority | 12,033 | 33.1 | −7.7 | ||
Turnout | 36,402 | 73.8 | +2.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jock Bruce-Gardyne | 20,522 | 49.5 | −6.7 | |
SNP | Malcolm Slesser | 15,179 | 36.6 | +13.5 | |
Labour | Robert William Perks | 5,721 | 13.8 | −7.0 | |
Majority | 5,343 | 12.9 | −20.2 | ||
Turnout | 41,422 | 79.9 | +6.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | Andrew Welsh | 17,073 | 43.8 | +7.2 | |
Conservative | Jock Bruce-Gardyne | 15,249 | 39.2 | −10.3 | |
Labour | Neal Lorimer Geaughan | 4,103 | 10.5 | −3.3 | |
Liberal | Henry O'Farrell Will | 2,529 | 6.5 | New | |
Majority | 1,824 | 4.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 38,954 | 74.5 | −5.4 | ||
SNP gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Fraser | 20,029 | 43.6 | +4.4 | |
SNP | Andrew Welsh | 19,066 | 41.5 | −2.3 | |
Labour | Ian Gordon Philip | 4,023 | 10.1 | −0.4 | |
Liberal | Henry O'Farrell Will | 2,218 | 4.8 | −1.7 | |
Majority | 963 | 2.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 45,936 | 79.9 | +5.4 | ||
Conservative gain from SNP | Swing | +3.4 |
References
[edit]- ^ "'Angus South', February 1974 – May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 2)
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack 1955
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack 1955
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack 1970
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack 1963
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack 1966
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack 1970
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack 1972
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack 977
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1977
- ^ Election 79 BBC TV broadcast