Aberdeenshire West and Kincardine | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons |
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Boundary of Aberdeenshire West and Kincardine in Scotland.
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Current constituency | |
Created | 1997 |
Member of parliament | Andrew Bowie (Conservative) |
Created from | Kincardine and Deeside |
Overlaps | |
European Parliament constituency | Scotland |
Coordinates: 57°15′00″N 3°17′24″W / 57.250°N 3.290°W
Aberdeenshire West and Kincardine is a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Westminster), which elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It was first used in the 1997 general election, but has undergone boundary changes since that date.
There was also a Holyrood constituency of West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, a constituency of the Scottish Parliament, created in 1999 with the same boundaries as the Westminster constituency at that time.
1997-2005: Kincardine and Deeside District, and the Gordon District electoral divisions of Donside and South Gordon.
2005–present: The area of the Aberdeenshire Council other than those parts in the Banff and Buchan County Constituency and the Gordon County Constituency.
The constituency covers a southern portion of the Aberdeenshire council area.