Angus North and Mearns ( Gaelic: ''Aonghas a Tuath agus a' Mhaoirne'') is a

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of the

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( Holyrood) covering parts of the council areas of

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and

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. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the

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method of election. 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 2011 Scottish Parliament election and covers areas that were in the seats of

, Tayside North and West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine. It has been held by Mairi Gougeon of the

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since 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 West, Angus South, Banffshire and Buchan Coast, Dundee City East and Dundee City West. The region covers all of the

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, the

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and part of

Moray Moray ( ; or ) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. It lies in the north-east of the country, with a coastline on the Moray Firth, and borders the council areas of Aberdeenshire and Highland. Its council is based in Elgin, the area' ...

Constituency boundaries and council area

Angus North and Mearns covers parts of the council areas of

and

. Angus is represented by two constituencies in the

, the other constituency being Angus South. Aberdeenshire is represented by four other constituencies in the

: Aberdeenshire East and Aberdeenshire West are both entirely within Aberdeenshire; Aberdeen South and North Kincardine also includes a portion of the

; Banffshire and Buchan Coast also includes a portion of

. The electoral wards used in the creation of Angus North and Mearns are: *In full: ** Mearns (Aberdeenshire) ** Brechin and Edzell (Angus) ** Forfar and District (Angus) ** Montrose and District (Angus) *In part: ** Stonehaven and Lower Deeside (Aberdeenshire); shared with Aberdeenshire West

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election results

2020s

2010s

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Angus North and Mearns (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 Stonehaven Montrose, Angus Laurencekirk Brechin Forfar Politics of Aberdeenshire