Election 97

Tayside North
Result 97 gain
from Conservative
Current MP 97 Bill Taylor
Majority 0 ( 0.0%)
Conservative 97 16,287 (35.7%)
Labour 97 5,141 (11.3%)
LibDem 97 3,716 ( 8.2%)
Nationalist 97 20,447 (44.8%)
Other 97 0 ( 0.0%)
Elected party 97
Electorate 97 61,398
Turnout 97 45,591 (74.3%)



1992 MP Bill Taylor
Old constituency name Tayside North
Majority 92 3,439 ( 7.6%)
Conservative 92 21,036 (46.4%)
Labour 92 3,156 ( 7.0%)
LibDem 92 3,579 ( 7.9%)
Nationalist 92 17,597 (38.8%)
Other 92 0 ( 0.0%)
Elected party 92 Conservative
Electorate 92 59,626
Turnout 92 45,368 (76.1%)
Tayside North



Tory change -10.6%
Labour change +4.3%
Lib Dem change +0.3%
Nationalist change +6.1%
Other change +0.0%
Electorate change +3.0%
Turnout Change -1.8%
Robert Waller wrote

North Tayside is a vast constituency which consists of the northern parts of the former counties of Perthshire and Angus. It has the best claim to be the successor to the former seat of Kinross and West Perthshire, which is best known for being the seat into which Sir Alec Douglas Home was parachuted after he had renounced his earldom to become Prime Minister in 1963.

This is one of the most Conservative parts of Scotland - although that is not saying much. Like its neighbour, Perth and Kinross, North Tayside is a Conservative-SNP marginal. Its colourful MP, Bill Walker, won by just under 4,000 votes in 1992. A staunch unionist, he is standing again, and must expect a very close fight indeed with the Nationalists in the forthcoming election.


Super Profiles

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2,477 6.91 11.25 61
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845 2.36 10.45 23
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3,260 9.09 8.01 113
6,327 17.65 15.25 116
2,778 7.75 7.13 109
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