Angus North and Mearns (Scottish Parliament constituency) facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Angus North and Mearns
county constituency for the Scottish Parliament
Angus North and Mearns shown within the North East Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Population	70,839 (2019)
Current constituency
Created	2011
Party	Scottish National Party
MSP	Mairi Gougeon
Council area	Angus Aberdeenshire
Created from	Angus, North Tayside, West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine

Angus North and Mearns (Gaelic: Aonghas a Tuath agus a' Mhaoirne) is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering parts of the council areas of Angus and Aberdeenshire. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. It is one of ten constituencies in the North East Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to the ten constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

The seat was created for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election and covers areas that were in the seats of Angus, Tayside North and West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine. It has been held by Mairi Gougeon of the Scottish National Party since the 2016 Scottish Parliament election.

Electoral region

The other nine constituencies of the North East Scotland region are Aberdeen Central, Aberdeen Donside, Aberdeen South and North Kincardine, Aberdeenshire East, Aberdeenshire West, Angus South, Banffshire and Buchan Coast, Dundee City East and Dundee City West.

The region covers all of the Aberdeen City council area, Aberdeenshire, Angus, the Dundee City council area and part of Moray.

Constituency boundaries and council area

Angus North and Mearns covers parts of the council areas of Aberdeenshire and Angus. Angus is represented by two constituencies in the Scottish Parliament, the other constituency being Angus South. Aberdeenshire is represented by four other constituencies in the Scottish Parliament: Aberdeenshire East and Aberdeenshire West are both entirely within Aberdeenshire; Aberdeen South and North Kincardine also includes a portion of the Aberdeen City council area; Banffshire and Buchan Coast also includes a portion of Moray.

The electoral wards used in the creation of Angus North and Mearns are:

• In full:
  • Mearns (Aberdeenshire)
  • Brechin and Edzell (Angus)
  • Forfar and District (Angus)
  • Montrose and District (Angus)
• In part:
  • Stonehaven and Lower Deeside (Aberdeenshire); shared with Aberdeenshire West

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election results

2020s

Angus North & Mearns election results 1999-2021

2021 Scottish Parliament election: Angus North and Mearns

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Mairi Gougeon	17,144	48.6	2.9	14,360	40.6	0.7
	Conservative	Braden Davy	13,635	38.7	1.4	12,451	35.2	0.7
	Labour	Cindy Douglas	2,686	7.6	1.8	2,912	8.2	0.8
	Green					2,151	6.1	0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Turvey	1,804	5.1	2.6	1,603	4.5	0.7
	Alba Party					724	2.0	New
	All for Unity					251	0.7	New
	Scottish Family Party					191	0.5	New
	Independent Green Voice					188	0.5	New
	Abolish the Scottish Parliament Party					151	0.4	New
	Reform UK					80	0.2	New
	Freedom Alliance (UK)					77	0.2	New
	Restore Scotland					63	0.2	New
	Scottish Libertarian Party					56	0.2	0.0
	UKIP					52	0.1	2.0
	Independent	Laura Marshall				35	0.1	New
	Independent	Geoffrey Farquharson				29	0.0	New
	Renew Party					5	0.0	New
Majority			3,509	9.9	1.5
Valid Votes			35,269			35,379
Invalid Votes			114			41
Turnout			35,383	64.2	10.1	35,420	64.2	10.1
	SNP hold		Swing		0.8
Notes

2010s

2016 Scottish Parliament election: Angus North and Mearns

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Mairi Evans	13,417	45.7	9.1	12,170	41.3	11.3
	Conservative	Alex Johnstone	10,945	37.3	11.7	10,575	35.9	15.1
	Labour	John Ruddy	2,752	9.4	3.3	2,663	9.0	2.3
	Green					1,532	5.2	1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Euan Davidson	2,265	7.7	0.8	1,522	5.2	0.5
	UKIP					626	2.1	1.2
	Scottish Christian Party					110	0.4	0.2
	Solidarity (Scotland)					80	0.3	0.2
	National Front					69	0.2	0.0
	Scottish Libertarian Party					56	0.2	New
	Communist					47	0.2	New
	RISE					44	0.1	New
Majority			2,472	8.4	20.8
Valid Votes			29,379			29,494
Invalid Votes			117			40
Turnout			29,496	54.1	5.2	29,534	54.3	5.3
	SNP hold		Swing		10.4
Notes