Angus South (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Angus South
Angus South
County constituency; for the Scottish Parliament
	Angus South shown within the North East Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Population	72,926 (2019)
Current constituency
Created	2011
Party	Scottish National Party
MSP	Graeme Dey
Council area	Angus
Created from	Angus,; North Tayside

Angus South (Gaelic: Aonghas a Deas) is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering part of the council area of Angus. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. In addition, 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.

Quick facts Population, Current constituency ...

The seat was created for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, and covers areas that were formerly in the seats of Angus and Tayside North, both of which were abolished.^[2] It has been held since creation by Graeme Dey of the Scottish National Party.

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Graeme Dey^[a]	19,568	50.7	1.8	16,524	42.7	1.5
	Conservative	Maurice Golden^[b]	13,451	34.8	0.6	12,534	32.4	1.6
	Labour	Graeme McKenzie	3,625	9.4	2.4	3,722	9.6	1.0
	Scottish Green					2,265	5.9	1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Lawrie	1,964	5.1	1.3	1,557	4.0	1.1
	Alba					788	2.0	New
	All for Unity					366	0.9	New
	Independent Green Voice					255	0.7	New
	Scottish Family					179	0.5	New
	Abolish the Scottish Parliament					116	0.3	New
	Reform UK					88	0.2	New
	UKIP					78	0.2	1.9
	Freedom Alliance (UK)					73	0.2	New
	Restore Scotland					59	0.2	New
	Independent	Laura Marshall				44	0.1	New
	Scottish Libertarian					41	0.1	0.0
	Independent	Geoffrey Farquharson				13	0.0	New
	Renew					8	0.0	New
Majority			6,117	15.9	2.4
Valid Votes			38,608			38,710
Invalid Votes			128			59
Turnout			38,736	65.1	8.3	38,769	65.2	8.4
	SNP hold		Swing
Notes Incumbent member for this constituency Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Graeme Dey^[a]	15,622	48.9	9.6	14,148	44.2	10.7
	Conservative	Kirstene Hair	11,318	35.4	15.2	10,885	34.0	14.9
	Labour	Joanne McFadden	3,773	11.8	1.6	3,399	10.6	2.2
	Scottish Green					1,520	4.7	1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Sneddon	1,216	3.8	0.6	943	2.9	0.1
	UKIP					667	2.1	1.1
	Scottish Christian					174	0.5	0.2
	Solidarity					83	0.3	0.2
	RISE					60	0.2	New
	National Front					50	0.2	0.1
	Scottish Libertarian					45	0.1	New
	Communist					43	0.1	New
Majority			4,304	13.5	24.8
Valid Votes			31,929			32,017
Invalid Votes			123			52
Turnout			32,052	56.8	6.3	32,069	56.8	6.3
	SNP hold		Swing		12.4
Notes Incumbent member for this constituency

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Region
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Graeme Dey	16,164	58.5	N/A	15,171	54.9	N/A
	Conservative	Hughie Campbell Adamson	5,581	20.2	N/A	5,283	19.1	N/A
	Labour	William Campbell	3,703	13.4	N/A	3,547	12.8	N/A
	Independent (politician)	David Fairweather	1,321	4.8	N/A
	Scottish Green					902	3.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Sneddon	874	3.2	N/A	837	3.0	N/A
	All-Scotland Pensioners Party					535	1.9	N/A
	Angus Independents					369	1.3	N/A
	UKIP					285	1.0	N/A
	BNP					203	0.7	N/A
	Scottish Christian					187	0.7	N/A
	Scottish Socialist					96	0.3	N/A
	Socialist Labour					94	0.3	N/A
	National Front					60	0.2	N/A
	Solidarity					20	0.1	N/A
	Others					53	0.2	N/A
Majority			10,583	38.3	N/A
Valid Votes			27,643			27,642
Invalid Votes			75			94
Turnout			27,718	50.5	N/A	27,736	50.5	N/A
	SNP win (new seat)
Notes

Electoral region