West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine (UK Parliament constituency).

West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
Former county constituency for the Scottish Parliament

West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine shown within the North East Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Former constituency
Created	1999
Abolished	2011
Council area	Aberdeenshire (part)
Replaced by	Aberdeenshire West, Aberdeen South and North Kincardine, Angus North and Mearns

West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine was a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elected one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it was one of nine constituencies in the North East Scotland electoral region, which elected seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

For the Scottish Parliament election, 2011, West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine was abolished, replaced in part by Aberdeen South and North Kincardine, Aberdeenshire East, and Aberdeenshire West

Electoral region

The other eight constituencies of the North East Scotland region wereAberdeen Central, Aberdeen North, Aberdeen South, Angus, Banff and Buchan, Dundee East, Dundee West and Gordon.

The region covered the Aberdeenshire council area, the Aberdeen City council area, the Dundee City council area, part of the Angus council area, a small part of the Moray council area and a small part of the Perth and Kinross council area.

Constituency boundaries

The West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine 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.

Council area

The Holyrood constituency covered a southern portion of the Aberdeenshire council area. The rest of the Aberdeenshire area was covered by two other constituencies, both also in the North East Scotland electoral region: Gordon was to the north of the West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine constituency, and Banff and Buchan was further north. Gordon also covered a small eastern portion of the Moray council area.

Member of the Scottish Parliament

	Member	Party
1999	Mike Rumbles	Scottish Liberal Democrats
2003
2007

Election results

Scottish Parliament election, 2007: West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
Notes: Green background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Y Mike Rumbles		14,314	41.1	-4.9	8,765	24.91	-6.88
	SNP	Dennis Robertson		9,144	26.3	+12.1	11,261	32.00	+16.67
	Conservative	Stewart Whyte		8,604	24.7	-4.2	7,990	22.71	-4.78
	Labour	James Nobel		2,761	7.9	-0.7	3,862	10.98	+0.72
	Scottish Green						1,472	4.18	-2.39
	Scottish Senior Citizens						461	1.31	-0.26
	BNP						318	0.90	+0.90
	Scottish Christian						242	0.69	+0.69
	Solidarity						186	0.53	+0.53
	UKIP						175	0.50	-0.21
	Christian Peoples						149	0.42	+0.42
	Scottish Socialist						96	0.27	-2.62
	Socialist Labour						88	0.25	-0.46
	Scottish Voice						84	0.24	+0.24
	Scottish Enterprise						39	0.11	+0.11
Informal votes				984			619
Total Valid votes				34,823			35,188
Turnout				35,807	54.9%
	Liberal Democrats hold		Majority	5,170	14.8

Scottish Parliament election, 2003: West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
Notes: Green background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Y Mike Rumbles		14,553	46.00	+10.08	10,047	31.79	+6.36
	Conservative	David Davidson		9,154	28.94	-0.58	8,688	27.49	-0.97
	SNP	Ian Angus		4,489	14.19	-7.35	4,846	15.33	-8.80
	Labour	Kevin Hutchens		2,727	8.62	-4.39	3,244	10.26	-5.85
	Scottish Socialist	Alan Manley		713	2.25	+2.25	913	2.89	+2.50
	Scottish Green						2,077	6.57	+3.38
	Fishing Party						703	2.22	+2.22
	Scottish Pensioners						496	1.57	+1.57
	UKIP						224	0.71	+0.71
	Socialist Labour						186	0.59	-0.12
	Independent - David Mathers						108	0.34	+0.34
	Scottish People's						71	0.22	+0.22
Informal votes				147			165
Total Valid votes				31,636			31,603
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Majority	5,399	17.07	+10.06

Scottish Parliament election, 1999: West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
Notes: Green background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Rumbles		12,838	35.92		9,091	25.43
	Conservative	Ben Wallace		10,549	29.52		10,166	28.43
	SNP	Maureen Watt		7,699	21.54		8,626	24.13
	Labour	Gordon Guthrie		4,650	13.01		5,760	16.11
	Scottish Green						1,140	3.19
	Independent - Hamish Watt						319	0.89
	Socialist Labour						268	0.75
	Scottish Socialist						140	0.39
	Independent - William McColl Robb						138	0.39
	Natural Law						103	0.29
Informal votes				88			77
Total Valid votes				38,025			35,751
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats win new seat		Majority	2,289	6.40

Electoral regions and Constituencies of the Scottish Parliament 1999–2011 » 2011– »

Central Scotland	Airdrie and Shotts Coatbridge and Chryston Cumbernauld and Kilsyth East Kilbride Falkirk East Falkirk West Hamilton North and Bellshill Hamilton South Kilmarnock and Loudoun Motherwell and Wishaw

Glasgow	Glasgow Anniesland Glasgow Baillieston Glasgow Cathcart Glasgow Govan Glasgow Kelvin Glasgow Maryhill Glasgow Pollok Glasgow Rutherglen Glasgow Shettleston Glasgow Springburn

Highlands and Islands	Argyll and Bute Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber Moray Orkney Ross, Skye and Inverness West Shetland Western Isles

Lothians	Edinburgh Central Edinburgh East and Musselburgh Edinburgh North and Leith Edinburgh Pentlands Edinburgh South Edinburgh West Linlithgow Livingston Midlothian

Mid Scotland and Fife	Central Fife Dunfermline East Dunfermline West Kirkcaldy North East Fife North Tayside Ochil Perth Stirling

North East Scotland	Aberdeen Central Aberdeen North Aberdeen South Angus Banff and Buchan Dundee East Dundee West Gordon West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine

South of Scotland	Ayr Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley Clydesdale Cunninghame South Dumfries East Lothian Galloway and Upper Nithsdale Roxburgh and Berwickshire Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale

West of Scotland	Clydebank and Milngavie Cunninghame North Dumbarton Eastwood Greenock and Inverclyde Paisley North Paisley South Strathkelvin and Bearsden West Renfrewshire

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