Aberdeenshire East (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Aberdeenshire East 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 ten constituencies in the North East Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to ten constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

Not to be confused with East Aberdeenshire (UK Parliament constituency).
Aberdeenshire East
county constituency
for the Scottish Parliament
Aberdeenshire East shown within the North East Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Current constituency
Created2011
PartyScottish National Party
MSPGillian Martin
Council areaAberdeenshire
Created fromBanff and Buchan,
Gordon

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

The other nine constituencies of the North East Scotland region are Aberdeen Central, Aberdeen Donside, Aberdeen South and North Kincardine, 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

Aberdeenshire is represented by four constituencies in the Scottish Parliament: Aberdeenshire East, Aberdeenshire West, Angus North and Mearns and Banffshire and Buchan Coast.

The electoral wards used in the creation of Aberdeenshire East are:

It was created for the 2011 election, mostly replacing Gordon.

Member of the Scottish Parliament

The seat was represented since the 2007 election by Alex Salmond, the First Minister. He was previously MSP for Banff and Buchan from 1999 until resigning in 2001; he also represented the Westminster seat of Banff and Buchan from 1987 until retiring from the British Parliament in 2010.

ElectionMemberParty
2011 Alex Salmond Scottish National Party
2016 Gillian Martin

Election results

2010s
2016 Scottish Parliament election: Aberdeenshire East[1][2][3]
Party Candidate Constituency Regional
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
SNP Gillian Martin 15,912 45.8 18.7 15,204 43.6
Conservative Colin Clark 10,075 29.0 15.1 10,706 30.7
Liberal Democrats Christine Jardine 6,611 19.0 5.0 4,079 11.7
Labour Sarah Flavell 2,155 6.2 1.4 2,244 6.4
Scottish Green 1,410 4.0
UKIP 720 2.1
Scottish Christian 214 0.6
Scottish Libertarian 84 0.2
National Front 65 0.2
Communist 58 0.2
Solidarity 58 0.2
RISE 39 0.1
Majority 5837 16.8 33.7
Valid Votes 34,753 34,811
Invalid Votes 107 39
Turnout 34,860 55.5 34,920 55.6
SNP hold Swing 16.9
2011 Scottish Parliament election: Aberdeenshire East[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SNP Alex Salmond 19,533 64.5 +19.8
Liberal Democrats Alison McInnes 4,238 14.0 -16.6
Conservative Geordie Stuart 4,211 13.9 -1.9
Labour Peter Smyth 2,304 7.6 -0.5
Majority 15,295 50.5 N/A
Turnout 30,286 N/A
SNP win (new seat)

See also
Preceded by
Gordon		 Constituency represented by the First Minister
2011 – 2014		 Succeeded by
Glasgow Southside

References
  1. "Aberdeenshire East" (PDF). Aberdeenshire Council. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  2. "SPE2016 - North East Scotland Regional List results by constituency". Aberdeen City Council. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  3. "Aberdeenshire East - Scottish Parliament constituency". BBC News. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2011-05-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-16. Retrieved 2011-05-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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