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West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine (UK Parliament constituency)

West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1997 onwards


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. The constituency was re-established in 1997, having previously existed as Kincardine and Western Aberdeenshire from 1918 to 1950.

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The seat has been held since 2017 by Andrew Bowie of the Conservative Party.

There was also a Holyrood constituency of West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine in the Scottish Parliament from 1999 to 2011 with the same boundaries as the Westminster constituency at that time.[2]

Boundaries

Map of current boundaries

1918–1950

In 1868, the constituency of Aberdeenshire was divided into Aberdeenshire Eastern and Aberdeenshire Western divisions. These continued as constituencies until 1918, when the county of Aberdeenshire and the county of Kincardineshire were treated as if a single county for parliamentary representation purposes, with the area of the former Kincardineshire and Aberdeenshire constituencies being divided into three new constituencies, Aberdeen and Kincardine East, Aberdeen and Kincardine Central and Kincardine and Aberdeenshire West. In 1950 the Kincardineshire and Aberdeenshire counties were separated again, and a new boundary divided the Aberdeenshire area into East Aberdeenshire and West Aberdeenshire.

1997–2005

Kincardine and Deeside District, and the Gordon District electoral divisions of Donside and South Gordon.

2005–present

Under the Fifth Review of UK Parliament constituencies of the Boundary Commission for Scotland, the constituency was defined as comprising the area of the Aberdeenshire Council other than those parts in the Banff and Buchan County Constituency and the Gordon County Constituency.[3] Under the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the boundaries were unchanged.[4]

Further to reviews of local government ward boundaries which came into effect in 2007 and 2017, but did not affect the parliamentary boundaries, the contents of the constituency are now defined as comprising the following Aberdeenshire Council wards and part wards: [5]

1 The boundary within these wards is equivalent to the boundary between the former Gordon constituency and the unchanged West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine constituency.

The constituency covers a southern portion of the Aberdeenshire council area and includes the towns of Stonehaven, Portlethen and Banchory, and stretches along the Dee river valley from Westhill to Braemar, and north to Kemnay in the Don river valley, which were part of the Gordon constituency until 2005.

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 there is the new Gordon and Buchan constituency, which is entirely within the Aberdeenshire area; to the northeast lies the new Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey constituency; and to the south, the new Angus and Perthshire Glens constituency.

Members of Parliament

1918–1950

1997–present

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Election results

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Elections in the 1910s

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References

  1. "2023 review final recs news release" (PDF). Boundary Commission for Scotland.
  2. 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
  3. 2023 Review UK Parliament constituencies Boundary Commission for Scotland
  4. "Results West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine". Aberdeenshire Council. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  5. "West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine results". BBC News. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  6. "General Election 2019". Aberdeenshire Council. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  7. "Commons Briefing Paper 8749. General Election 2019: results and analysis" (PDF). London: House of Commons Library. 28 January 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 November 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  8. "Results" (PDF). www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  9. "Commons Briefing Paper 7979. General Election 2017: results and analysis" (PDF) (Second ed.). House of Commons Library. 29 January 2019 [7 April 2018]. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 November 2019.
  10. "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  11. "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  12. "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  13. "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  14. "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  15. Whitaker's Almanack, 1944
  16. Whitaker's Almanack, 1939
  17. Whitaker's Almanack, 1934
  18. The Times, 1 June 1929
  19. Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanack, 1927
  20. The Times, 8 December 1923
  21. The Times, 17 November 1922

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