Aberdeen South and North Kincardine (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Aberdeen South and North Kincardine (Gaelic: Obar Dheathain a Deas agus Ceann Chàrdainn a Tuath) is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering part of the Aberdeen City council area and Aberdeenshire. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. It is one of ten constituencies in the North East Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to the ten constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

Aberdeen South and North Kincardine
Burgh constituency
for the Scottish Parliament
Aberdeen South and North Kincardine shown within the North East Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Population79,644 (2019)[1]
Current constituency
Created2011
PartyScottish National Party
MSPAudrey Nicoll
Council areaAberdeen City
Aberdeenshire
Created fromAberdeen South,
West Aberdeenshire & Kincardine

The constituency was created for 2011 Scottish Parliament election, and combines most of the former Aberdeen South seat along with part of Aberdeenshire that was formerly in Aberdeenshire West.[2] It has been held by Audrey Nicoll of the Scottish National Party since the 2021 Scottish Parliament election.

Electoral region
See also: North East Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)

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.

The region covers all of Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire, Angus, Dundee City and part of Moray.

Constituency boundaries and council area

For the first election to the Scottish Parliament, the constituencies used were the same as those already in existence for the House of Commons (Westminster). For the 2005 the boundaries of the Westminster constituencies were subject to some alteration, and so Holyrood and Westminster constituencies diverged.

Following their First Periodic review of parliamentary constituencies to the Scottish Parliament, the Boundary Commission for Scotland created newly shaped seats for the Aberdeen City council area and Aberdeenshire, which were first used at the 2011 Election.

Aberdeen City is divided between three Scottish Parliament constituencies: Aberdeen Central, Aberdeen Donside and Aberdeen South and North Kincardine. Central and Donside are entirely within the city area, while South and North Kincardine also takes in North Kincardine in the Aberdeenshire council area. The remainder of Aberdeenshire is represented by four further constituencies in the Scottish Parliament: Aberdeenshire East, Aberdeenshire West, Angus North and Mearns and Banffshire and Buchan Coast.

In forming the new Aberdeen South and North Kincardine, the electoral wards used are:

Member of the Scottish Parliament
ElectionMemberParty
Constituency created from: Aberdeen South and West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
2011 Maureen Watt Scottish National Party
2021 Audrey Nicoll

Election results
Aberdeen South & North Kincardine election results 1999-2021

2020s
2021 Scottish Parliament election: Aberdeen South and North Kincardine[3][4][5]
Party Candidate Constituency Regional
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
SNP Audrey Nicoll 16,500 42.3 Increase0.2 14,156 36.22 Decrease1.9
Conservative Liam Kerr[lower-alpha 1] 14,829 38.0 Increase4.5 13,619 34.84 Increase0.7
Labour Lynn Thomson 4,505 11.5 Decrease5.8 4,766 12.19 Decrease1.7
Liberal Democrats Ian Yuill 2,889 7.4 Increase 0.3 2,338 5.98 Increase0.3
Scottish Green 2,243 5.74 Increase1.1
Alba 710 1.82 New
Scottish Family 250 0.64 New
All for Unity 249 0.64 New
Independent Green Voice 173 0.44 New
Abolish the Scottish Parliament 128 0.33 New
Reform UK 124 0.32 New
Libertarian Stephen Jamieson 286 0.7 New 78 0.20 Steady0.0
Freedom Alliance (UK) 78 0.20 New
UKIP 61 0.16 Decrease1.7
Restore Scotland 43 0.11 New
Independent Laura Marshall 42 0.11 New
Independent Geoffrey Farquharson 15 0.04 New
Renew 14 0.04 New
Majority 1,671 4.3 Decrease4.3
Valid Votes 39,009 39,087
Invalid Votes 98 62
Turnout 39,107 64.3 Increase9.9 39,149 64.4 Increase10.1
SNP hold Swing Decrease2.4
Notes
  1. Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency

2010s
2016 Scottish Parliament election: Aberdeen South and North Kincardine[6][7][8]
Party Candidate Constituency Regional
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
SNP Maureen Watt[lower-alpha 1] 13,604 42.1 Increase0.4 12,348 38.1 Decrease6.5
Conservative Ross Thomson 10,849 33.5 Increase19.4 11,039 34.1 Increase18.6
Labour Alison Evison 5,603 17.3 Decrease2.3 4,496 13.9 Decrease5.2
Liberal Democrats John Waddell 2,284 7.1 Decrease10.4 1,776 5.5 Decrease5.9
Scottish Green 1,577 4.9 Increase0.9
UKIP 611 1.9 Increase0.8
Scottish Christian 229 0.7 Steady0.0
Solidarity 78 0.2 Increase0.2
Communist 60 0.2 New
Libertarian 57 0.2 New
National Front 50 0.2 Decrease0.1
RISE 47 0.1 New
Majority 2,755 8.6 Decrease13.5
Valid Votes 32,340 32,368
Invalid Votes 131 56
Turnout 32,471 54.4 Increase1.5 32,424 54.3 Increase2.0
SNP hold Swing Decrease9.9
Notes
  1. Incumbent member for this constituency
2011 Scottish Parliament election: Aberdeen South and North Kincardine[9][10]
Party Candidate Constituency Region
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
SNP Maureen Watt[lower-alpha 1] 11,947 41.7 N/A 12,653 44.6 N/A
Labour Greg Williams 5,624 19.6 N/A 5,423 19.1 N/A
Conservative Stewart Whyte 4,058 14.2 N/A 4,402 15.5 N/A
Liberal Democrats John Sleigh 4,994 17.4 N/A 3,215 11.3 N/A
Independent Marie Boulton 1,816 6.3 N/A
Scottish Green 1,113 3.9 N/A
All-Scotland Pensioners Party 402 1.4 N/A
UKIP 314 1.1 N/A
Scottish Christian 200 0.7 N/A
Socialist Labour 175 0.6 N/A
BNP 169 0.6 N/A
Scottish Socialist 85 0.3 N/A
National Front Ross Willett 214 0.7 N/A 62 0.2 N/A
Solidarity 21 0.1 N/A
Angus Independents 13 0.0 N/A
Others 104 0.4 N/A
Majority 6,323 22.1 N/A
Valid Votes 28,653 28,351
Invalid Votes 91 73
Turnout 28,744 52.9 N/A 28,424 52.3 N/A
SNP win (new seat)
Notes
  1. Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency

References
  1. Scottish Parliamentary Constituency (SPC) Population Estimates (2011 Data Zone based), National Records of Scotland; retrieved 6 May 2021 (accompanying summary notes)
  2. "The New Scottish Parliament Constituencies 2011" (PDF). BBC News online. 8 September 2010. p. 10. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  3. "North East Scotland Region: Statement of Persons and Parties nominated and Notice of Poll" (PDF). Aberdeen City Council. 31 March 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  4. "Aberdeen South and North Kincardine Constituency: Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll" (PDF). Aberdeen City Council. 31 March 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  5. Scottish Parliamentary Election 2021 results Aberdeen City Council website
  6. "SPE2016 - South and North Kincardine Declaration". Aberdeen City Council. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  7. "SPE2016 - North East Scotland Regional List results by constituency" (PDF). Aberdeen City Council. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  8. "Aberdeen South and North Kincardine - Scottish Parliament constituency". BBC News. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  9. "2011 Election analysis (Excel 2.37MB)". Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  10. "Results and turnout at the 2016 Scottish Parliament election". The Electoral Commission. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
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