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North East Scotland (Scottish Parliament region)

North East Scotland
electoral region
for the Scottish Parliament
North East Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region).svg
North East Scotland shown within Scotland
Current electoral region
Created 1999
MSPs Scottish National Party 9
Conservative 5
Labour 2
Liberal Democrats 1
Council areas Aberdeen City
Aberdeenshire
Angus
Dundee City
Moray (part)
Constituencies Aberdeen Central
Aberdeen Donside
Aberdeen South and North Kincardine
Aberdeenshire East
Aberdeenshire West
Angus North and Mearns
Angus South
Banffshire and Buchan Coast
Dundee City East
Dundee City West

North East Scotland is one of the eight electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament which were created in 1999. Ten of the parliament's 73 first past the post constituencies are sub-divisions of the region and it elects seven of the 56 additional-member Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). Thus it elects a total of 17 MSPs.

The North East Scotland region shares boundaries with the Highlands and Islands and Mid Scotland and Fife regions.

As a result of the First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries the boundaries of the region and constituencies were redrawn for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election.

In terms of first past the post constituencies the region covers:

The constituencies were created in 1999 with the names and boundaries of Westminster constituencies, as existing in at that time. Scottish Westminster constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies in 2005

In terms of local government areas the region covers:

N.B. This table is for presentation purposes only

In the 2016 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

In the 2011 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:


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