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. West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine was re-created as a parliamentary constituency in 1997, having previously existed as Kincardine and Western Aberdeenshire from 1918 to 1950.
There was also a Holyrood constituency of
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine , a constituency of the
Scottish Parliament ,
[1] created in 1999 with the same boundaries as the Westminster constituency at that time.
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
The area of the Aberdeenshire Council other than those parts in the Banff and Buchan County Constituency and the Gordon County Constituency.
The constituency covers a southern portion of the
Aberdeenshire council area .
As redefined by the Fifth Periodical Review of the
Boundary Commission for Scotland .
[2] and subsequently first used in the
2005 general election , it is one of five constituencies covering the Aberdeenshire council area and the
Aberdeen City council area . 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 of West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, there is the
Gordon constituency, which covers part of the Aberdeenshire area and part of the Aberdeen City area, and further north there is the
Banff and Buchan constituency which, like West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, is entirely within the Aberdeenshire area.
The West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine constituency 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 with the Gordon constituency until 2005, but are now within this constituency.
The
2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies left the constituency unchanged.
Members of Parliament
1918–1950
1997–present
Election results
Elections in the 2020s
Elections in the 2010s
Elections in the 2000s
Elections in the 1990s
Elections in the 1940s
Elections in the 1930s
Barclay-Harvey
Elections in the 1920s
Arthur Murray
Elections in the 1910s
Arthur Murray
References
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West Aberdeenshire & Kincardine
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57°15′00″N 3°17′24″W / 57.250°N 3.290°W / 57.250; -3.290