Everything about Angus Scottish Parliament Constituency totally explained
Angus is a
constituency of the
Scottish Parliament (
Holyrood). It elects one
Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the
first past the post method of election. Also, however, it's one of nine constituencies in the
North East Scotland electoral region, which elects seven
additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of
proportional representation for the region as a whole.
Electoral region
» See also North East Scotland Scottish Parliament region
The other eight constituencies of the North East Scotland region are
Aberdeen Central,
Aberdeen North,
Aberdeen South,
Banff and Buchan,
Dundee East,
Dundee West,
Gordon and
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
The region covers the
Aberdeenshire council area, the
Aberdeen City council area, the
Dundee City council area, part of the
Angus council area, a small part of the
Moray council area and a small part of the
Perth and Kinross council area.
Constituency boundaries and council areas
The Angus constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in
1999, with the name and boundaries of an existing
Westminster constituency. In
2005, however, the boundaries of the Westminster (
House of Commons) constituency were subject to major alterations.
The Holyrood constituency covers a southern portion of the Angus council area, north-eastern and north-western portions of the Dundee City council area and a small eastern portion of the Perth and Kinross council area. The rest of the Angus council area is covered by the
North Tayside constituency. The rest of the City of Dundee area is covered by the Dundee West and Dundee East constituencies, and the rest of the Perth and Kinross area is covered by the North Tayside constituency, the
Perth constituency and the
Ochil constituency. The North Tayside, Perth and Ochil constituencies are all within the
Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region.
Member of the Scottish Parliament
The constituency is currently represented by
Scottish Nationalist MSP
Andrew Welsh.
Election results
Further Information
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