Aberdeen South and North Kincardine (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Aberdeen South and North Kincardine
burgh constituency for the Scottish Parliament

Aberdeen South and North Kincardine shown within the North East Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Current constituency
Created	2011
Party	Scottish National Party
MSP	Maureen Watt
Council area	Aberdeen City Aberdeenshire

Aberdeen South and North Kincardine is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of nine constituencies in the North East Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

For the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, Aberdeen South expanded into Aberdeenshire for the newly created constituency of Aberdeen South and North Kincardine.

Electoral region

The other nine constituencies of the North East Scotland region are Aberdeen Donside, Aberdeen South and North Kincardine, Aberdeenshire East, Aberdeenshire West, Angus North and Mearns, Angus South, Banffshire and Buchan Coast, Dundee City East and Dundee City West.

The region covers all of the Aberdeen City council area, the Aberdeenshire council area, the Angus council area, the Dundee City council area and part of the Moray council area.

Constituency boundaries and council area

The Aberdeen South constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of an existing Westminster constituency. In 2005, however, the boundaries of the Westminster (House of Commons) constituency were subject to some alteration.

The Holyrood constituency is within the Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire council areas, which is divided between three constituencies: Aberdeen Central, Aberdeen Donside and Aberdeen South and North Kincardine. Central and Donside are entirely within the city area, while South and North Kincardine also takes in North Kincardine in the Aberdeenshire council area. Aberdeenshire is represented by four constituencies in the Scottish Parliament: Aberdeenshire East, Aberdeenshire West, Angus North and Mearns and Banffshire and Buchan Coast.

Following their First Periodic review of parliamentary constituencies to the Scottish Parliament, the Boundary Commission for Scotland created three newly shaped seats for the Aberdeen City council area.

In forming the new Aberdeen South and North Kincardine, the electoral wards used are:

In full: Lower Deeside, Kincorth/Nigg/Cove, North Kincardine
In part: Hazlehead/Ashley/Queens Cross, Airyhall/Broomhill/Garthdee, Torry/Ferryhill (shared with Aberdeen Central)

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	2011	Maureen Watt	Scottish National Party
	2016	Maureen Watt	Scottish National Party

Election results

Scottish Parliament Election 2016: Aberdeen South and North Kincardine^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Maureen Watt	13,604	42.1	+0.4
	Conservative	Ross Thomson	10,849	33.5	+19.4
	Labour	Alison Evison	5,603	17.3	-2.3
	Liberal Democrats	John Waddell	2,284	7.1	-10.4
Majority			2,755
Turnout				54.2
	SNP hold		Swing

Scottish Parliament election, 2011: Aberdeen South and North Kincardine^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Maureen Watt	11,947	41.7	+13.2
	Labour	Greg Williams	5,624	19.6	+1.7
	Liberal Democrats	John Sleigh	4,944	17.4	-18.4
	Conservative	Stewart Whyte	4,058	14.2	-3.6
	Independent	Marie Boulton	1,816	6.3	n/a
	National Front	Ross Willett	214	0.7
Majority			6,323	22.03
Turnout			28,744	52.90
	SNP gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+15.8

Scottish Parliament election, 2007 Notional Result: Aberdeen South and North Kincardine
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats		10,134	35.8
	SNP		8,063	28.5
	Labour		5,080	17.9
	Conservative		5,040	17.8
Majority			2,071	7.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Aberdeen South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Nicol Stephen	10,843	36.3	-9.6
	SNP	Maureen Watt	8,111	27.1	+12.8
	Labour	Rami Okasha	5,499	18.4	-0.9
	Conservative	David Davidson	5,432	18.2	+0.8
Majority			2,731	9.1
Turnout			29,885	52.7	+1.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-11.2%

References

Politics and history of the constituency

« 1999–2011 « Electoral regions and constituencies of the Scottish Parliament 2011–

Central Scotland	Airdrie and Shotts Coatbridge and Chryston Cumbernauld and Kilsyth East Kilbride Falkirk East Falkirk West Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse Motherwell and Wishaw Uddingston and Bellshill

Glasgow	Glasgow Anniesland Glasgow Cathcart Glasgow Kelvin Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn Glasgow Pollok Glasgow Provan Glasgow Shettleston Glasgow Southside Rutherglen

Highlands and Islands	Argyll and Bute Caithness, Sutherland and Ross Inverness and Nairn Moray Na h-Eileanan an Iar Orkney Shetland Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch

Lothian	Almond Valley Edinburgh Central Edinburgh Eastern Edinburgh Northern and Leith Edinburgh Pentlands Edinburgh Southern Edinburgh Western Linlithgow Midlothian North and Musselburgh

Mid Scotland and Fife	Clackmannanshire and Dunblane Cowdenbeath Dunfermline Kirkcaldy Mid Fife and Glenrothes North East Fife Perthshire North Perthshire South and Kinross-shire Stirling

North East Scotland	Aberdeen Central Aberdeen Donside Aberdeen South and North Kincardine Aberdeenshire East Aberdeenshire West Angus North and Mearns Angus South Banffshire and Buchan Coast Dundee City East Dundee City West

South Scotland	Ayr Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley Clydesdale Dumfriesshire East Lothian Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire Galloway and West Dumfries Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley Midlothian South, Tweeddale, and Lauderdale

West Scotland	Clydebank and Milngavie Cunninghame North Cunninghame South Dumbarton Eastwood Greenock and Inverclyde Paisley Renfrewshire North and West Renfrewshire South Strathkelvin and Bearsden

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