Angus South (

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: ''Aonghas a Deas'') is a

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of the

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( Holyrood) covering part of the council area of Angus. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the

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method of election. In addition, 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

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for the region as a whole. The seat was created for the

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, and covers areas that were formerly in the seats of Angus and Tayside North, both of which were abolished. It has been held since creation by Graeme Dey of the

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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 East ( Gaelic: ''Siorrachd Obar Dheathain an Ear'') is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament ( Holyrood) covering part of the council area of Aberdeenshire. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first ...

, Aberdeenshire West, Angus North and Mearns, 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 Angus ( sco, Angus; gd, Aonghas) is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland, a registration county and a lieutenancy area. The council area borders Aberdeenshire, Dundee City and Perth and Kinross. Main industries include agri ...

, the

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and part of the Moray council area.

Constituency boundaries and council area

Angus is represented by two constituencies in the

: Angus North and Mearns and Angus South. The electoral wards used in the creation of Angus South are: * Kirriemuir and Dean * Monifieth and Sidlaw * Carnoustie and District * Arbroath West, Letham and Friockheim * Arbroath East and Lunan

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election results

2020s

2010s

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Angus South (Scottish Parliament Constituency) Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions from 2011 Politics of Angus, Scotland Constituencies of the Scottish Parliament Constituencies established in 2011 2011 establishments in Scotland Kirriemuir Arbroath Carnoustie