West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 57°15′00″N 3°17′24″W / 57.250°N 3.290°W

West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine in Scotland.
Current constituency
Created	1997
Member of parliament	Stuart Donaldson (SNP)
Created from	Kincardine and Deeside
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	Scotland

West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine is a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Westminster), which elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It was first used in the 1997 general election, but has undergone boundary changes since that date.

There is also a Holyrood constituency of West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, a constituency of the Scottish Parliament,^[1] created in 1999 with the same boundaries as the Westminster constituency at that time.

Boundaries

Council areas grouped by the Fifth Review

Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire

1997-2005: Kincardine and Deeside District, and the Gordon District electoral divisions of Donside and South Gordon.

2005-present: The area of the Aberdeenshire Council other than those parts in the Banff and Buchan County Constituency and the Gordon County Constituency.

The constituency covers a southern portion of the Aberdeenshire council area.

As redefined by the Fifth Periodical Review of the Boundary Commission for Scotland.^[2] and subsequently first used in the 2005 general election, it is one of five constituencies covering the Aberdeenshire council area and the Aberdeen City council area. To the northeast of West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine there are the constituencies of Aberdeen North and Aberdeen South, which are both entirely within the Aberdeen City area. To the north of West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, there is the Gordon constituency, which covers part of the Aberdeenshire area and part of the Aberdeen City area, and further north there is the Banff and Buchan constituency which, like West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, is entirely within the Aberdeenshire area.

The West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine constituency includes the towns of Stonehaven, Portlethen and Banchory, and stretches along the Dee river valley to Braemar. Westhill and Kemnay, which were with the Gordon constituency until 2005, are now within the West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine constituency.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[3]	Party
	1997	Sir Robert Smith	Liberal Democrat
	2015	Stuart Donaldson	SNP

Election results

Elections in 2010s

General Election 2015: West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine[4][5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Stuart Blair Donaldson	22,949	41.6	+25.9
	Conservative	Alexander James Amherst Burnett	15,916	28.8	-1.4
	Liberal Democrat	Sir Robert Hill Smith	11,812	21.4	-17.0
	Labour	Barry Black	2,487	4.5	-9.1
	UKIP	David Michael Lansdell	1,006	1.8	+1.6
	Scottish Green	Richard Paul Openshaw	885	1.6	+1.6
	Independent	Graham Reid	141	0.3	+0.3
Majority			7,033	12.7
Turnout			55,196	75.2	+6.8
	SNP gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing	+21.5

General Election 2010: West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine[6][7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Sir Robert Hill Smith	17,362	38.4	−7.9
	Conservative	Alex Johnstone	13,678	30.3	+1.9
	SNP	Dennis Robertson	7,086	15.7	+4.4
	Labour	Greg Williams	6,159	13.6	+0.5
	BNP	Gary Raikes	513	1.1	+1.1
	UKIP	Anthony Atkinson	397	0.9	+0.9
Majority			3,684	8.2
Turnout			45,195	68.4	+4.8
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	−4.9

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Sir Robert Hill Smith	19,285	46.3	+2.3
	Conservative	Alex Johnstone	11,814	28.4	−2.1
	Labour	James Barrowman	5,470	13.1	+0.8
	SNP	Caroline Little	4,700	11.3	−0.8
	Scottish Socialist	Lorna Grant	379	0.9	−0.2
Majority			7,471	17.9
Turnout			41,648	63.5	+1.9
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	+2.2

General Election 2001: West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Sir Robert Hill Smith	16,507	43.5	+2.4
	Conservative	Thomas Kerr	11,686	30.8	−4.1
	Labour	Kevin John Hutchens	4,669	12.3	+3.2
	SNP	John Gorman Green	4,634	12.2	−0.9
	Scottish Socialist	Alan Manley	418	1.1	N/A
Majority			4,821	12.7
Turnout			37,914	62.0	−11.1
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	+3.3

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine[10][11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Sir Robert Smith	17,742	41.1	N/A
	Conservative	George Kynoch	15,080	34.9	N/A
	SNP	Mrs. Joy M. Mowatt	5,649	13.1	N/A
	Labour	Qaisra E. Khan	3,923	9.1	N/A
	Referendum	Steve L. Ball	808	1.9	N/A
Majority			2,662	6.2	N/A
Turnout			43,202	73.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrat win (new seat)

Notes and references

1. The boundaries of Holyrood constituencies remain as when the constituencies were created in 1999
   Holyrood refers to the location of the Scottish Parliament Building near Holyroodhouse Palace in Edinburgh
   See also Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions
2. Boundary Commission for Scotland website
3. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 1)
4. "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
5. http://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/elections/DeclarationofResult-WAK.pdf 7Aug15
6. "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
7. BBC Election Results: West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, www.bbc.co.uk
8. "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
9. "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
10. "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
11. "Aristotle: Aberdeenshire West and Kincardine", Guardian Unlimited