South Angus (UK Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Angus South (Scottish Parliament constituency).

South Angus
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland	Forfarshire
Major settlements	Arbroath, Carnoustie, Forfar and Monifieth
1950–1983
Seats	One
Created from	Forfarshire and Montrose Burghs
Replaced by	East Angus and North Tayside

South Angus was a county constituency in Scotland, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 to 1983.

Boundaries

The burghs of Arbroath, Carnoustie, Forfar, Kirriemuir, and Monifieth, and the districts of Carnoustie, Forfar, Kirriemuir, and Monifieth.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1950	James Duncan	Conservative and National Liberal
	1964	Jock Bruce-Gardyne	Conservative
	Oct 1974	Andrew Welsh	SNP
	1979	Peter Fraser	Conservative
1983		constituency abolished: see Angus East & Tayside North

Election results

Elections of the 1950s

1950 general election: South Angus

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal	James Duncan	19,324	53.9
	Labour	Norman Hogg	9,176	25.6
	Liberal	John George Jenkins	7,360	20.5
Majority			10,148	28.3
Turnout			35,860	82.0
	National Liberal win (new seat)

1951 general election: South Angus

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal	James Duncan	24,478	70.9	+17.0
	Labour	James Harold	10,028	29.1	+3.5
Majority			14,450	41.8	+13.5
Turnout			34,506	76.6	−5.4
	National Liberal hold		Swing

1955 general election: South Angus

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal	James Duncan	23,967	72.7	+1.8
	Labour	Harry Gourlay	8,996	27.3	−1.8
Majority			14,971	45.4	+3.6
Turnout			32,963	73.6	−3.0
	National Liberal hold		Swing	+1.8

1959 general election: South Angus

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal	James Duncan	19,435	57.1	−15.6
	Liberal	George Mackie	8,139	23.9	New
	Labour	James L. Stewart	6,477	19.0	−8.3
Majority			11,296	33.2	−12.2
Turnout			34,051	75.9	+2.3
	National Liberal hold		Swing

Elections of the 1960s

1964 general election: South Angus

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Jock Bruce-Gardyne	19,566	58.2	+1.1
	Labour Co-op	Dick Douglas	7,590	22.6	+3.6
	Liberal	Christopher B. H. Scott	6,472	19.3	−4.6
Majority			11,976	35.6	+2.4
Turnout			33,628	75.6	−0.3
	Unionist hold		Swing	−1.3

1966 general election: South Angus

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jock Bruce-Gardyne	22,407	70.4	+12.2
	Labour	Francis Cosgrove McManus	9,404	29.6	+7.0
Majority			13,003	40.8	+5.2
Turnout			31,811	71.2	−4.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.6

Elections of the 1970s

1970 general election: South Angus

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jock Bruce-Gardyne	20,439	56.2	−14.2
	SNP	Malcolm Slesser	8,406	23.1	New
	Labour	Herbert Coutts	7,557	20.8	−8.8
Majority			12,033	33.1	−7.7
Turnout			36,402	73.8	+2.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

February 1974 general election: South Angus

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jock Bruce-Gardyne	20,522	49.5	−6.7
	SNP	Malcolm Slesser	15,179	36.6	+13.5
	Labour	Robert William Perks	5,721	13.8	−7.0
Majority			5,343	12.9	−20.2
Turnout			41,422	79.9	+6.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

October 1974 general election: Angus South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Andrew Welsh	17,073	43.8	+7.2
	Conservative	Jock Bruce-Gardyne	15,249	39.2	−10.3
	Labour	Neal Lorimer Geaughan	4,103	10.5	−3.3
	Liberal	Henry O'Farrell Will	2,529	6.5	New
Majority			1,824	4.6	N/A
Turnout			38,954	74.5	−5.4
	SNP gain from Conservative		Swing

1979 general election: Angus South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Fraser	20,029	43.6	+4.4
	SNP	Andrew Welsh	19,066	41.5	−2.3
	Labour	Ian Gordon Philip	4,023	10.1	−0.4
	Liberal	Henry O'Farrell Will	2,218	4.8	−1.7
Majority			963	2.1	N/A
Turnout			45,936	79.9	+5.4
	Conservative gain from SNP		Swing	+3.4