Aberdeen South and North Kincardine (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Aberdeen South and North Kincardine
Burgh constituency for the Scottish Parliament
Aberdeen South and North Kincardine shown within the North East Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Current constituency
Created	2011
Party	Scottish National Party
MSP	Maureen Watt
Council area	Aberdeen City Aberdeenshire
Created from	Aberdeen South, West Aberdeenshire & Kincardine

Aberdeen South and North Kincardine is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, 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.

For the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, Aberdeen South expanded into Aberdeenshire for the newly created constituency of Aberdeen South and North Kincardine.

Electoral region

See also: North East Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)

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

The region covers all of the Aberdeen City council area, the Aberdeenshire council area, the Angus council area, the Dundee City council area and part of the Moray council area.

Constituency boundaries and council area

The Aberdeen South constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of an existing Westminster constituency. In 2005, however, the boundaries of the Westminster (House of Commons) constituency were subject to some alteration.

The Holyrood constituency is within the Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire council areas, which is divided between three constituencies: Aberdeen Central, Aberdeen Donside and Aberdeen South and North Kincardine. Central and Donside are entirely within the city area, while South and North Kincardine also takes in North Kincardine in the Aberdeenshire council area. Aberdeenshire is represented by four constituencies in the Scottish Parliament: Aberdeenshire East, Aberdeenshire West, Angus North and Mearns and Banffshire and Buchan Coast.

Following their First Periodic review of parliamentary constituencies to the Scottish Parliament, the Boundary Commission for Scotland created three newly shaped seats for the Aberdeen City council area.

In forming the new Aberdeen South and North Kincardine, the electoral wards used are:

• In full: Lower Deeside, Kincorth/Nigg/Cove, North Kincardine
• In part: Hazlehead/Ashley/Queens Cross, Airyhall/Broomhill/Garthdee, Torry/Ferryhill (shared with Aberdeen Central)

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	2011	constituency created from: Aberdeen South and West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" |		Maureen Watt	Scottish National Party

Election results

2010s

2016 Scottish Parliament election: Aberdeen South and North Kincardine

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Maureen Watt	13,604	42.1	0.4	12,348	38.1
	Conservative	Ross Thomson	10,849	33.5	19.4	11,039	34.1
	Labour	Alison Evison	5,603	17.3	2.3	4,496	13.9
	Liberal Democrats	John Waddell	2,284	7.1	10.4	1,776	5.5
	Scottish Green					1,577	4.9
	UKIP					611	1.9
	Scottish Christian					229	0.7
	Solidarity					78	0.2
	Communist					60	0.2
	Scottish Libertarian					57	0.2
	National Front					50	0.2
	RISE					47	0.1
Majority			2,755	8.6	13.5
Valid Votes			32,340			32,368
Invalid Votes			131			56
Turnout			32,471	54.4	1.5	32,424	50.3
	SNP hold		Swing		9.9
Notes

2011 Scottish Parliament election: Aberdeen South and North Kincardine

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Maureen Watt	11,947	41.7	+13.2
	Labour	Greg Williams	5,624	19.6	+1.7
	Liberal Democrats	John Sleigh	4,944	17.4	-18.4
	Conservative	Stewart Whyte	4,058	14.2	-3.6
	Independent	Marie Boulton	1,816	6.3	N/A
	National Front	Ross Willett	214	0.7	N/A
Majority			6,323	22.1	N/A
Turnout			28,744	52.9	N/A
	SNP win (new seat)