West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine (UK Parliament constituency)

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West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine County constituency

West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine shown within Scotland
Created:	1997
MP:	Robert Smith
Party:	Liberal Democrats
Type:	House of Commons
Council areas:	Aberdeenshire
EP constituency:	Scotland

West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 1997 general election, and it elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

1 Boundaries
2 Members of Parliament
3 Election results
4 See also

[edit] Boundaries

Major towns in the area are Stonehaven and Banchory. The constituency stretches along the Dee river valley to Braemar. In 2005 Westhill and Kemnay were moved from Gordon into West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine

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[edit] Members of Parliament

Robert Smith, Liberal Democrat (1997–present)

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert 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
	Scottish National Party	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 Democrats hold		Swing	+2.2

General Election 2001: West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Smith	16,507	43.5	+2.4
	Conservative	Thomas Kerr	11,686	30.8	−4.1
	Labour	Kevin Hutchens	4,669	12.3	+3.2
	Scottish National Party	John 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 Democrats hold		Swing	+3.3

[edit] See also

List of UK Parliamentary constituencies in Scotland

UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland
Labour	Aberdeen North \| Aberdeen South \| Airdrie and Shotts \| Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock \| Central Ayrshire \| Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill \| Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East \| Dumfries and Galloway \| Dundee West \| East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow \| East Lothian \| East Renfrewshire \| Edinburgh East \| Edinburgh North and Leith \| Edinburgh South \| Edinburgh South West \| Falkirk \| Glasgow Central \| Glasgow East \| Glasgow North \| Glasgow North West \| Glasgow South \| Glasgow South West \| Glenrothes \| Inverclyde \| Kilmarnock and Loudoun \| Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath \| Lanark and Hamilton East \| Linlithgow and East Falkirk \| Livingston \| Midlothian \| Motherwell and Wishaw \| North Ayrshire and Arran \| Ochil and South Perthshire \| Paisley and Renfrewshire North \| Paisley and Renfrewshire South \| Rutherglen and Hamilton West \| Stirling \| West Dunbartonshire
Liberal Democrat	Argyll and Bute \| Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk \| Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross \| Dunfermline and West Fife \| East Dunbartonshire \| Edinburgh West \| Gordon \| Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey \| North East Fife \| Orkney and Shetland \| Ross, Skye and Lochaber \| West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
SNP	Angus \| Banff and Buchan \| Dundee East \| Moray \| Na h-Eileanan an Iar \| Perth and North Perthshire
Conservative and Unionist	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
Speaker	Glasgow North East
Scotland European constituency: Labour (2) \| SNP (2) \| Conservative and Unionist (1) \| Liberal Democrats (1)