Aberdeenshire East (Gaelic: Siorrachd Obar Dheathain an Ear) is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering part of the council area of Aberdeenshire. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. It is also 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.
| Aberdeenshire East | |
|---|---|
| County constituency for the Scottish Parliament | |
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.svg) Aberdeenshire East shown within the North East Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland | |
| Population | 80,855 (2019)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2011 |
| Party | Scottish National Party |
| MSP | Gillian Martin |
| Council area | Aberdeenshire |
| Created from | Banff and Buchan, Gordon |
The seat was created for the 2011 election, and largely consists of areas that were in the former constituency of Gordon. It has been held by Gillian Martin of the Scottish National Party since the 2016 Scottish Parliament election.
Electoral region edit
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.
The region covers all of the Aberdeen City council area, Aberdeenshire, Angus, the Dundee City council area and part of Moray.
Constituency boundaries and council area edit
Aberdeenshire is represented by four constituencies in the Scottish Parliament: Aberdeenshire East, Aberdeenshire West, Angus North and Mearns and Banffshire and Buchan Coast.
The electoral wards used in the creation of Aberdeenshire East are:
- In full: Central Buchan, Turriff and District, Mid-Formartine, Ellon and District, Inverurie and District
- In part: Peterhead South and Cruden (shared with Banffshire and Buchan Coast), East Garioch (shared with Aberdeenshire West)
It was created for the 2011 election, mostly replacing Gordon.
Member of the Scottish Parliament edit
First contested in the 2011 election, the seat was won by Alex Salmond, who was then First Minister, and had previously held the Gordon seat, from which Aberdeenshire East was largely formed. Salmond had also previously been MSP for Banff and Buchan from 1999 until resigning in 2001, as well as representing the Westminster seat of Banff and Buchan from 1987 until retiring from the British Parliament in 2010.
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Alex Salmond | SNP | |
| 2016 | Gillian Martin | ||
Election results edit
2020s edit
| Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| SNP | Gillian Martin[a] | 18,307 | 44.6 |  1.2 | 14,873 | 36.1 | 7.4 | |
| Conservative | Stewart Whyte | 16,418 | 40.0 |  11.0 | 15,112 | 36.7 | 6.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Conrad Wood | 3,396 | 8.3 | 10.7 | 3,007 | 7.3 | 4.4 | |
| Labour | Graeme Downie | 2,900 | 7.1 | 0.9 | 3,092 | 7.3 | 1.1 | |
| Scottish Green | 2,326 | 5.7 | 1.6 | |||||
| Alba | 1,235 | 3.0 | New | |||||
| Scottish Family | 301 | 0.7 | New | |||||
| All for Unity | 284 | 0.7 | New | |||||
| Independent Green Voice | 218 | 0.5 | New | |||||
| Abolish the Scottish Parliament | 151 | 0.4 | New | |||||
| Reform UK | 103 | 0.3 | New | |||||
| Freedom Alliance (UK) | 101 | 0.3 | New | |||||
| Scottish Libertarian | 75 | 0.2 | 0.1 | |||||
| Restore Scotland | 70 | 0.2 | New | |||||
| UKIP | 52 | 0.1 | 1.9 | |||||
| Independent | Laura Marshall | 45 | 0.1 | New | ||||
| Independent | Geoffrey Farquharson | 18 | 0.0 | New | ||||
| Renew | 9 | 0.0 | New | |||||
| Majority | 1,889 | 4.6 | 12.2 | |||||
| Valid Votes | 41,021 | 41,072 | ||||||
| Invalid Votes | 134 | 103 | ||||||
| Turnout | 41,155 | 64.3 | 9.8 | 41,175 | 64.3 | 8.7 | ||
| SNP hold | Swing | 6.1 | ||||||
This was the largest Conservative vote share increase at the 2021 Scottish Parliament election.
2010s edit
| Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| SNP | Gillian Martin | 15,912 | 45.8 | 18.7 | 15,204 | 43.6 | 15.1 | |
| Conservative | Colin Clark | 10,075 | 29.0 | 15.1 | 10,706 | 30.7 | 16.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Christine Jardine | 6,611 | 19.0 | 5.0 | 4,079 | 11.7 | 1.2 | |
| Labour | Sarah Flavell | 2,155 | 6.2 | 1.4 | 2,244 | 6.4 | 0.9 | |
| Scottish Green | 1,410 | 4.0 | 0.5 | |||||
| UKIP | 720 | 2.1 | 1.2 | |||||
| Scottish Christian | 214 | 0.6 |  0.0 | |||||
| Scottish Libertarian | 84 | 0.2 | New | |||||
| National Front | 65 | 0.2 | 0.0 | |||||
| Communist | 58 | 0.2 | New | |||||
| Solidarity | 58 | 0.2 | 0.1 | |||||
| RISE | 39 | 0.1 | New | |||||
| Majority | 5837 | 16.8 | 33.7 | |||||
| Valid Votes | 34,753 | 34,881 | ||||||
| Invalid Votes | 107 | 39 | ||||||
| Turnout | 34,860 | 55.5 | 2.8 | 34,920 | 55.6 | 2.9 | ||
| SNP hold | Swing | 16.9 | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Constituency | Region | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| SNP | Alex Salmond[a] | 19,533 | 64.5 | N/A | 17,795 | 58.7 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Alison McInnes[a] | 4,238 | 14.0 | N/A | 3,169 | 10.5 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Geordie Stuart | 4,211 | 13.9 | N/A | 4,225 | 14.0 | N/A | |
| Labour | Peter Smyth | 2,304 | 7.6 | N/A | 2,209 | 7.3 | N/A | |
| Scottish Green | 1,374 | 4.5 | N/A | |||||
| All-Scotland Pensioners Party | 407 | 1.3 | N/A | |||||
| Scottish Christian | 192 | 0.6 | N/A | |||||
| UKIP | 263 | 0.8 | N/A | |||||
| Socialist Labour | 101 | 0.3 | N/A | |||||
| BNP | 235 | 0.8 | N/A | |||||
| Scottish Socialist | 84 | 0.3 | N/A | |||||
| National Front | 62 | 0.2 | N/A | |||||
| Solidarity | 12 | 0.0 | N/A | |||||
| Angus Independents | 5 | 0.0 | N/A | |||||
| Independent | John Cox | 124 | 0.4 | N/A | ||||
| Independent | David Henderson | 28 | 0.1 | N/A | ||||
| Independent | Andrew McBride | 12 | 0.0 | N/A | ||||
| Majority | 15,295 | 50.5 | N/A | |||||
| Valid Votes | 30,286 | 30,297 | ||||||
| Invalid Votes | 81 | 77 | ||||||
| Turnout | 30,367 | 52.7 | N/A | 30,374 | 52.7 | N/A | ||
| SNP win (new seat) | ||||||||
Notes
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References edit
- ^ "Scottish Parliamentary Constituency (SPC) Population Estimates (2011 Data Zone based)]". National Records of Scotland. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
- ^ "Declaration of regional votes cast in a constituency: Aberdeenshire East" (PDF). Aberdeenshire Council. 8 May 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
- ^ "Declaration of constituency result: Aberdeenshire East" (PDF). Aberdeenshire Council. 8 May 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
- ^ "Aberdeenshire East: Declaration of constituency result & Declaration of regional votes cast in a constituency" (PDF). Aberdeenshire Council. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
- ^ "Scottish Parliamentary Elections and Voting System Referendum 2011". Aberdeenshire Council. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
- ^ "Declaration of regional votes cast in a constituency: Aberdeenshire East" (PDF). Aberdeenshire Council. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
External links edit
- "Aberdeenshire East constituency map" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland. Retrieved 25 June 2021.