Angus (UK Parliament constituency)
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Angus is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 1997 general election, largely replacing Angus East. A similar constituency, also called Angus, is used by the Scottish Parliament.
Boundaries
The constituency covers the
Angus council area, apart from the area around
Dundee. Until the
2005 general election, it covered the east of Angus and the area around Dundee. In 2005, parts of
North Tayside were incorporated into Angus.
Major towns in the constituency are Arbroath, Brechin, Forfar and Montrose.
History
Member of Parliament
Election results
See also
| UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland
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| Labour
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Aberdeen North | Aberdeen South | Airdrie and Shotts | Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock | Central Ayrshire | Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill | Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East | Dumfries and Galloway | Dundee West | East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow | East Lothian | East Renfrewshire | Edinburgh East | Edinburgh North and Leith | Edinburgh South | Edinburgh South West | Falkirk | Glasgow Central | Glasgow East | Glasgow North | Glasgow North West | Glasgow South | Glasgow South West | Glenrothes | Inverclyde | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath | Lanark and Hamilton East | Linlithgow and East Falkirk | Livingston | Midlothian | Motherwell and Wishaw | North Ayrshire and Arran | Ochil and South Perthshire | Paisley and Renfrewshire North | Paisley and Renfrewshire South | Rutherglen and Hamilton West | Stirling | West Dunbartonshire
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| Liberal Democrat
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Argyll and Bute | Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | Dunfermline and West Fife | East Dunbartonshire | Edinburgh West | Gordon | Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey | North East Fife | Orkney and Shetland | Ross, Skye and Lochaber | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
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| SNP
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Angus | Banff and Buchan | Dundee East | Moray | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | Perth and North Perthshire
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| Conservative and Unionist
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Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
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| Speaker
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Glasgow North East
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| Scotland European constituency: Labour (2) | SNP (2) | Conservative and Unionist (1) | Liberal Democrats (1)
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