Angus and Perthshire Glens: MP, 2024 result and local figures
Dave Doogan (Scottish National Party) is the MP for Angus and Perthshire Glens, elected at the general election of 4 July 2024. Dave Doogan took the seat for Scottish National Party in July 2024 with 19,142 votes (40.4%), ahead of Stephen Kerr (Conservative) on 14,272. 47,348 valid votes were cast by an electorate of 76,668, 61.8% of those registered. The majority was 4,870.
Key figures
What the figures show
2,382 children in Angus and Perthshire Glens were in relative low income families after housing costs in 2024/25, the Department for Work and Pensions estimates: 15.7% of under-16s, where the UK share is 26.0%. On the before-housing-costs measure it fell from 14.4% in 2021/22 to 12.6% in 2024/25.
Residents of Angus and Perthshire Glens earned more than jobs based there paid in April 2025: median full-time pay was £34,730 for workplace jobs and £37,584 for residents. In April 2024 the residents' figure was £34,182. The residents' figure ranks 277th lowest of 632 constituencies with an estimate. The latest year is provisional.
Workplaces in Angus and Perthshire Glens accounted for 34,000 jobs in 2024; the business register lists 4,845 local units for March 2026.
The Annual Population Survey puts the employment rate for 16 to 64 year olds at 76.3% for April 2025 to March 2026, give or take 5.6 points. 18.5% were economically inactive.
The claimant count for September 2026 was 1,610, or 2.8% of the working-age population. A year earlier the count was 1,460.
MP
Dave Doogan, Scottish National Party
- MP for Angus and Perthshire Glens since 4 July 2024
- In the House of Commons since 12 December 2019
Official UK Parliament page · Statements by Dave Doogan on this site
In Parliament
What Dave Doogan said most recently in Parliament, word for word from Hansard (from 1 September 2026 to 22 October 2026). Hansard search returns 363 spoken contributions by Dave Doogan since 4 July 2024.
May I, on behalf of all SNP MPs past and present who have had the tremendous good fortune to work under the guidance and tutelage of Tom as Clerk of the House, express our gratitude and support for the motion?
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Industrial hemp is at the forefront of innovation in agriculture, and my constituent Martin Cessford is a farmer at the forefront of that in Scotland. Hemp has great promise for industrial, health, climate and building applications.
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In the coming weeks, energy bills will rise again for households across the United Kingdom; within the last few days, five major mortgage lenders have pushed up mortgage prices for households across the United Kingdom; and within the last few hours, the cost of a barrel of oil …
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Just to develop the Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee’s theme, the Minister is taking some steps to control foreign contributions and donations to politics, but why not just ban them?
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I welcome the Prime Minister to his place. In so doing, I extend my best wishes not only to him but to his family, as he takes up the manifold burdens of his new role.
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Read from the Hansard API on 26 October 2026. Up to two items per debate; remarks under 40 characters are left out. All contributions in Hansard.
General election, 4 July 2024
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Change in share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Doogan | Scottish National Party | 19,142 | 40.4% | −10.0 |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | 14,272 | 30.1% | −9.7 |
| Elizabeth Carr-Ellis | Labour | 6,799 | 14.4% | +10.1 |
| Kenneth Morton | Reform UK | 3,246 | 6.9% | +6.3 |
| Claire McLaren | Liberal Democrat | 3,156 | 6.7% | +1.7 |
| Dan Peña | Independent | 733 | 1.5% |
Result summary as published: SNP hold. Change in share is in percentage points against the notional 2019 result on the new boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library, election results (data, read 14 October 2026).
Results on these boundaries
| Date | Election | First | Second | Majority | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2024 | General election | Scottish National Party 40.4% | Conservative 30.1% | 4,870 | 61.8% |
| 12 December 2019 | General election (notional result on these boundaries) | Scottish National Party 50.4% | Conservative 39.8% | 6,005 | 73.4% |
Only results on the constituency boundaries first used at the 2024 general election are shown. The 2019 figures are the House of Commons Library's notional estimates of how votes cast in 2019 would have fallen on these boundaries, not a result that was declared. Source: House of Commons Library, constituency results.
Councils
Angus and Perthshire Glens covers wards in 2 local authority areas, listed by the number of wards in the constituency.
- Angus S12000041
- Perth and Kinross S12000048
Who has power over Angus and Perthshire Glens
Every body that makes decisions for Angus and Perthshire Glens, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
- Scottish Parliament and Scottish Government makes law for Scotland on devolved subjects
Level 6: National government
- Angus and Perthshire Glens this page: Dave Doogan (Scottish National Party) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
| Figure | Period | Publisher | Read | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claimants as a share of residents aged 16 to 64 | September 2026 | ONS | 29 October 2026 | data · area |
| Claimant count | September 2026 | ONS | 29 October 2026 | data · area |
| Employment rate, aged 16 to 64 | April 2025 to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median full-time pay of residents | April 2025 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median full-time pay of people working here | April 2025 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Children in relative low income families, after housing costs | 2024/25 | DWP | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Children in relative low income families, before housing costs | 2024/25 | DWP | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Business sites (local units) | March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| People employed by businesses here | 2024 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Economically inactive, aged 16 to 64 | April 2025 to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
"Data" is the file or query each figure was read from (its SHA-256 is in the link title); "area" shows the same table for this constituency alone.
Common questions
Who is the MP for Angus and Perthshire Glens?
Dave Doogan (Scottish National Party), elected on 4 July 2024, according to UK Parliament records.
What was the 2024 general election result in Angus and Perthshire Glens?
The House of Commons Library records 19,142 votes for Dave Doogan of Scottish National Party and a majority of 4,870; 61.8% of the electorate cast a valid vote.
What is the unemployment claimant rate in Angus and Perthshire Glens?
The ONS claimant count for September 2026 is 1,610, 2.8% of the 16 to 64 population.
What is the average salary in Angus and Perthshire Glens?
For full-time employees living here the ONS puts median annual pay at £37,584 (April 2025).
How many children in Angus and Perthshire Glens live in low income families?
2,382 children under 16, 15.7%, after housing costs in 2024/25, according to the Department for Work and Pensions.
Built 14 October 2026 from official records; how these pages are compiled. This page lists what the record shows and gives no verdict on the MP or the area. Link moved or figure wrong? Tell us.