South Angus
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of ScotlandForfarshire
Major settlementsArbroath, Carnoustie, Forfar and Monifieth
1950–1983
SeatsOne
Created fromForfar and Montrose Burghs
Replaced byEast 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

The burghs of Arbroath, Carnoustie, Forfar, Kirriemuir, and Monifieth, and the districts of Carnoustie, Forfar, Kirriemuir, and Monifieth.

Members of Parliament

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

Elections of the 1950s

1950 general election: South Angus[3]
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)
1951 general election: South Angus[4]
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
1955 general election: South Angus[5]
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
1959 general election: South Angus[6]
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

1964 general election: South Angus[7]
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
1966 general election: South Angus[8]
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

1970 general election: South Angus[9]
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
February 1974 general election: South Angus[10]
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
October 1974 general election: Angus South[11]
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
1979 general election: Angus South[12]
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

  1. ^ "'Angus South', February 1974 – May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  2. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 2)
  3. ^ Whitaker's Almanack 1955
  4. ^ Whitaker's Almanack 1955
  5. ^ Whitaker's Almanack 1970
  6. ^ Whitaker's Almanack 1963
  7. ^ Whitaker's Almanack 1966
  8. ^ Whitaker's Almanack 1970
  9. ^ Whitaker's Almanack 1972
  10. ^ Whitaker's Almanack 977
  11. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1977
  12. ^ Election 79 BBC TV broadcast
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