West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine (constituency, Scotland)

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West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine

North East Scotland

Educated
1999
Abolished
2011
Regions
Aberdeenshire

West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine was a constituency for the Scottish Parliament . It was introduced in 1999 as one of nine constituencies in the electoral region of North East Scotland , which was redesigned and expanded to ten constituencies as part of the constituencies' revision in 2011. Here the constituency of West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine was abolished. It comprised the sparsely populated southwestern areas of the Council Area Aberdeenshire with the towns of Ballater , Banchory and Stonehaven . The areas are largely absorbed into the new constituencies of Aberdeenshire West and Angus North and Mearns . In terms of area, West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine was the largest constituency in the electoral region of North East Scotland and sent one MP. In the 2001 census survey, a total of 81,231 people lived within its borders.

Election results

General election 1999

Results of the 1999 general election
Political party candidate be right %
Liberal Democrats Mike Rumbles 12,838 35.9
Conservative Ben Wallace 10,549 29.5
SNP Maureen Watt 7699 21.5
Labor Gordon Guthrie 4650 13.0

General election 2003

Results of the 2003 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
Liberal Democrats Mike Rumbles 14,553 46.0 +10.1
Conservative David Davidson 9154 28.9 −0.6
SNP Ian Angus 4489 14.2 −7.3
Labor Kevin Hutchens 2727 8.6 −4.4
Scottish Socialist Alan Manley 713 2.3 +2.3
Turnout: 31,636 (50.58%)

General election 2007

Results of the 2007 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
Liberal Democrats Mike Rumbles 14,314 41.1 −4.9
SNP Dennis Robertson 9144 26.3 +12.1
Conservative Stewart Whyte 8604 24.7 −4.2
Labor James Nobel 2761 7.9 −0.7
Turnout: 34,823 (53.38%)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Map of the constituency
  2. ↑ 2001 census
  3. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  4. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  5. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament