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North East Scotland Scottish Parliament electoral region
The North East Scotland region shown within Scotland
Created 1999
Current representation
Scottish National Party	8 MSPs
Labour Party	3 MSPs
Liberal Democrats	3 MSPs
Conservative	2 MSPs
Constituencies Aberdeen Central Aberdeen North Aberdeen South Angus Banff and Buchan Dundee East Dundee West Gordon West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
Council areas Aberdeen City Aberdeenshire Angus (part) Dundee City Moray (part) Perth and Kinross (part)

North East Scotland is one of the eight electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament which were created in 1999. Nine 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 16 MSPs.

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

Contents 1 Constituencies and local government areas 2 Election results 2.1 2007 Scottish Parliament election 2.1.1 Constituency results 2.1.2 Additional member results 2.2 2003 Scottish Parliament election 2.2.1 Constituency results 2.2.2 Additional member results 2.3 1999 Scottish Parliament election 2.3.1 Constituency results 2.3.2 Additional member results 3 Footnotes

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

Constituency

Map

Aberdeen Central covers the central area of Aberdeen City. Aberdeen North covers the northern area of Aberdeen City. Aberdeen South covers the southern area of Aberdeen City. Angus covers the southern portion of the Angus council area, northern portions of the Dundee City and a small eastern portion of the Perth and Kinross Banff and Buchan covers the northern area of Aberdeenshire. Dundee East covers the eastern area of Dundee City. Dundee West covers the western area of Dundee City. Gordon covers the central area of Aberdeenshire and a small eastern portion of the Moray. West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine covers the southern area of Aberdeenshire.

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^[1]

In terms of local government areas the region covers:

• Aberdeenshire
• Aberdeen City
• the City of Dundee
• part of Angus (otherwise within the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region)
• a small part of Moray (otherwise within the Highlands and Islands electoral region)
• a small part of Perth and Kinross (otherwise within the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region)

In the 2007 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

• 8 Scottish National Party MSPs (six constituency members and two additional members)
• 3 Labour MSPs (one constituency members and two additional members)
• 3 Liberal Democrat MSPs (two constituency members and one additional member)
• 2 Conservative MSPs (all additional members)

Scottish Parliament election, 2007: North East Scotland
Constituency		Elected member	Result
	Aberdeen Central	Lewis Macdonald	Labour hold
	Aberdeen North	Brian Adam	Scottish National Party hold
	Aberdeen South	Nicol Stephen	Liberal Democrat hold
	Angus	Andrew Welsh	Scottish National Party hold
	Banff and Buchan	Stewart Stevenson	Scottish National Party hold
	Dundee East	Shona Robison	Scottish National Party hold
	Dundee West	Joe Fitzpatrick	Scottish National Party gain from Labour
	Gordon	Alex Salmond	Scottish National Party gain from Liberal Democrat
	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine	Mike Rumbles	Liberal Democrat hold

Scottish Parliament election, 2007: North East Scotland
Party		Elected candidates	Seats	+/−	Votes	%	+/−%
	Scottish National Party	Maureen Watt Nigel Don	2	+1	105,265	40.5%	+13.2%
	Labour	Richard Baker Marlyn Glen	2	±0	52,125	20.0%	-0.1%
	Conservative	Alex Johnstone Nanette Milne	2	−1	37,666	14.5%	-2.9%
	Liberal Democrat	Alison McInnes	1	+1	40,934	15.7%	−3.1%
	Scottish Green		0	−1	8,148	3.1%	−2.1
	Scottish Senior Citizens		0	0	3,874	1.5%	+1.5%
	British National Party		0	0	2,764	1.1%	1.1+%
	Solidarity		0	0	2,004	0.8%	+0.8
	Scottish Christian		0	0	1,895	0.7%	+0.7
	Socialist Labour		0	0	1,331	0.5%	−0.5
	Christian Peoples		0	0	941	0.4%	+0.4%
	Scottish Socialist		0	0	1,331	0.5%	−0.5%
	UK Independence		0	0	1,045	0.4%	-0.2%
	Scottish Voice		0	0	569	0.2%	+0.2
	Scottish Enterprise Party		0	0	569	0.2%	+0.2

In the 2003 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

• 5 Scottish National Party MSPs (four constituency members and one additional member)
• 4 Labour MSPs (two constituency members and two additional members)
• 3 Liberal Democrat MSPs (all constituency members)
• 3 Conservative MSPs (all additional members)
• 1 Green MSP (additional member)

Scottish Parliament election, 2003: North East Scotland
Constituency		Elected member	Result
	Aberdeen Central	Lewis Macdonald	Labour hold
	Aberdeen North	Brian Adam	Scottish National Party gain from Labour
	Aberdeen South	Nicol Stephen	Liberal Democrat hold
	Angus	Andrew Welsh	Scottish National Party hold
	Banff and Buchan	Stewart Stevenson	Scottish National Party hold
	Dundee East	Shona Robison	Scottish National Party gain from Labour
	Dundee West	Kate Maclean	Labour hold
	Gordon	Nora Radcliffe	Liberal Democrat hold
	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine	Mike Rumbles	Liberal Democrat hold

Scottish Parliament election, 2003: North East Scotland
Party		Elected candidates	Seats	+/−	Votes	%	+/−%
	Scottish National Party	Richard Lochhead	1	−3	66,463	27.3%	-5.0%
	Labour	Marlyn Glen Richard Baker	2	+2	49,189	20.2%	-5.3%
	Liberal Democrat		0	0	45,831	18.8%	+1.3%
	Conservative	David Davidson Nanette Milne Alex Johnstone	3	±0	42,318	17.4%	-0.9%
	Scottish Green	Shiona Baird	1	+1	12,724	5.2%	+2.4%
	Scottish Socialist		0	0	10,226	4.2%	+3.1%
	Scottish Pensioners Party		0	0	5,584	2.3%	N/A
	Scottish Fishing Party		0	0	5,566	2.3%	N/A
	Socialist Labour		0	0	2,431	1.0%	-0.2%
	UK Independence		0	0	1,498	0.6%	N/A
	Scottish People's Alliance		0	0	941	0.4%	N/A
	Independent		0	0	902	0.4%	N/A

Changes:

• Maureen Watt replaced Richard Lochhead. Lochhead resigned as an MSP in April 2006 to contest the Moray by-election following the death of Margaret Ewing. Watt was the next available candidate on the Scottish National Party list.

In the 1999 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

• 6 Scottish National Party MSPs (two constituency members four additional members)
• 4 Labour MSPs (all constituency members)
• 3 Liberal Democrat MSPs (all constituency members)
• 3 Conservative MSPs (all additional members)

Scottish Parliament election, 1999: North East Scotland
Constituency		Elected member	Result
	Aberdeen Central	Lewis Macdonald	Labour gain
	Aberdeen North	Elaine Thomson	Labour gain
	Aberdeen South	Nicol Stephen	Liberal Democrat gain
	Angus	Andrew Welsh	Scottish National Party gain
	Banff and Buchan	Alex Salmond	Scottish National Party gain
	Dundee East	John McAllion	Labour gain
	Dundee West	Kate Maclean	Labour gain
	Gordon	Nora Radcliffe	Liberal Democrat gain
	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine	Mike Rumbles	Liberal Democrat gain

Changes:

• Banff and Buchan by-election, 2001: Stewart Stevenson replaced Alex Salmond, who had resigned. Alex Salmond was elected Member of Parliament for the Banff and Buchan constituency of the United Kingdom Parliament the same day as the Scottish Parliament by-election.

Scottish Parliament election, 1999: North East Scotland
Party		Elected candidates	Seats	+/−	Votes	%	+/−%
	Scottish National Party	Brian Adam Richard Lochhead Shona Robison Irene McGugan	4	N/A	93,329	32.3%	N/A
	Labour		0	N/A	72,666	25.5%	N/A
	Conservative	David Davidson Ben Wallace Alex Johnstone	3	N/A	52,149	18.3%	N/A
	Liberal Democrat		0	N/A	49,843	17.5%	N/A
	Scottish Green		0	N/A	8,067	2.8%	N/A
	Socialist Labour		0	N/A	3,557	1.2%	N/A
	Scottish Socialist		0	N/A	3,016	1.1%	N/A
	Independent		0	N/A	2,303	0.8%	N/A
	Independent		0	N/A	770	0.3%	N/A
	Natural Law		0	N/A	746	0.3%	N/A

1. ^ See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland

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