Editing Arbroath (section)

===Parliamentary representation===
Arbroath is part of [[Arbroath and Broughty Ferry (UK Parliament constituency)|Arbroath and Broughty Ferry]] constituency for elections to the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]]. The seat was first contested at the [[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024 general election]] where [[Stephen Gethins]] of the [[Scottish National Party|SNP]] won the seat.

Arbroath is in the [[Angus South (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Angus South constituency]] of the [[Scottish Parliament]] (having been in the [[Angus (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Angus]] constituency until its abolition in 2011). It returns a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) to [[Holyrood, Edinburgh|Holyrood]] directly. [[Graeme Dey]] of the [[Scottish National Party]] has won the seat in all three elections contested since its formation.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Angus South - Scottish Parliament constituency |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/election/2021/scotland/constituencies/S16000082 |access-date=2023-01-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Angus South - Scottish Parliament constituency - Election 2016 - BBC News |language=en-GB |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/scotland-constituencies/S16000082 |access-date=2023-01-24}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=SNP's Angus wins no surprise – but margin of victory exceeds all expectations |url=http://www.thecourier.co.uk/News/Angus/article/13694/snp-s-angus-wins-no-surprise-but-margin-of-victory-exceeds-all-expectations.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110510072326/http://www.thecourier.co.uk/News/Angus/article/13694/snp-s-angus-wins-no-surprise-but-margin-of-victory-exceeds-all-expectations.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 May 2011 |work=The Courier |date=6 May 2011 |access-date=6 May 2011}}</ref> Angus South forms part of the [[North East Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)|North East Scotland electoral region]] for electing additional Members of the Scottish Parliament.