Angus North and Mearns (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with North Angus and Mearns (UK Parliament constituency).

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

See also: North East Scotland (Scottish Parliament 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		Member	Party
	2011	Nigel Don	SNP
	2016	Mairi Gougeon (née Evans)

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
	Scottish Green					2,151	6.1	0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Turvey	1,804	5.1	2.6	1,603	4.5	0.7
	Alba					724	2.0	New
	All for Unity					251	0.7	New
	Scottish Family					191	0.5	New
	Independent Green Voice					188	0.5	New
	Abolish the Scottish Parliament					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					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					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	9.9
	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
	Scottish 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					110	0.4	0.2
	Solidarity					80	0.3	0.2
	National Front					69	0.2	0.0
	Scottish Libertarian					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

2011 Scottish Parliament election: Angus North and Mearns

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Region
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Nigel Don	13,660	54.8	N/A	13,114	52.6	N/A
	Conservative	Alex Johnstone	6,374	25.6	N/A	5,195	20.8	N/A
	Labour	Kevin Hutchens	3,160	12.7	N/A	2,828	11.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Sanjay Samani	1,726	6.9	N/A	1,431	5.7	N/A
	Scottish Green					948	3.8	N/A
	All-Scotland Pensioners Party					474	1.9	N/A
	Scottish Christian					145	0.6	N/A
	UKIP					237	0.9	N/A
	Socialist Labour					145	0.6	N/A
	BNP					187	0.7	N/A
	Scottish Socialist					75	0.3	N/A
	National Front					54	0.2	N/A
	Solidarity					15	0.1	N/A
	Angus Independents					43	0.2	N/A
	Others					59	0.2	N/A
Majority			7,286	29.2	N/A
Valid Votes			24,920			24,950
Invalid Votes			88			102
Turnout			20,008	48.9	N/A	25,052	49.0	N/A
	SNP win (new seat)
Notes

External links

• "Angus North and Mearns constituency map" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland. Retrieved 30 June 2021.