Angus and Perthshire Glens
Scotland · County constituency · Angus borough
About the Angus and Perthshire Glens constituency
Angus and Perthshire Glens is a county constituency in Scotland. The sitting MP is Dave Doogan (Scottish National Party), first elected in December 2019. At the 2024 general election, the SNP won with 40.4% to 30.1% for the Conservatives, a majority of 4,870 votes on a 61.8% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has the SNP on 40.5% and the Conservatives on 29.0%, a margin of 11.6 points.
Who lives in Angus and Perthshire Glens? Constituency demographics
From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.
How did Angus and Perthshire Glens vote in 2024 and how would it vote now?
2024 vote shares from the HoC Library. Current projection is at the 7-poll average.
2024 general election
Current projection
Map of Angus and Perthshire Glens
Switch between GE2024 ward winners (modelled estimates, ~4pp average error) and a demographic view from Scotland's 2022 Census. Hover any area for detail. How the map is built ›
How Angus and Perthshire Glens voted at the Scottish Parliament election (7 May 2026)
Angus and Perthshire Glens crosses multiple Holyrood boundaries: Perthshire North (67%), Angus South (17%), Angus North and Mearns (16%). Scotland uses the Additional Member System: voters cast one ballot for a constituency MSP and a second for a regional list. The figures below are the constituency vote.
| Holyrood constituency | Share of Angus and Perthshire Glens | Winner | Runner-up | Elected MSP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perthshire North | 67% | SNP 45.4% | Conservative 28.1% | John Swinney |
| Angus South | 17% | SNP 42.3% | Conservative 21.3% | Lloyd Melville |
| Angus North and Mearns | 16% | SNP 39.0% | Conservative 27.8% | Dawn Black |
Holyrood 2026 constituency results from official declarations. Overlap percentages are area-based using the post-2024 Westminster boundary against the new Holyrood second-review boundary (in force from 7 May 2026).
Angus and Perthshire Glens within Angus
Angus and Perthshire Glens sits entirely within Angus Council. Angus was not due to vote in 2026, so the figures below are the most recent ward results available. About this layer ›
Council overlap
| Council | Share of seat |
|---|---|
| Angus | 100% |
Most recent council ward results
Latest council winner per ward - May 2026 results where the council voted, otherwise the most recent available result. How this table is sourced ›
| Ward | GE2024 winner | Latest council winner | Shift since GE2024 | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blairgowrie and Glens | Conservative 44.1%vs SNP 34.1% | 2022 Conservative 45.5%vs SNP 40.3% | - | 50.7% |
| Brechin and Edzell | SNP 41.0%vs Conservative 33.4% | 2022 SNP 34.1%vs Conservative 32.3% | - | 44.3% |
| Carse of Gowrie | SNP 33.6%vs Conservative 29.8% | 2022 SNP 31.6%vs Conservative 30.9% | - | 55.7% |
| Forfar and District | SNP 49.6%vs Conservative 28.6% | 2022 SNP 38.4%vs Independent 28.9% | - | 44.0% |
| Highland | SNP 46.4%vs Conservative 35.1% | 2022 SNP 37.3%vs Conservative 30.9% | - | 58.0% |
| Kirriemuir and Dean | SNP 42.8%vs Conservative 34.3% | 2022 SNP 42.0%vs Conservative 38.4% | - | 50.7% |
| Montrose and District | SNP 48.4%vs Conservative 28.0% | 2022 SNP 39.3%vs Independent 25.6% | - | 42.0% |
| Strathmore | SNP 36.8%vs Conservative 28.7% | 2022 SNP 36.2%vs Conservative 30.2% | - | 53.8% |
| Strathtay | SNP 37.0%vs Conservative 26.3% | 2022 SNP 46.5%vs Conservative 34.9% | - | 52.2% |
Projection trajectory
PollCheck's projection for Angus and Perthshire Glens at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.
Who has won Angus and Perthshire Glens at past general elections?
2024 and notional 2019 rows are on current boundaries; 2010-2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time. More on boundaries ›
| Year | Result | MP | Lab | Con | LD | Majority | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010predecessor | SNP hold | Pete Wishart Perth and North Perthshire MP | 16.4% | 30.5% | 12.3% | 4,379 | 66.9% |
| 2015predecessor | SNP hold | Pete Wishart Perth and North Perthshire MP | 8.1% | 32.7% | 3.8% | 9,641 | 74.8%+7.9 |
| 2017predecessor | SNP hold | Pete Wishart Perth and North Perthshire MP | 10.4% | 42.3% | 5.0% | 21 | 71.8%-3.0 |
| 2019notional | Scottish National Party winner | Pete Wishart Perth and North Perthshire MP, pre-review boundary | 4.2% | 39.8% | 5.0% | 6,005 | 73.4% |
| 2024 | SNP hold | Dave Doogan | 14.4% | 30.1% | 6.7% | 4,870 | 61.8%-11.6 |
Angus and Perthshire Glens was created or substantially redrawn by the 2023 boundary review. Pre-2024 rows below are for the predecessor seat Perth and North Perthshire (the seat that covered most of this area), so vote shares and majorities aren’t directly comparable to the post-2024 figures.
Constituencies most like Angus and Perthshire Glens
Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Angus and Perthshire Glens. Politics shown for context.
- ↓Leave41.4 / 41.5vs 53.2
- ↑Graduate44.5 / 46.5vs 33.7
- ↓Under 3521.9 / 20.7vs 30.2
- ↑Graduate44.5 / 44.1vs 33.7
- ↓Leave41.4 / 43.3vs 53.2
- ↓Private rent13.4 / 10.6vs 20.2
- ↓Under 3521.9 / 21.3vs 30.2
- ↓Leave41.4 / 44.6vs 53.2
- ↑Age 65+30.6 / 30.3vs 22.7
- ↑Graduate44.5 / 43.6vs 33.7
- ↓Leave41.4 / 45.0vs 53.2
- ↓Private rent13.4 / 13.0vs 20.2
- ↓Leave41.4 / 41.6vs 53.2
- ↑Graduate44.5 / 42.3vs 33.7
- ↓Under 3521.9 / 23.8vs 30.2
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Sources
Every figure on this page is computed from the sources below. Read the full methodology ›
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- 2024 general election results · UK Parliament Election Results portal and House of Commons Library briefing CBP-10009.
- Notional 2019 results on 2024 boundaries · UK Parliament Election Results portal. Recalculated by Parliament; carries assumptions about how 2019 voters would have distributed across the redrawn boundaries.
- Historic general election results (2010-2017) · House of Commons Library historic results files (on the boundaries in force at the time).
- Ward-level GE2024 estimates · Britain Elects / New Statesman - article by Ben Walker, underlying spreadsheet. Modelled from constituency totals; average ~4pp per-ward MoE.
- May 2026 council ward results · Democracy Club via PollCheck's locals 2026 dataset.
- Earlier council ward results (2014-2024) · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's LEAP dataset and Democracy Club).
- Demographics · ONS Census 2021 (England and Wales), aggregated to constituency level using the ONS LSOA21 -> PCON24 best-fit lookup.
- EU referendum 2016 estimates · Constituency-level Leave vote estimates (Hanretty 2017 method).
- MP details and Cabinet roles · UK Parliament Members API. MP photos are fetched live from the same source.
- Boundary geometry and lookups · ONS Open Geography Portal (PCON24 boundaries, LSOA21 boundaries, LSOA21-WD24-LAD24 best-fit lookup).
- Current projection and trajectory · PollCheck's demographic swingometer applied to the rolling 7-poll average from aggregated GB polls. Not a true MRP - vote-share movements are applied through per-constituency sensitivity multipliers derived from demographic regressions.
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