North East Scotland

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North East Scotland
North East Scotland
Educated
1999
Regions
Aberdeen
Aberdeenshire
Angus (parts)
Dundee
Moray (parts)
Seats
Scottish National Party : 9
Conservative Party : 5
Labor Party : 2
Liberal Democrats : 1

North East Scotland is one of the eight Scottish electoral regions for election to the Scottish Parliament . It was created on the basis of the Scotland Act of 1998 and comprises the Council Areas of Aberdeen , Aberdeenshire and Dundee as well as parts of the Angus and Moray regions . As part of the revision of the electoral regions in 2011, the external borders and the borders of the constituencies were redrawn. The first elections took place during the parliamentary elections on May 6, 1999.

The region of Mid Scotland and Fife is bordered by the Highlands and Islands in the north-west and Mid Scotland and Fife in the south-west.

Geographical breakdown

Nine constituencies were combined under the region of North East Scotland. The constituencies were named and tailored to the constituencies of the British Parliament . Each constituency has a representative determined by majority voting . In addition, seven additional members are elected. In the course of the revision of the constituencies in 2011, the constituencies were redesigned and their number increased to ten.

1999-2011

Constituency map region
  1. Aberdeen Central
  2. Aberdeen North
  3. Aberdeen South
  4. Angus
  5. Banff and Buchan
  6. Dundee East
  7. Dundee West
  8. Gordon
  9. West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
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2011–

Constituency map region
  1. Aberdeen Central
  2. Aberdeen Donside
  3. Aberdeen South and North Kincardine
  4. Aberdeenshire East
  5. Aberdeenshire West
  6. Angus North and Mearns
  7. Angus South
  8. Banffshire and Buchan Coast
  9. Dundee City East
  10. Dundee City West
 North East Scotland North East Scotland

Election results

General election 1999

Results of the 1999 general election
Political party be right % Seats Add. Member
SNP 93,329 32.3 2 4th
Labor Party 72,666 25.5 4th 0
Conservative party 52,149 18.3 0 3
Liberal Democrats 49,843 17.5 3 0
Scottish Green 8067 2.8 0 0
Socialist Labor 3557 1.2 0 0
Socialist 3016 1.1 0 0
Others 3819 1.4 0 0
Mandates
Constituency Elected Political party
Aberdeen Central Lewis Macdonald Labor
Aberdeen North Elaine Thomson Labor
Aberdeen South Nicol Stephen Liberal Democrats
Angus Andrew Welsh SNP
Banff and Buchan Alex Salmond SNP
Dundee East John McAllion Labor
Dundee West Kate Maclean Labor
Gordon Nora Radcliffe Liberal Democrats
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine Mike Rumbles Liberal Democrats
Additional members
Political party Surname
SNP Brian Adam
Richard Lochhead
Irene McGugan
Shona Robison
Conservative David Davidson
Alex Johnstone
Ben Wallace

General election 2003

Results of the 2003 general election
Political party be right % ± Seats ± Add. Member ±
Scottish National Party 66,463 27.3 −5.0 4th +2 1 −3
Labor Party 49.189 20.2 −5.3 2 −2 2 +2
Liberal Democrats 45,831 18.8 +1.3 3 0 0 0
Conservative party 42,318 17.4 −0.9 0 0 3 0
Scottish Green 12,724 5.2 +2.4 0 0 1 +1
Socialist 10,226 4.2 +3.1 0 0 0 0
Scottish Pensioners 5584 2.3 +2.3 0 0 0 0
Fishing party 5566 2.3 +2.3 0 0 0 0
Socialist Labor 2431 1.0 −0.2 0 0 0 0
Others 3341 1.4 0.0 0 0 0 0
Mandates
Constituency Elected Political party
Aberdeen Central Lewis Macdonald Labor
Aberdeen North Brian Adam SNP
Aberdeen South Nicol Stephen Liberal Democrats
Angus Andrew Welsh SNP
Banff and Buchan Stewart Stevenson SNP
Dundee East Shona Robison SNP
Dundee West Kate Maclean Labor
Gordon Nora Radcliffe Liberal Democrats
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine Mike Rumbles Liberal Democrats
Additional members
Political party Surname
Conservative David Davidson
Alex Johnstone
Nanette Milne
Labor Richard Baker
Marlyn Glen
SNP Richard Lochhead
Scottish Green Shiona Baird

General election 2007

Results of the 2007 general election
Political party be right % ± Seats ± Add. Member ±
Scottish National Party 105.265 40.5 +13.2 6th +2 2 +1
Labor Party 52.125 20.0 −0.2 1 −1 2 0
Liberal Democrats 40,934 15.7 −3.1 2 −1 1 +1
Conservative party 37,666 14.5 −2.9 0 0 2 −1
Scottish Green 8148 3.1 -2.1 0 0 0 −1
Scottish Senior Citizens 3874 1.5 +1.5 0 0 0 0
BNP 2764 1.1 +1.1 0 0 0 0
Others 9685 3.7 +2.3 0 0 0 0
Mandates
Constituency Elected Political party
Aberdeen Central Lewis Macdonald Labor
Aberdeen North Brian Adam SNP
Aberdeen South Nicol Stephen Liberal Democrats
Angus Andrew Welsh SNP
Banff and Buchan Stewart Stevenson SNP
Dundee East Shona Robison SNP
Dundee West Joe FitzPatrick SNP
Gordon Alex Salmond SNP
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine Mike Rumbles Liberal Democrats
Additional members
Political party Surname
Conservative Alex Johnstone
Nanette Milne
Labor Richard Baker
Marlyn Glen
SNP Nigel Don
Maureen Watt
Liberal Democrats Alison McInnes

Parliamentary election 2011

Results of the 2011 general election
Political party be right % ± Seats ± Add. Member ±
Scottish National Party 140,749 52.7 +12.2 10 +4 1 −1
Labor Party 43,893 16.4 −3.6 0 −1 3 +1
Conservative party 37,681 14.1 −0.8 0 0 2 0
Liberal Democrats 18,178 6.8 −8.4 0 −2 1 0
Scottish Green 10,407 3.9 +0.8 0 0 0 0
Scottish Senior Citizens 4420 1.7 +0.2 0 0 0 0
Others 12.004 4.4 +0.7 0 0 0 0
Mandates
Constituency Elected Political party
Aberdeen Central Kevin Stewart SNP
Aberdeen Donside Brian Adam SNP
Aberdeen South and North Kincardine Maureen Watt SNP
Aberdeenshire East Alex Salmond SNP
Aberdeenshire West Dennis Robertson SNP
Angus North and Mearns Nigel Don SNP
Angus South Graeme Dey SNP
Banffshire and Buchan Coast Stewart Stevenson SNP
Dundee City East Shona Robison SNP
Dundee City West Joe FitzPatrick SNP
Additional members
Political party Surname
Labor Richard Baker
Lewis Macdonald
Jenny Marra
Conservative Alex Johnstone
Nanette Milne
SNP Mark McDonald
Liberal Democrats Alison McInnes

General election 2016

Results of the 2016 general election
Political party be right % ± Seats ± Add. Member ±
Scottish National Party 137.086 44.7 −8.0 9 −1 0 −1
Conservative party 85,848 28.0 +13.9 1 +1 4th +2
Labor Party 38,791 12.6 −3.8 0 0 2 −1
Liberal Democrats 18,444 6.0 −0.8 0 0 1 0
Scottish Green 15.123 4.9 +1.0 0 0 0 0
UKIP 6376 2.1 +1.1 0 0 0 0
Christian 2068 0.7 −0.1 0 0 0 0
Solidarity 992 0.3 +0.2 0 0 0 0
BNF 617 0.2 0.0 0 0 0 0
RISE - Scotland's Left Alliance 599 0.2 +0.2 0 0 0 0
Libertarian 552 0.2 +0.2 0 0 0 0
Communist Party of Britain 510 0.2 +0.2 0 0 0 0
Mandates
Constituency Elected Political party
Aberdeen Central Kevin Stewart SNP
Aberdeen Donside Mark McDonald SNP
Aberdeen South and North Kincardine Maureen Watt SNP
Aberdeenshire East Gillian Martin SNP
Aberdeenshire West Alexander Burnett Conservative
Angus North and Mearns Mairi Evans SNP
Angus South Graeme Dey SNP
Banffshire and Buchan Coast Stewart Stevenson SNP
Dundee City East Shona Robison SNP
Dundee City West Joe FitzPatrick SNP
Additional members
Political party Surname
Conservative Alex Johnstone
Ross Thomson
Peter Chapman
Liam Kerr
Labor Lewis Macdonald
Jenny Marra
Liberal Democrats Mike Rumbles