Aberdeenshire East (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with East Aberdeenshire (UK Parliament constituency).

Aberdeenshire East
Scottish Parliament county constituency


Aberdeenshire East shown within the North East Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Created	2011
Council area	Aberdeenshire (part)

Aberdeenshire East is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament^[1] (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. 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.

1 Electoral region
2 Constituency boundaries
3 Member of the Scottish Parliament
4 Election results
5 See also
6 References

Electoral region

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

The region covers the Aberdeenshire council area, the Aberdeen City council area, the Dundee City council area, part of the Angus council area, a small part of the Moray council area and a small part of the Perth and Kinross council area.

Constituency boundaries

The electoral wards used in the creation of Aberdeenshire East are;

In full: Central Buchan; Turriff and District; Mid Formartine; Ellon and District; Inverurie and District;
In part: Peterhead South and Cruden; East Garioch

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Much of the constituency's territory was covered by the former seat of Gordon, which was held since 2007 by First Minister Alex Salmond. In the 2011 Scottish Parliament elections, Salmond was re-elected with a majority of 15,292 over the Liberal Democrats.

Election results

Scottish Parliament election, 2011: Aberdeenshire East^[2]^[3]
Notes: Green background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Y Alex Salmond		19,533	64.50	+19.83	17,795	58.74
	Liberal Democrats	Alison McInnes		4,238	13.99	-16.58	3,169	10.46
	Conservative	Geordie Burnett Stuart		4,211	13.90	-1.88	4,255	13.95
	Labour	Peter Smyth		2,304	7.61	-0.44	2,209	7.29
	Scottish Green						1,374	4.54
	Scottish Senior Citizens						407	1.34
	UKIP						263	0.87
	BNP						235	0.78
	Scottish Christian						192	0.63
	Independent - John Cox						124	0.41
	Socialist Labour						101	0.33
	Scottish Socialist						84	0.28
	National Front						62	0.20
	Independent - David Henderson						28	0.09
	Independent - Andrew McBride						12	0.04
	Solidarity						12	0.04
	Angus Independents Representatives						5	0.02
Informal votes				81			77
Total Valid votes				30,286			30,297
	SNP hold		Majority	15,295	50.50

Preceded by Gordon	Constituency represented by the First Minister 2011 – present	Succeeded by Incumbent

« 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

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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

References

^ Final Recommendations Boundary Commission for Scotland
^ [1]
^ [2]