Angus North and Mearns (Gaelic: Aonghas a Tuath agus a' Mhaoirne) is a county constituency of the Scottish Parliament covering parts of the council areas of Angus and Aberdeenshire. Under the additional-member electoral system used for elections to the Scottish Parliament, it elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. It is also one of ten constituencies in the North East Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members in addition to the ten constituency MSPs, producing a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 28.
The seat was created for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, and was held by Mairi Gougeon of the Scottish National Party from the 2016 Scottish Parliament election until 2026.
Electoral region
The other nine constituencies of the North East Scotland region are: Aberdeen Central, Aberdeen Donside, Aberdeen Deeside 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, the Aberdeenshire council area, the Angus council area, the Dundee City council area and part of the Moray council area.Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 143.
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.
Angus North and Mearns was created ahead of the 2011 Scottish Parliament election and covers areas that were in the seats of Angus, Tayside North and West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine by the first periodic review of Scottish Parliament boundaries. It remained unchanged following the second periodic review of Scottish Parliament boundaries.Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 48-52. The constituency comprises the following wards of Aberdeenshire Council and Angus Council:Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 140.
Aberdeenshire: Mearns (entire ward) Stonehaven and Lower Deeside (shared with Aberdeenshire West) Angus Brechin and Edzell (entire ward) Forfar and District ((entire ward) Montrose and District (entire ward) Member of the Scottish Parliament Election Member Party2011Nigel DonSNP2016Mairi Gougeon (née Evans)2026Dawn Black
Election results
2020s
Candidate or Party did not contest previous election
2010s
See also North Angus and Mearns (UK Parliament constituency)
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