Angus North and Mearns (Scottish Parliament constituency)
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Angus North and Mearns shown within the North East Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
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| Created | 2011 |
| Party | Scottish National Party |
| MSP | Mairi Evans |
| Council area | Angus Aberdeenshire |
Angus North and Mearns 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. It is one of ten constituencies in the North East Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to ten constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
From the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, the seat of Angus was split into two separate constituencies; Angus North and Mearns and Angus South
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Electoral region
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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, the Aberdeenshire council area, the Angus council area, the Dundee City council area and part of the Moray council area.
Constituency boundaries and council area
Angus is represented by two constituencies in the Scottish Parliament: Angus North and Mearns and Angus South. Aberdeenshire is represented by four constituencies in the Scottish Parliament: Aberdeenshire East, Aberdeenshire West, Angus North and Mearns and Banffshire and Buchan Coast.
The electoral wards used in the creation of Angus North and Mearns are:
- In full: Mearns, Brechin and Edzell, Forfar and District, Montrose and District
- In part: Stonehaven and Lower Deeside (shared with Aberdeenshire West)
Member of the Scottish Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 2011 | Nigel Don | SNP | |
| 2016 | Mairi Evans | ||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| SNP | Mairi Evans | 13,417 | 45.7 | -9.1 | |
| Conservative | Alex Johnstone | 10,945 | 37.3 | +11.7 | |
| Labour | John Ruddy | 2,752 | 9.4 | -3.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Euan Davidson | 2,265 | 7.7 | +0.8 | |
| Majority | 2,472 | 8.4 | |||
| Turnout | 54.1 | ||||
| SNP hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| SNP | Nigel Don | 13,660 | 54.8 | +11.4 | |
| Conservative | Alex Johnstone | 6,374 | 25.6 | +3.1 | |
| Labour | Kevin Hutchens | 3,160 | 12.7 | -0.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Sanjay Samani | 1,726 | 6.9 | -13.9 | |
| Majority | 7,286 | 29.2 | |||
| Turnout | 24,920 | 47.4 | |||
| SNP hold | Swing | 4.1% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| SNP | 10,194 | 43.4 | |||
| Conservative | 5,278 | 22.5 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | 4,888 | 20.8 | |||
| Labour | 3,114 | 13.3 | |||
| Majority | 4,916 | 20.9 | |||
| SNP hold | Swing | ||||
The following table is the election results for the former constituency of Angus.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| SNP | Andrew Welsh | 15,686 | 49.1 | +4.6 | |
| Conservative | Alex Johnstone | 7,443 | 23.3 | +1.3 | |
| Labour | Doug Bradley | 5,032 | 15.7 | -0.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Scott Rennie | 3,799 | 11.9 | -0.9 | |
| Majority | 8,243 | 25.8 | |||
| Turnout | 31,960 | 53.0 | +3.8 | ||
| SNP hold | Swing | ||||
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