Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1950–1983
Angus North and Mearns |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons |
Subdivisions of Scotland | Kincardineshire, Angus |
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1950–1983 |
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Seats | One |
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Created from | Forfar, Kincardine and Western Aberdeenshire and Montrose Burghs |
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Replaced by | East Angus, Kincardine and Deeside and Aberdeen South[1] |
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Angus North and Mearns was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 to 1983. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post voting system.
It was unsuccessfully contested in 1950 by the actor James Robertson Justice.
Boundaries
The constituency was created by the Representation of the People Act 1948, and was defined as consisting of:[2]
- The county of Kincardine inclusive of all the burghs situated therein;
- In the county of Angus
- The burghs of Brechin and Montrose;
- The districts of Brechin and Montrose.
Redistribution
The boundaries of the constituency were unaltered at the next redistribution of seats, which came into effect in 1974.[3] Counties and burghs were abolished for local government purposes in 1975, but parliamentary boundaries were unaffected until 1983. In that year the constituency was abolished. A new Kincardine and Deeside constituency was formed with similar boundaries.[4]
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party |
| 1950 | Colin Thornton-Kemsley | Conservative and National Liberal |
| 1964 | Alick Buchanan-Smith | Conservative |
1983 | constituency abolished |
Election results
Elections of the 1950s
Elections of the 1960s
1964 general election: North Angus and Mearns [9] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Unionist | Alick Buchanan-Smith | 13,401 | 49.3 | −18.1 |
| Liberal | Kenneth Alfred John Barton | 9,268 | 34.1 | New |
| Labour | Mary Klopper | 4,513 | 16.6 | −16.0 |
Majority | 4,133 | 15.2 | -19.6 |
Turnout | 27,182 | 77.0 | +5.7 |
| Unionist hold | Swing | | |
1966 general election: North Angus and Mearns [10] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Alick Buchanan-Smith | 13,286 | 50.4 | +1.1 |
| Liberal | Kenneth Alfred John Barton | 7,756 | 29.4 | −4.7 |
| Labour | Christopher Thomas Walker | 5,318 | 20.2 | +3.6 |
Majority | 5,530 | 21.0 | +5.8 |
Turnout | 26,360 | 76.2 | −0.8 |
| Conservative hold | Swing | +2.9 | |
Elections of the 1970s
1970 general election: North Angus and Mearns [11] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Alick Buchanan-Smith | 14,687 | 53.1 | +2.7 |
| Labour | James Gourlay | 5,092 | 18.4 | −1.8 |
| SNP | James A. McGugan | 4,677 | 16.9 | New |
| Liberal | John J. Grimond | 3,312 | 11.6 | −17.8 |
Majority | 9,595 | 34.7 | +13.7 |
Turnout | 27,768 | 74.6 | −1.6 |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
February 1974 general election: North Angus and Mearns [12] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Alick Buchanan-Smith | 14,288 | 48.8 | −4.3 |
| SNP | Harry Rankin | 6,837 | 23.4 | +6.5 |
| Liberal | John Hall | 4,412 | 15.1 | +3.5 |
| Labour | Alexander Arnold Charles Stanley | 3,745 | 12.8 | −5.6 |
Majority | 7,451 | 25.4 | -9.3 |
Turnout | 29,282 | 72.7 | −1.9 |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
October 1974 general election: North Angus and Mearns [13] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Alick Buchanan-Smith | 11,835 | 43.6 | −5.2 |
| SNP | Iain McDonald Murray | 9,284 | 34.2 | +10.8 |
| Labour | James Norman Stewart McEwan | 3,344 | 12.3 | −0.5 |
| Liberal | Malcolm Bruce | 2,700 | 9.9 | −5.2 |
Majority | 2,551 | 9.4 | -16.0 |
Turnout | 27,163 | 78.7 | +6.0 |
| Conservative hold | Swing | −8.0 | |
1979 general election: North Angus and Mearns Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Alick Buchanan-Smith | 18,302 | 57.5 | +11.9 |
| SNP | Iain McDonald Murray | 7,387 | 23.2 | −11.0 |
| Labour | Hugh McMahon | 6,132 | 19.3 | +7.0 |
Majority | 10,915 | 34.3 | +24.9 |
Turnout | 31,821 | 73.8 | −4.9 |
| Conservative hold | Swing | +11.5 | |
References
- ^ "'Angus North and Mearns', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
- ^ Representation of the People Act 1948, First Schedule, Parliamentary Constituencies, Part III, Scotland
- ^ The Parliamentary Constituencies (Scotland) Order 1970 (S.I.1970/1680)
- ^ Parliamentary Constituencies (Scotland) Order 1983 (S.I. 1983/422)
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack 1950
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack 1951
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack 1955
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack 1963
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack 1965
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack 1967
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack 1971
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack 1975
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack 1975
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 2)
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