North Tayside (UK Parliament constituency)

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

North Tayside
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland	Tayside
1983 (1983)–2005 (2005)
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Angus Perth & North Perthshire

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

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[1]	Party
	1983	Bill Walker	Conservative
	1997	John Swinney	SNP
	2001	Pete Wishart	SNP
	2005	constituency abolished

Election results

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 Robertson	4,365	11.3	+3.2
	Scottish Socialist	Rosie Adams	620	1.6	N/A
	Independent (politician)	Tina MacDonald	220	0.6	N/A
Majority			3,283	8.5
Turnout			38,519	62.5	−11.8
	SNP hold		Swing

References

1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "T" (part 1)