Aberdeen South and North Kincardine | |
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burgh constituency for the Scottish Parliament |
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Aberdeen South and North Kincardine shown within the North East Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
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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.
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.