North East Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)

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.

=Constituencies and local government areas=

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 2005See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland

In terms of local government areas the region covers:

Aberdeenshire
the City of Aberdeen
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)

=Election results=

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)

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)

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.

= Footnotes =

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