Aberdeenshire West

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Aberdeenshire West
Aberdeenshire West

North East Scotland

Educated
2011
MP
Alexander Burnett ( Conservative )
Regions
Aberdeenshire

Aberdeenshire West 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 from nine to ten constituencies as part of the constituencies' revision in 2011. Here, the constituency of Aberdeenshire West was formed from areas of the former constituencies of Gordon and West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine . It includes western areas of the Council Area Aberdeenshire with the towns of Ballater , Banchory and Huntly . The constituency sends a representative.

The constituency covers an area of ​​3526.6 km 2 . In the 2011 census survey, a total of 73,253 people lived within its borders.

Election results

Parliamentary election 2011

Results of the 2011 general election
Political party candidate be right %
SNP Dennis Robertson 12,186 42.6
Liberal Democrats Mike Rumbles 8074 28.2
Conservative Nanette Milne 6027 21.1
Labor Jean Morrison 2349 8.2
Turnout: 28,636 (53.25%)

General election 2016

Results of the 2016 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
Conservative Alexander Burnett 13,400 38.1 +17.0
SNP Dennis Robertson 12,500 35.5 −7.0
Liberal Democrats Mike Rumbles 7.262 20.6 −7.6
Labor Sarah Duncan 2,036 5.8 −2.4
Turnout: 35,198 (59.1%)

Individual evidence

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