Aberdeen South and North Kincardine

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Aberdeen South and
North Kincardine
Aberdeen South and North Kincardine

North East Scotland

Educated
2011
MP
Maureen Watt ( SNP )

Maureen Watt

Regions
Aberdeen
Aberdeenshire

Aberdeen South and North Kincardine is a constituency for the Scottish Parliament . It was introduced in 2011 as one of ten constituencies in the electoral region of North East Scotland , which was redesigned and expanded to ten constituencies as part of the constituency revision in 2011. Here, the constituency of Aberdeen South and North Kincardine was formed from areas of the former constituencies Aberdeen South and West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine . It includes the southern districts of Aberdeens and the surrounding areas of the Council Area Aberdeenshire . The constituency sends a representative.

The constituency extends over an area of ​​176.6 km 2 . In the 2011 census survey, a total of 74,663 people lived within its borders.

Election results

Parliamentary election 2011

Results of the 2011 general election
Political party candidate be right %
SNP Maureen Watt 11,947 41.7
Labor Greg Williams 5624 19.6
Liberal Democrats John Sleigh 4944 17.4
Conservative Stewart Whyte 4058 14.2
Non-party Marie Boulton 1860 6.3
National Front Ross Willett 214 0.7
Turnout: 28,697 (52.81%)

General election 2016

Results of the 2016 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
SNP Maureen Watt 13,604 42.1 +0.4
Conservative Ross Thomson 10,849 33.5 +19.4
Labor Alison Evison 5,603 17.3 −2.3
Liberal Democrats John Waddell 2,284 7.1 +10.4
Turnout: (54.2%)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Map of the constituency
  2. ↑ 2011 census
  3. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  4. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament