North East Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)

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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.

North East Scotland
electoral region
for the Scottish Parliament
North East Scotland shown within Scotland
Population768,973 (2019)[1]
Current electoral region
Created1999
MSPs
Council areas
Constituencies

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

Constituencies and local government areas

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Map of boundaries from 2011

Since 2011

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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
   
  1. Aberdeen Central
  2. Aberdeen Donside
  3. Aberdeen South and North Kincardine
  4. Aberdeenshire East
  5. Aberdeenshire West
  6. Angus North and Mearns
  7. Angus South
  8. Banffshire and Buchan Coast
  9. Dundee City East
  10. Dundee City West

1999–2011

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

Region Constituencies
 
 
  1. Aberdeen Central
  2. Aberdeen North
  3. Aberdeen South
  4. Angus
  5. Banff and Buchan
  6. Dundee East
  7. Dundee West
  8. Gordon
  9. 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[2]

In terms of local government areas the region covers:

Members of the Scottish Parliament

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Constituency MSPs

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Term Election Aberdeen Central Aberdeen North Aberdeen South Gordon West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine Angus Banff and Buchan Dundee East Dundee West
1st 1999 Lewis MacDonald
(Labour)
Elaine Thomson
(Labour)
Nicol Stephen
(LD)
Nora Radcliffe
(LD)
Mike Rumbles
(LD)
Andrew Welsh
(SNP)
Alex Salmond
(SNP)
John McAllion
(Labour)
Kate Maclean
(Labour)
2001 by Stewart Stevenson
(SNP)
2nd 2003 Brian Adam
(SNP)
Shona Robison
(SNP)
3rd 2007 Alex Salmond
(SNP)
Joe FitzPatrick
(SNP)
Term Election 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
4th 2011 Kevin Stewart
(SNP)
Brian Adam
(SNP)
Maureen Watt
(SNP)
Alex Salmond
(SNP)
Dennis Robertson
(SNP)
Nigel Don
(SNP)
Graeme Dey
(SNP)
Stewart Stevenson
(SNP)
Shona Robison
(SNP)
Joe FitzPatrick
(SNP)
2013 by Mark McDonald
(SNP)

(later independent)

5th 2016 Gillian Martin
(SNP)
Alexander Burnett
(Conservative)
Mairi Evans
(SNP)
2018
6th 2021 Jackie Dunbar (SNP) Audrey Nicoll (SNP) Karen Adam (SNP)

Regional list MSPs

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N.B. This table is for presentation purposes only

Parliament Year MSP MSP MSP MSP MSP MSP MSP
1st 1999 Shona Robison
(SNP)
Brian Adam
(SNP)
Irene McGugan
(SNP)
Richard Lochhead
(SNP)
Alex Johnstone
(Conservative)
Ben Wallace
(Conservative)
David Davidson
(Conservative)
2nd 2003 Marlyn Glen
(Labour)
Shiona Baird
(Green)
Richard Baker
(Labour)
Nanette Milne
(Conservative)
2006 Maureen Watt
(SNP)
3rd 2007 Nigel Don
(SNP)
Alison McInnes
(Lib Dem)
4th 2011 Jenny Marra
(Labour)
Lewis MacDonald
(Labour)
Mark McDonald
(SNP)
2013 Christian Allard
(SNP)
2016 Lesley Brennan
(Labour)
5th 2016 Ross Thomson
(Conservative)
Peter Chapman
(Conservative)
Liam Kerr
(Conservative)
Mike Rumbles
(Lib Dem)
2016 Bill Bowman
(Conservative)
2017 Tom Mason
(Conservative)
6th 2021 Michael Marra
(Labour)
Mercedes Villalba
(Labour)
Douglas Lumsden
(Conservative)
Maurice Golden
(Conservative)
Tess White
(Conservative)
Maggie Chapman
(Green)

Election results

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North East Scotland election results 1999-2021

2021 Scottish Parliament election

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Constituency results

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2021 Scottish Parliament election: North East Scotland
Constituency Elected member Result
Aberdeen Central Kevin Stewart SNP hold
Aberdeen Donside Jackie Dunbar SNP hold
Aberdeen South and North Kincardine Audrey Nicoll SNP hold
Aberdeenshire East Gillian Martin SNP hold
Aberdeenshire West Alexander Burnett Conservative hold
Angus North and Mearns Mairi Gougeon SNP hold
Angus South Graeme Dey SNP hold
Banffshire and Buchan Coast Karen Adam SNP hold
Dundee City East Shona Robison SNP hold
Dundee City West Joe FitzPatrick SNP hold

Additional member results

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2021 Scottish Parliament election: North East Scotland[3][4][5]
List Candidates Votes Of total (%) ± from prev.
SNP Fatima Joji, Christian Allard, Fergus Mutch, William Duff, Nadia El-Nakla, John Cooke, Lynne Short, Gillian Al-Samarai, Joshua Mennie 147,910 40.9  3.8
Conservative Liam Kerr, Alexander Burnett, Douglas Lumsden, Maurice Golden, Tess White, Gillian Tebberen, Stewart White, Mark Findlater, Harriet Cross, Philip Scott, Eleanor Price, Mason McIlreavy, Alan Fakley 110,555 30.6  2.6
Labour Michael Marra, Mercedes Villalba, Barry Black, Lynn Thomson, Richard McCready, Georgia Strachan, Kaamal Bola, Heather Herbert, Owen Wright 41,062 11.4  1.2
Scottish Green Maggie Chapman, Guy Ingerson, Rachel Shanks, Leòdhas Iain Massie, Sylvia Hardie, Peter Kennedy, Bradley Booth 22,735 6.3  1.4
Liberal Democrats Rosemary Bruce, John Waddell, Ben Lawrie, Ian Yuill, Conrad Wood, Isobel Davidson, Alison Simpson, Michael Crichton 18,051 5.0  1.0
Alba Alex Salmond, Heather McLean, Brian Topping, Dot Jessiman 8,269 2.3  2.3
All for Unity Scott Fenwick, Arthur Keith, Bobby Ferguson, Danielle Millar, Richard Kelbie, Ben Stones, John McPhee 2,591 0.7  0.7
Scottish Family Party David Bestwick, John Donaldson, William Strachan, George Arthur, Shehla Arthur 2,311 0.6  0.6
Independent Green Voice Richard Tallach 2,019 0.6  0.6
Abolish the Scottish Parliament Callum Buchanan 1,218 0.3  0.3
Reform UK John Cox, James Whitelaw, Greig Mair, Samantha Evans, Carol MacDonald 1,056 0.3  0.3
Freedom Alliance Kirsty Miller, Jason Duncan, Diane Mathieson, Sadie Cubitt 1,011 0.3  0.3
Restore Scotland David McHutchon, Ewan Gurr 712 0.2  0.2
Scottish Libertarian Bryce Hope 653 0.2  0.0
UKIP Duncan Odgers, David Mackay, William Morren, Gerald Haddrell, Albert Emery, Kathleen Rowham 599 0.2  1.9
Independent Laura Marshall 354 0.1  0.1
Independent Geoffrey Alexander Farquharson 156 0.04  0.0
Renew Colin McFadyen 95 0.0  0.0

2016 Scottish Parliament election

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In the 2016 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

Constituency results

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2016 Scottish Parliament election: North East Scotland
Constituency Elected member Result
Aberdeen Central Kevin Stewart SNP hold
Aberdeen Donside Mark McDonald SNP hold
Aberdeen South and North Kincardine Maureen Watt SNP hold
Aberdeenshire East Gillian Martin SNP hold
Aberdeenshire West Alexander Burnett Conservative gain from SNP
Angus North and Mearns Mairi Evans 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

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Candidates elected on the regional list are shown in bold; candidates elected in a constituency who also stood on a list are shown in italics.

2016 Scottish Parliament election: North East Scotland[6]
List Candidates Votes Of total (%) ± from prev.
SNP Christian Allard, Fergus Mutch, Vari McDonald, Kevin Stewart, Nigel Don, Nadia El-Nakla, Maureen Watt, Mark McDonald, Bill Duff, Bryan Stuart, Gill Samarai, Donald Morrison 137,086 44.7% −8.1%
Conservative Alex Johnstone (died in office), Alexander Burnett, Ross Thomson, Peter Chapman, Liam Kerr, Bill Bowman, Nicola Ross, Colin Clark, Kirstene Hair, Tom Mason 85,848 28.0% +13.9%
Labour Jenny Marra, Lewis MacDonald, Lesley Brennan, Richard McCready, Sarah Duncan, Willie Young, Alison Evision, Nathan Morrison, Joanne McFadden, John Ruddy 38,791 12.6% −3.8%
Liberal Democrats Mike Rumbles, Alison McInnes, Sheila Thomson, Scott Martin Rennie, Craig Robertson Duncan, Euan Robert Davidson, David Ronald Evans 18,444 6.0% −0.8%
Scottish Green Maggie Chapman, Dan Yeats, Morag Hannah, David Officer, Anne Mansfield, Morgan Petrie 15,123 4.9% +1.0%
UKIP Calum David Alexander Walker, Emily Ruth Santos, John William Stephen 6,376 2.1% +1.1%
Scottish Christian Tom Morrow, Norman Alexander Ogston 2,068 0.7% −0.1%
Solidarity James Edmund Rodgerson Irving-Lewis, Darren Thomas Ferguson, Brett Matthew Harper, Gareth Desmond Norman, Isobel Alvey 992 0.3% +0.2%
National Front Dave MacDonald 617 0.2% 0.0%
RISE Connor Beaton, Marty Smith, Sean Paul O'Connor & Hanne-Lisbeth Paterson 599 0.2% +0.2%
Scottish Libertarian Derek Graham Scott 552 0.2% +0.2%
Communist Raymond Mennie 510 0.2% +0.2%

2011 Scottish Parliament election

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

Constituency results

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2011 Scottish Parliament election: 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

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2011 Scottish Parliament election: 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% −0.1%
Independent 0 ±0 758 0.3% ±0
National Front 0 ±0 640 0.2% N/A
Angus Independents Representatives 0 ±0 471 0.2% N/A
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

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

Constituency results

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2007 Scottish Parliament election: 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

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2007 Scottish Parliament election: 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% N/A
Solidarity 0 0 2,004 0.8% N/A
Scottish Christian 0 0 1,895 0.7% N/A
Socialist Labour 0 0 1,331 0.5% −0.5%
CPA 0 0 1,113 0.4% N/A
Scottish Socialist 0 0 1,051 0.4% −3.8%
UKIP 0 0 1,045 0.4% -0.2%
Scottish Voice 0 0 569 0.2% N/A
Scottish Enterprise 0 0 222 0.1% N/A

2003 Scottish Parliament election

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

Constituency results

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2003 Scottish Parliament election: 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

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2003 Scottish Parliament election: 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

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1999 Scottish Parliament election

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

Constituency results

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

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Additional member results

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1999 Scottish Parliament election: 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

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  1. ^ Scottish Parliamentary Constituency (SPC) Population Estimates (2011 Data Zone based), National Records of Scotland; retrieved 6 May 2021 (accompanying summary notes)
  2. ^ See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland Archived 21 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Scottish Parliamentary election – regional contest North East Scotland Region – Statement of persons and parties nominated and Notice of Poll" (PDF). Aberdeenshire Council. 31 March 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 April 2021. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Elections 2021: North East Scotland [region],". BBC News. Archived from the original on 26 May 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  5. ^ Bell, Fraser (8 May 2021). "Scottish Parliament election – North East Scotland Thursday 6 May 2021 – Declaration of result" (PDF). Aberdeenshire Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2021. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Scottish Parliamentary election - regional contest: North East Scotland Region: Statement of persons and parties nominated and Notice of Poll" (PDF). Aberdeen City Council. Retrieved 22 February 2020.