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Aberdeen South and North Kincardine (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Aberdeen South and North Kincardine
burgh constituency
for the Scottish Parliament
Aberdeenshire South and North Kincardine (Scottish Parliament constituency).svg
North East Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region).svg
Aberdeen South and North Kincardine shown within the North East Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
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.


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