North East Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)

North East Scotland is one of the eight electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament which were created in 1999. Ten of the parliament's 73 first past the post constituencies are sub-divisions of the region and it elects seven of the 56 additional-member Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). Thus it elects a total of 17 MSPs.

The North East Scotland region shares boundaries with the Highlands and Islands and Mid Scotland and Fife regions.

Constituencies and local government areas

2011–

As a result of the First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries the boundaries of the region and constituencies were redrawn for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election.

Region	Constituencies
		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

1999–2011

In terms of first past the post constituencies the region covers:

Region	Constituencies
		Aberdeen Central Aberdeen North Aberdeen South Angus Banff and Buchan Dundee East Dundee West Gordon West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine

The constituencies were created in 1999 with the names and boundaries of Westminster constituencies, as existing in at that time. Scottish Westminster constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies in 2005^[1]

In terms of local government areas the region covers:

• Aberdeenshire
• Aberdeen City
• the City of Dundee
• part of Angus (otherwise within the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region)
• a small part of Moray (otherwise within the Highlands and Islands electoral region)
• a small part of Perth and Kinross (otherwise within the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region)

Members of the Scottish Parliament

Constituency MSPs

Regional List MSPs

N.B. This table is for presentation purposes only

Election results

2011 Scottish Parliament election

In the 2011 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

• 11 Scottish National Party MSPs (ten constituency members and one additional members)
• 3 Labour MSPs (all additional members)
• 2 Conservative MSPs (all additional members)
• 1 Liberal Democrat MSP (additional member)

Constituency results

Additional member results

2007 Scottish Parliament election

In the 2007 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

• 8 Scottish National Party MSPs (six constituency members and two additional members)
• 3 Labour MSPs (one constituency members and two additional members)
• 3 Liberal Democrat MSPs (two constituency members and one additional member)
• 2 Conservative MSPs (all additional members)

Constituency results

Additional member results

2003 Scottish Parliament election

In the 2003 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

• 5 Scottish National Party MSPs (four constituency members and one additional member)
• 4 Labour MSPs (two constituency members and two additional members)
• 3 Liberal Democrat MSPs (all constituency members)
• 3 Conservative MSPs (all additional members)
• 1 Green MSP (additional member)

Constituency results

Additional member results

Changes:

• Maureen Watt replaced Richard Lochhead. Lochhead resigned as an MSP in April 2006 to contest the Moray by-election following the death of Margaret Ewing. Watt was the next available candidate on the Scottish National Party list.

1999 Scottish Parliament election

In the 1999 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

• 6 Scottish National Party MSPs (two constituency members four additional members)
• 4 Labour MSPs (all constituency members)
• 3 Liberal Democrat MSPs (all constituency members)
• 3 Conservative MSPs (all additional members)

Constituency results

Changes:

• Banff and Buchan by-election, 2001: Stewart Stevenson replaced Alex Salmond, who had resigned. Alex Salmond was elected Member of Parliament for the Banff and Buchan constituency of the United Kingdom Parliament the same day as the Scottish Parliament by-election.

Additional member results

References

Electoral regions and Constituencies of the Scottish Parliament 1999–2011 » 2011– » Central Scotland Airdrie and Shotts Coatbridge and Chryston Cumbernauld and Kilsyth East Kilbride Falkirk East Falkirk West Hamilton North and Bellshill Hamilton South Kilmarnock and Loudoun Motherwell and Wishaw Glasgow Glasgow Anniesland Glasgow Baillieston Glasgow Cathcart Glasgow Govan Glasgow Kelvin Glasgow Maryhill Glasgow Pollok Glasgow Rutherglen Glasgow Shettleston Glasgow Springburn Highlands and Islands Argyll and Bute Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber Moray Orkney Ross, Skye and Inverness West Shetland Western Isles Lothians Edinburgh Central Edinburgh East and Musselburgh Edinburgh North and Leith Edinburgh Pentlands Edinburgh South Edinburgh West Linlithgow Livingston Midlothian Mid Scotland and Fife Central Fife Dunfermline East Dunfermline West Kirkcaldy North East Fife North Tayside Ochil Perth Stirling North East Scotland Aberdeen Central Aberdeen North Aberdeen South Angus Banff and Buchan Dundee East Dundee West Gordon West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine South of Scotland Ayr Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley Clydesdale Cunninghame South Dumfries East Lothian Galloway and Upper Nithsdale Roxburgh and Berwickshire Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale West of Scotland Clydebank and Milngavie Cunninghame North Dumbarton Eastwood Greenock and Inverclyde Paisley North Paisley South Strathkelvin and Bearsden West Renfrewshire