North_Tayside_(UK_Parliament_constituency)

North Tayside
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
Replaced by	Angus; Perth & North Perthshire

North Tayside (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1983–2005

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.

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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.

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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)

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

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	John Swinney	20,447	44.8	+6.1
	Conservative	Bill Walker	16,287	32.5	−10.6
	Labour	Ian McFatridge	5,141	11.3	+4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Regent	3,716	8.2	+0.3
Majority			4,160	12.3	N/A
Turnout			45,951	74.3	−3.3
	SNP gain from Conservative		Swing	+8.4

North Tayside (UK Parliament constituency)

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Pete Wishart	15,441	40.1	−4.7
	Conservative	Murdo Fraser	12,158	31.6	−0.9
	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	-3.8
Turnout			38,519	62.5	−11.8
	SNP hold		Swing