Aberdeenshire East | |
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county constituency for the Scottish Parliament |
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Aberdeenshire East 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 | Gillian Martin |
Council area | Aberdeenshire |
Created from |
Banff and Buchan, Gordon |
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.
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.