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Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1950–1983
Angus North and Mearns was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 to 1983. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post voting system.
It was unsuccessfully contested in 1950 by the actor James Robertson Justice .
Boundaries [ edit ]
The constituency was created by the Representation of the People Act 1948 , and was defined as consisting of:[2]
Redistribution [ edit ]
The boundaries of the constituency were unaltered at the next redistribution of seats, which came into effect in 1974.[3] Counties and burghs were abolished for local government purposes in 1975 , but parliamentary boundaries were unaffected until 1983. In that year the constituency was abolished. A new Kincardine and Deeside constituency was formed with similar boundaries.[4]
Members of Parliament [ edit ]
Election results [ edit ]
Elections of the 1950s [ edit ]
Elections of the 1960s [ edit ]
Elections of the 1970s [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ " 'Angus North and Mearns', Feb 1974 - May 1983" . ElectionWeb Project . Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 15 March 2016 .
^ Representation of the People Act 1948 , First Schedule, Parliamentary Constituencies, Part III, Scotland
^ The Parliamentary Constituencies (Scotland) Order 1970 (S.I.1970/1680)
^ Parliamentary Constituencies (Scotland) Order 1983
(S.I. 1983/422)
^ Whitaker's Almanack 1950
^ Whitaker's Almanack 1951
^ Whitaker's Almanack 1955
^ Whitaker's Almanack 1963
^ Whitaker's Almanack 1965
^ Whitaker's Almanack 1967
^ Whitaker's Almanack 1971
^ Whitaker's Almanack 1975
^ Whitaker's Almanack 1975
Aberdeen North
Aberdeen South
Airdrie & Shotts
Angus
Argyll & Bute
Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock
Banff & Buchan
Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk
Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross
Central Ayrshire
Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill
Cumbernauld, Kilsyth & Kirkintilloch East
Dumfries & Galloway
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale & Tweeddale
Dundee East
Dundee West
Dunfermline & West Fife
East Dunbartonshire
East Kilbride, Strathaven & Lesmahagow
East Lothian
East Renfrewshire
Edinburgh East
Edinburgh North & Leith
Edinburgh South
Edinburgh South West
Edinburgh West
Falkirk
Glasgow Central
Glasgow East
Glasgow North
Glasgow North East
Glasgow North West
Glasgow South
Glasgow South West
Glenrothes
Gordon
Inverclyde
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey
Kilmarnock & Loudoun
Kirkcaldy & Cowdenbeath
Lanark & Hamilton East
Linlithgow & East Falkirk
Livingston
Midlothian
Moray
Motherwell & Wishaw
Na h-Eileanan an Iar
North Ayrshire & Arran
North East Fife
Ochil & South Perthshire
Orkney & Shetland
Paisley & Renfrewshire North
Paisley & Renfrewshire South
Perth & North Perthshire
Ross, Skye & Lochaber
Rutherglen & Hamilton West
Stirling
West Aberdeenshire & Kincardine
West Dunbartonshire