North Tayside (UK Parliament constituency)
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North Tayside | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons |
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Subdivisions of Scotland | Tayside |
1983–2005 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Angus Perth & North Perthshire |
North Tayside was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 until 2005. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post voting system.
The constituency was abolished for the 2005 general election, and the area is now represented by Angus and Perth and North Perthshire.
The Scottish Parliament constituency of North Tayside, which covered the same area, continues in existence.
Contents
Boundaries
1983-1997: The Angus District electoral divisions of Forfar East and Dunnichen, Forfar West and Strathmore, Kirriemuir, and Western Glens; and the Perth and Kinross District electoral divisions of Atholl, Breadalbane and Rannoch; St Martin's; Strathardle; Strathisla; and Strathtay.
1997-2005: The Angus District electoral divisions of Brechin and Eastern Glens, Forfar East, Forfar West, and Kirriemuir and Western Glens; and the Perth and Kinross District electoral divisions of Alyth and Coupar Angus; Blairgowrie and Glenshee; Dunkeld and Strathtay; Pitlochry, Aberfeldy and Rannoch; and Scone and St Martin's.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[1] | Party | |
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1983 | Bill Walker | Conservative | |
1997 | John Swinney | SNP | |
2001 | Pete Wishart | SNP | |
2005 | constituency abolished |
Election results
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Elections of the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SNP | Pete Wishart | 15,441 | 40.1 | −4.8 | |
Conservative | Murdo Fraser | 12,158 | 31.6 | −4.2 | |
Labour | Thomas Docherty | 5,715 | 14.8 | +3.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | Julia Margaret Robertson | 4,365 | 11.3 | +3.2 | |
Scottish Socialist | Rosie Adams | 620 | 1.6 | N/A | |
Independent | Tina MacDonald | 220 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,283 | 8.5 | |||
Turnout | 38,519 | 62.5 | −11.8 | ||
SNP hold | Swing |
Elections of the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SNP | John Swinney | 20,447 | 44.8 | +6.1 | |
Conservative | Bill Walker | 16,287 | 32.5 | −10.6 | |
Labour | Ian A. McFatridge | 5,141 | 11.3 | +4.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Peter Frederick Regent | 3,716 | 8.2 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 4,160 | 9.1 | |||
Turnout | 45,951 | 74.3 | −3.3 | ||
SNP gain from Conservative | Swing | +8.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Bill Walker | 20,283 | 46.7 | +1.3 | |
SNP | John Swinney | 16,288 | 37.5 | +4.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | Simon A. Horner | 3,791 | 8.7 | −4.2 | |
Labour | Stuart Maclennan | 3,094 | 7.1 | −1.7 | |
Majority | 3,995 | 9.2 | |||
Turnout | 43,456 | 77.6 | +2.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.7 |
Elections of the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Bill Walker | 18,307 | 45.4 | −5.6 | |
SNP | Kenneth James Nicolson Guild | 13,291 | 32.9 | +8.6 | |
Liberal | Peter Frederick Regent | 5,201 | 12.9 | −6.3 | |
Labour | James Whytock | 3,550 | 8.8 | +3.3 | |
Majority | 5,016 | 12.5 | |||
Turnout | 40,349 | 74.7 | +2.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −7.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Bill Walker | 19,269 | 51.0 | N/A | |
SNP | Alasdair Neil Morgan | 9,170 | 24.3 | N/A | |
Liberal | Danus Skene | 7,255 | 19.2 | N/A | |
Labour | N.M.O. Wylie | 2,057 | 5.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 10,099 | 26.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 37,751 | 72.6 | N/A | ||
Conservative win (new seat) |
References
- Accuracy disputes from March 2012
- Articles lacking reliable references from March 2012
- Wikipedia articles incorporating an LRPP-MP template with two unnamed parameters
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- Historic parliamentary constituencies in Scotland (Westminster)
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1983
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 2005