North Tayside (UK Parliament constituency)

North Tayside
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland	Tayside
1983–2005
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Angus Perth & North Perthshire
Created from	Perth & East Perthshire, Angus South and Kinross & West Perthshire[1]

North Tayside was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 until 2005. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post voting system.

The constituency was abolished for the 2005 general election, and the area is now represented by Angus and Perth and North Perthshire.

The Scottish Parliament constituency of North Tayside, which covered the same area, continues in existence.

Boundaries

1983-1997: The Angus District electoral divisions of Forfar East and Dunnichen, Forfar West and Strathmore, Kirriemuir, and Western Glens, and the Perth and Kinross District electoral divisions of Atholl, Breadalbane and Rannoch; St Martin's; Strathardle; Strathisla; and Strathtay.

1997-2005: The Angus District electoral divisions of Brechin and Eastern Glens, Forfar East, Forfar West, and Kirriemuir and Western Glens, and the Perth and Kinross District electoral divisions of Alyth and Coupar Angus; Blairgowrie and Glenshee; Dunkeld and Strathtay; Pitlochry, Aberfeldy and Rannoch; and Scone and St Martin's.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[2]	Party
	1983	Bill Walker	Conservative
	1997	John Swinney	SNP
	2001	Pete Wishart	SNP
	2005	constituency abolished

Elections of the 1980s

General Election 1983: North Tayside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	William Connoll Walker	19,269	51.0	N/A
	SNP	Alasdair Neil Morgan	9,170	24.3	N/A
	Liberal	Danus Skene	7,255	19.2	N/A
	Labour	Noel McLeod Orchison Wylie	2,057	5.5	N/A
Majority			10,099	26.7	N/A
Turnout			37,751	72.6	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)

General Election 1987: North Tayside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	William Connoll Walker	18,307	45.4	−5.6
	SNP	Kenneth James Nicolson Guild	13,291	32.9	+8.6
	Liberal	Peter Frederick Regent	5,201	12.9	−6.3
	Labour	James Whytock	3,550	8.8	+3.3
Majority			5,016	12.5
Turnout			40,349	74.7	+2.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	−7.1

Elections of the 1990s

General Election 1992: North Tayside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	William Connoll Walker	20,283	46.7	+1.3
	SNP	John Swinney	16,288	37.5	+4.6
	Liberal Democrat	Simon Anthony Horner	3,791	8.7	−4.2
	Labour	Thomas Alasdair Stewart Maclennan	3,094	7.1	−1.7
Majority			3,995	9.2
Turnout			43,456	77.6	+2.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	−0.7

General Election 1997: North Tayside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	SNP	John Swinney	20,447	44.8	+6.1
	Conservative	William Connoll Walker	16,287	32.5	−10.6
	Labour	Ian Andrew McFatridge	5,141	11.3	+4.3
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Frederick Regent	3,716	8.2	+0.3
Majority			4,160	9.1
Turnout			45,951	74.3	−3.3
	SNP gain from Conservative		Swing	+8.4

Elections of the 2000s

General Election 2001: North Tayside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	SNP	Pete Wishart	15,441	40.1	−4.8
	Conservative	Murdo Fraser	12,158	31.6	−4.2
	Labour	Thomas Docherty	5,715	14.8	+3.6
	Liberal Democrat	Julia Margaret Robertson	4,365	11.3	+3.2
	Scottish Socialist	Rosie Adams	620	1.6	N/A
	Independent	Tina MacDonald	220	0.6	N/A
Majority			3,283	8.5
Turnout			38,519	62.5	−11.8
	SNP hold		Swing

References

1. "'Tayside North', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
2. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "T" (part 1)