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North Angus and Mearns (UK Parliament constituency)

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

Angus North and Mearns
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of ScotlandKincardineshire, Angus
1950–1983
SeatsOne
Created fromForfarshire, Kincardine and Western Aberdeenshire and Montrose Burghs
Replaced byEast Angus, Kincardine and Deeside and Aberdeen South[1]

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

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The constituency was created by the Representation of the People Act 1948, and was defined as consisting of:[2]

Redistribution

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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

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Election Member Party
1950 Colin Thornton-Kemsley Conservative and National Liberal
1964 Alick Buchanan-Smith Conservative
1983 constituency abolished

Election results

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Elections of the 1950s

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1950 general election: North Angus and Mearns [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Liberal Colin Thornton-Kemsley 15,485 51.6
Labour James Robertson Justice 8,304 27.7
Liberal Tom Adam 6,233 20.8
Majority 7,181 23.9
Turnout 30,022 81.4
National Liberal win (new seat)
1951 general election: North Angus and Mearns [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Liberal Colin Thornton-Kemsley 18,515 64.1 +12.5
Labour John Mackie 10,356 35.9 +8.2
Majority 8,159 28.2 +4.3
Turnout 28,871 76.3 −5.1
National Liberal hold Swing +2.2
1955 general election: North Angus and Mearns [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Liberal Colin Thornton-Kemsley 18,516 69.0 +4.9
Labour Charles Buick 8,323 31.0 −4.9
Majority 10,193 38.0 +9.8
Turnout 26,839 72.3 −4.0
National Liberal hold Swing +4.9
1959 general election: North Angus and Mearns [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Liberal Colin Thornton-Kemsley 17,536 67.4 −1.6
Labour Robert Hughes 8,486 32.6 +1.6
Majority 9,050 34.8 −3.2
Turnout 26,022 71.3 −1.0
National Liberal hold Swing −1.6

Elections of the 1960s

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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

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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

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  1. ^ "'Angus North and Mearns', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  2. ^ Representation of the People Act 1948, First Schedule, Parliamentary Constituencies, Part III, Scotland
  3. ^ The Parliamentary Constituencies (Scotland) Order 1970 (S.I.1970/1680)
  4. ^ Parliamentary Constituencies (Scotland) Order 1983 (S.I. 1983/422)
  5. ^ Whitaker's Almanack 1950
  6. ^ Whitaker's Almanack 1951
  7. ^ Whitaker's Almanack 1955
  8. ^ Whitaker's Almanack 1963
  9. ^ Whitaker's Almanack 1965
  10. ^ Whitaker's Almanack 1967
  11. ^ Whitaker's Almanack 1971
  12. ^ Whitaker's Almanack 1975
  13. ^ Whitaker's Almanack 1975