Angus North and Mearns (Scottish Parliament constituency) facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Angus North and Mearns
county constituency for the Scottish Parliament
Angus North and Mearns shown within the North East Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Population	70,839 (2019)
Current constituency
Created	2011
Party	Scottish National Party
MSP	Mairi Gougeon
Council area	Angus Aberdeenshire
Created from	Angus, North Tayside, West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine

Angus North and Mearns (in Gaelic: Aonghas a Tuath agus a' Mhaoirne) is an area in Scotland that elects one person to the Scottish Parliament. This special area is called a constituency. The Scottish Parliament is also known as Holyrood.

The person elected from this area is called a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP). They are chosen using a system called first past the post. This means the candidate with the most votes wins.

Angus North and Mearns is one of ten constituencies in the North East Scotland electoral region. This region also elects seven extra MSPs, called "additional members". This helps make sure that the number of MSPs from each political party in the region is fair.

This constituency was created for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election. It includes parts of areas that used to be in other constituencies. Since the 2016 Scottish Parliament election, Mairi Gougeon from the Scottish National Party has been the MSP for Angus North and Mearns.

What is an Electoral Region?

An electoral region is a larger area that groups several constituencies together. The North East Scotland region has ten constituencies in total. Besides Angus North and Mearns, the other nine constituencies in this region are:

• Aberdeen Central
• Aberdeen Donside
• Aberdeen South and North Kincardine
• Aberdeenshire East
• Aberdeenshire West
• Angus South
• Banffshire and Buchan Coast
• Dundee City East
• Dundee City West

This region covers all of the Aberdeen City council area, Aberdeenshire, Angus, the Dundee City council area, and a part of Moray.

Where are the Boundaries?

The Angus North and Mearns constituency covers parts of two council areas: Aberdeenshire and Angus.

Angus is represented by two constituencies in the Scottish Parliament. The other one is Angus South.

Aberdeenshire is represented by four other constituencies:

• Aberdeenshire East
• Aberdeenshire West
• Aberdeen South and North Kincardine (which also includes a bit of the Aberdeen City council area)
• Banffshire and Buchan Coast (which also includes a bit of Moray)

The smaller areas used to create Angus North and Mearns are called electoral wards. These include:

• Mearns (in Aberdeenshire)
• Brechin and Edzell (in Angus)
• Forfar and District (in Angus)
• Montrose and District (in Angus)
• Part of Stonehaven and Lower Deeside (in Aberdeenshire)

Who is the MSP?

An MSP (Member of the Scottish Parliament) is the person elected to represent a constituency. They work in the Scottish Parliament to make decisions and laws for Scotland.

Here are the MSPs who have represented Angus North and Mearns:

Images for kids

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  Angus North & Mearns election results from 1999 to 2021. This chart shows how people voted over the years.

See Also

• Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions