North Tayside (UK Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with North Tayside (Scottish Parliament constituency).

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.

North Tayside
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of North Tayside in Scotland for the 2001 general election
Subdivisions of Scotland	Tayside
1983–2005
Seats	One
Created from	Perth & East Perthshire, Angus South and Kinross & West Perthshire[1]
Replaced by	Angus Perth & North Perthshire

The constituency was abolished for the 2005 general election, and the area is now represented by Angus and Perth and North Perthshire. After 2023, the area will be covered by Angus and Perthshire Glens, of which the boundaries are very similar to the old North Tayside.^[2]

The Scottish Parliament constituency of North Tayside, which covered the same area, was in existence from 1999 to 2011. The Angus and Perthshire Glens constituency created in 2024 has near identical boundaries to the old North Tayside seat.

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

Election results

Elections of the 1980s

General election 1983: North Tayside^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bill Walker	19,269	51.0	+4.5
	SNP	Alasdair Morgan	9,170	24.3	−17.4
	Liberal	Danus Skene	7,255	19.2	+11.0
	Labour	Noel Wylie	2,057	5.5	+1.9
Majority			10,099	26.7	+21.9
Turnout			37,751	72.6
	Conservative win (new seat)

General election 1987: North Tayside^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bill Walker	18,307	45.4	−5.6
	SNP	Kenneth Guild	13,291	32.9	+8.6
	Liberal	Peter Regent	5,201	12.9	−6.3
	Labour	James Whytock	3,550	8.8	+3.3
Majority			5,016	12.5	−14.2
Turnout			40,349	74.7	+2.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	−7.1

Elections of the 1990s

General election 1992: North Tayside^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bill Walker	20,283	46.7	+1.3
	SNP	John Swinney	16,288	37.5	+4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Horner	3,791	8.7	−4.2
	Labour	Thomas Maclennan	3,094	7.1	−1.7
Majority			3,995	9.2	−3.3
Turnout			43,456	77.6	+2.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	−0.7

General election 1997: North Tayside^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	John Swinney	20,447	44.8	+6.1
	Conservative	Bill Walker	16,287	35.7	−10.6
	Labour	Ian McFatridge	5,141	11.3	+4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Regent	3,716	8.2	+0.3
Majority			4,160	9.1	N/A
Turnout			45,591	74.3	−3.3
	SNP gain from Conservative		Swing	+8.4

Elections of the 2000s

General election 2001: North Tayside^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Pete Wishart	15,441	40.1	−4.7
	Conservative	Murdo Fraser	12,158	31.6	−4.1
	Labour	Thomas Docherty	5,715	14.8	+3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Julia Robertson	4,365	11.3	+3.1
	Scottish Socialist	Rosie Adams	620	1.6	New
	Independent	Tina MacDonald	220	0.6	New
Majority			3,283	8.5	−0.6
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. "28 June 2023 - 2023 Review Report laid before Parliament | The Boundary Commission for Scotland". www.bcomm-scotland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
3. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "T" (part 1)
4. "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
5. "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
6. "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
7. "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
8. "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.