Number of members 1 | ||
Replaced by Kincardine and Western Aberdeenshire, Montrose Burghs, East Angus, Kincardine and Deeside, Aberdeen South Created from Kincardine and Western Aberdeenshire, Montrose Burghs | ||
Angus North and Mearns was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 to 1983. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post voting system.
Contents
It was unsuccessfully contested in 1950 by the actor James Robertson Justice.
Boundaries
The constituency was created by the Representation of the People Act 1948, and was defined as consisting of:
Redistribution
The boundaries of the constituency were unaltered at the next redistribution of seats, which came into effect in 1974. Counties and burghs were abolished for local government purposes in 1975, but parliamentary boundaries were unaffected until 1983. In that year the constituency was abolished. A new Kincardine and Deeside constituency was formed with similar boundaries.