North East Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)

North East Scotland
Scottish Parliament electoral region
North East Scotland shown within Scotland
Created	1999
MSPs	Scottish National Party 11 Labour Party 3 Conservative 2 Liberal Democrats 1
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
Council areas	Aberdeen City Aberdeenshire Angus (part) Dundee City Moray (part) Perth and Kinross

North East Scotland is one of the eight electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament which were created in 1999. Nine 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 16 MSPs.

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

Constituency	Constituencies	Region
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:

Constituency	Constituencies	Region
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)

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

Scottish Parliament election, 2011: North East Scotland
Constituency		Elected member	Result
	Aberdeen Central	Kevin Stewart	SNP hold
	Aberdeen Donside	Brian Adam	SNP hold
	Aberdeen South and North Kincardine	Maureen Watt	SNP gain from Liberal Democrats
	Aberdeenshire East	Alex Salmond	SNP hold
	Aberdeenshire West	Dennis Robertson	SNP gain from Liberal Democrats
	Angus North and Mearns	Nigel Don	SNP hold
	Angus South	Graeme Dey	SNP hold
	Banffshire and Buchan Coast	Stewart Stevenson	SNP hold
	Dundee City East	Shona Robison	SNP hold
	Dundee City West	Joe Fitzpatrick	SNP hold

Additional member results

Scottish Parliament election, 2011: North East Scotland
Party		Elected candidates	Seats	+/−	Votes	%	+/−%
	SNP	Mark McDonald	1	-1	140,749	52.7%	+12.2%
	Labour	Richard Baker Jenny Marra Lewis MacDonald	3	+1	43,893	16.4%	-3.2%
	Conservative	Alex Johnstone Nanette Milne	2	±0	37,681	14.1%	-1.1%
	Liberal Democrats	Alison McInnes	1	±0	18,178	6.8%	−8.4%
	Scottish Green		0	±0	10,407	3.9%	+0.7
	Scottish Senior Citizens		0	±0	4,420	1.7%	+0.1%
	UKIP		0	±0	2,477	0.9%	+0.5%
	Scottish Christian		0	±0	2,159	0.8%	+0.1
	BNP		0	±0	1,925	0.7%	-0.3%
	Socialist Labour		0	±0	1,459	0.5%	±0
	Scottish Socialist		0	±0	1,115	0.4%	±0
	Independent		0	±0	758	0.3%	±0
	National Front		0	±0	640	0.2%	±0
	Angus Independents		0	±0	758	0.3%	±0
	Solidarity		0	±0	286	0.1%	-0.7
	Independent		0	±0	237	0.1%	±0
	Independent		0	±0	190	0.1%	±0

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

Scottish Parliament election, 2007: North East Scotland
Constituency		Elected member	Result
	Aberdeen Central	Lewis Macdonald	Labour hold
	Aberdeen North	Brian Adam	SNP hold
	Aberdeen South	Nicol Stephen	Liberal Democrats hold
	Angus	Andrew Welsh	SNP hold
	Banff and Buchan	Stewart Stevenson	SNP hold
	Dundee East	Shona Robison	SNP hold
	Dundee West	Joe Fitzpatrick	SNP gain from Labour
	Gordon	Alex Salmond	SNP gain from Liberal Democrats
	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine	Mike Rumbles	Liberal Democrats hold

Additional member results

Scottish Parliament election, 2007: North East Scotland
Party		Elected candidates	Seats	+/−	Votes	%	+/−%
	SNP	Maureen Watt Nigel Don	2	+1	105,265	40.5%	+13.2%
	Labour	Richard Baker Marlyn Glen	2	±0	52,125	20.0%	-0.1%
	Conservative	Alex Johnstone Nanette Milne	2	−1	37,666	14.5%	-2.9%
	Liberal Democrats	Alison McInnes	1	+1	40,934	15.7%	−3.1%
	Scottish Green		0	−1	8,148	3.1%	−2.1
	Scottish Senior Citizens		0	0	3,874	1.5%	+1.5%
	BNP		0	0	2,764	1.1%	1.1+%
	Solidarity		0	0	2,004	0.8%	+0.8
	Scottish Christian		0	0	1,895	0.7%	+0.7
	Socialist Labour		0	0	1,331	0.5%	−0.5
	Scottish Socialist		0	0	1,331	0.5%	−0.5%
	UKIP		0	0	1,045	0.4%	-0.2%
	Christian Peoples		0	0	941	0.4%	+0.4%
	Scottish Voice		0	0	569	0.2%	+0.2
	Scottish Enterprise		0	0	569	0.2%	+0.2

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

Scottish Parliament election, 2003: North East Scotland
Constituency		Elected member	Result
	Aberdeen Central	Lewis Macdonald	Labour hold
	Aberdeen North	Brian Adam	SNP gain from Labour
	Aberdeen South	Nicol Stephen	Liberal Democrats hold
	Angus	Andrew Welsh	SNP hold
	Banff and Buchan	Stewart Stevenson	SNP hold
	Dundee East	Shona Robison	SNP gain from Labour
	Dundee West	Kate Maclean	Labour hold
	Gordon	Nora Radcliffe	Liberal Democrats hold
	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine	Mike Rumbles	Liberal Democrats hold

Additional member results

Scottish Parliament election, 2003: North East Scotland
Party		Elected candidates	Seats	+/−	Votes	%	+/−%
	SNP	Richard Lochhead	1	−3	66,463	27.3%	-5.0%
	Labour	Marlyn Glen Richard Baker	2	+2	49,189	20.2%	-5.3%
	Liberal Democrats		0	0	45,831	18.8%	+1.3%
	Conservative	David Davidson Nanette Milne Alex Johnstone	3	±0	42,318	17.4%	-0.9%
	Scottish Green	Shiona Baird	1	+1	12,724	5.2%	+2.4%
	Scottish Socialist		0	0	10,226	4.2%	+3.1%
	Scottish Pensioners		0	0	5,584	2.3%	N/A
	Fishing		0	0	5,566	2.3%	N/A
	Socialist Labour		0	0	2,431	1.0%	-0.2%
	UKIP		0	0	1,498	0.6%	N/A
	Scottish People's		0	0	941	0.4%	N/A
	Independent		0	0	902	0.4%	N/A

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

Scottish Parliament election, 1999: North East Scotland
Constituency		Elected member	Result
	Aberdeen Central	Lewis Macdonald	Labour gain
	Aberdeen North	Elaine Thomson	Labour gain
	Aberdeen South	Nicol Stephen	Liberal Democrats gain
	Angus	Andrew Welsh	SNP gain
	Banff and Buchan	Alex Salmond	SNP gain
	Dundee East	John McAllion	Labour gain
	Dundee West	Kate Maclean	Labour gain
	Gordon	Nora Radcliffe	Liberal Democrats gain
	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine	Mike Rumbles	Liberal Democrats gain

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

Scottish Parliament election, 1999: North East Scotland
Party		Elected candidates	Seats	+/−	Votes	%	+/−%
	SNP	Brian Adam Richard Lochhead Shona Robison Irene McGugan	4	N/A	93,329	32.3%	N/A
	Labour		0	N/A	72,666	25.5%	N/A
	Conservative	David Davidson Ben Wallace Alex Johnstone	3	N/A	52,149	18.3%	N/A
	Liberal Democrats		0	N/A	49,843	17.5%	N/A
	Scottish Green		0	N/A	8,067	2.8%	N/A
	Socialist Labour		0	N/A	3,557	1.2%	N/A
	Scottish Socialist		0	N/A	3,016	1.1%	N/A
	Independent		0	N/A	2,303	0.8%	N/A
	Independent		0	N/A	770	0.3%	N/A
	Natural Law		0	N/A	746	0.3%	N/A

References

1. ^ See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland