Angus | |
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Former county constituency for the Scottish Parliament |
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Angus shown within the North East Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
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Former constituency | |
Created | 1999 |
Abolished | 2011 |
Council area |
Angus (part) Dundee City (part) Perth and Kinross (part) |
Replaced by |
Angus North and Mearns, Angus South |
Angus was a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elected one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it was one of nine constituencies in the North East Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
From the Scottish Parliament election, 2011, Angus was expanded and ultimatey split into two separate constituencies; Angus North and Mearns and Angus South
The other eight constituencies of the North East Scotland region are Aberdeen Central, Aberdeen North, Aberdeen South, Banff and Buchan, Dundee East, Dundee West, Gordon and West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine