Angus South
Countyconstituency for theScottish Parliament
Angus South shown within theNorth East Scotland electoral region and the region shown withinScotland
Electorate	58,622 (2022)[1]
Current constituency
Created	2011
Party	Scottish National Party
MSP	Graeme Dey
Council area	Angus
Created from	Angus, North Tayside

Angus South (Gaelic:Aonghas a Deas) is acounty constituency of theScottish Parliament covering part of thecouncil area ofAngus.^[2] Under theadditional-member electoral system used for elections to the Scottish Parliament, it elects oneMember of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by thefirst past the post method of election. It is also one of ten constituencies in theNorth East Scotlandelectoral region, which elects seven additional members in addition to the ten constituency MSPs, producing a form ofproportional representation for the region as a whole.^[3]

The seat was created for the2011 Scottish Parliament election,^[4] and has been held since creation byGraeme Dey of theScottish National Party.

The other nine constituencies of the North East Scotland region are:Aberdeen Central,Aberdeen Deeside and North Kincardine,Aberdeen Donside,Aberdeenshire East,Aberdeenshire West,Angus North and Mearns,Banffshire and Buchan Coast,Dundee City East andDundee City West.^[3] The region covers all of theAberdeen City council area, theAberdeenshire council area, theAngus council area, theDundee City council area and part of theMoray council area.^[5]

Map of boundaries from 2011

Angus is represented by two constituencies in the Scottish Parliament: Angus North and Mearns and Angus South.^[2]

Angus South was created at thefirst periodic review of Scottish Parliament boundaries ahead of the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, and covers areas that were formerly in the seats ofAngus andTayside North, both of which were abolished.^[4] It remained unchanged following thesecond periodic review of Scottish Parliament boundaries in 2025.^[6] The constituency comprises the followingwards ofAngus Council:^[2]

• Kirriemuir and Dean
• Monifieth and Sidlaw
• Carnoustie and District
• Arbroath West, Letham and Friockheim
• Arbroath East and Lunan

2021 Scottish Parliament election: Angus South^[7][8]

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Graeme Dey[a]	19,568	50.7	1.8	16,524	42.7	1.5
	Conservative	Maurice Golden[b]	13,451	34.8	0.6	12,534	32.4	1.6
	Labour	Graeme McKenzie	3,625	9.4	2.4	3,722	9.6	1.0
	Green					2,265	5.9	1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Lawrie	1,964	5.1	1.3	1,557	4.0	1.1
	Alba					788	2.0	New
	All for Unity					366	0.9	New
	Independent Green Voice					255	0.7	New
	Scottish Family					179	0.5	New
	Abolish the Scottish Parliament					116	0.3	New
	Reform					88	0.2	New
	UKIP					78	0.2	1.9
	Freedom Alliance (UK)					73	0.2	New
	Restore Scotland					59	0.2	New
	Independent	Laura Marshall				44	0.1	New
	Scottish Libertarian					41	0.1	0.0
	Independent	Geoffrey Farquharson				13	0.0	New
	Renew					8	0.0	New
Majority			6,117	15.9	2.4
Valid Votes			38,608			38,710
Invalid Votes			128			59
Turnout			38,736	65.1	8.3	38,769	65.2	8.4
	SNPhold		Swing
Notes ^Incumbent member for this constituency ^Incumbent member on theparty list, or for another constituency

2016 Scottish Parliament election: Angus South^{[9][10][11][12]}

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Graeme Dey[a]	15,622	48.9	9.6	14,148	44.2	10.7
	Conservative	Kirstene Hair	11,318	35.4	15.2	10,885	34.0	14.9
	Labour	Joanne McFadden	3,773	11.8	1.6	3,399	10.6	2.2
	Green					1,520	4.7	1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Sneddon	1,216	3.8	0.6	943	2.9	0.1
	UKIP					667	2.1	1.1
	Scottish Christian					174	0.5	0.2
	Solidarity					83	0.3	0.2
	RISE					60	0.2	New
	National Front					50	0.2	0.1
	Scottish Libertarian					45	0.1	New
	Communist					43	0.1	New
Majority			4,304	13.5	24.8
Valid Votes			31,929			32,017
Invalid Votes			123			52
Turnout			32,052	56.8	6.3	32,069	56.8	6.3
	SNPhold		Swing		12.4
Notes ^Incumbent member for this constituency

• "Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers"(PDF). Boundaries Scotland. April 2025. Retrieved26 November 2025.

• "Angus South constituency map (2025 review)"(PDF).Boundaries Scotland. Retrieved19 November 2025.
• "Angus South constituency map (2011 review)"(PDF).Boundaries Scotland. Retrieved30 June 2021.

• Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions from 2011
• Politics of Angus, Scotland
• Constituencies of the Scottish Parliament
• Constituencies established in 2011
• 2011 establishments in Scotland
• Kirriemuir
• Arbroath
• Carnoustie

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