North East Scotland
electoral region for theScottish Parliament
North East Scotland shown withinScotland
Population	768,973 (2019)[1]
Currentelectoral region
Created	1999
MSPs	Scottish National Party 9 Conservative 5 Labour 2 Scottish Greens 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 eightelectoral regions of theScottish Parliament which were created in 1999. Ten of the parliament's 73first past the postconstituencies are sub-divisions of the region and it elects seven of the 56additional-memberMembers of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). Thus it elects a total of 17 MSPs.

The North East Scotland region shares boundaries with theHighlands and Islands andMid Scotland and Fife regions.

Map of boundaries from 2011

As a result of theSecond Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries the boundaries for the region and constituencies were redrawn for the2026 Scottish Parliament election.

Map of boundaries from 2011

As a result of theFirst Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries the boundaries of the region and constituencies were redrawn for the2011 Scottish Parliament election.

Region	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

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

Region	Constituencies
		Aberdeen Central Aberdeen North Aberdeen South Angus Banff and Buchan Dundee East Dundee West Gordon West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine

The constituencies were created in 1999 with the names and boundaries ofWestminster constituencies, as existing in at that time. Scottish Westminster constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies in 2005^[2]

In terms of local government areas the region covers:

• Aberdeenshire
• Aberdeen City
• Dundee City
• part ofAngus (otherwise within theMid Scotland and Fife electoral region)
• a small part ofMoray (otherwise within theHighlands and Islands electoral region)
• a small part ofPerth and Kinross (otherwise within the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region)

N.B. This table is for presentation purposes only

2021 Scottish Parliament election: North East Scotland[3][4][5]
List		Candidates	Votes	Of total (%)	± from prev.
	SNP	Fatima Joji,Christian Allard, Fergus Mutch, William Duff, Nadia El-Nakla, John Cooke, Lynne Short, Gillian Al-Samarai, Joshua Mennie	147,910	40.9	3.8
	Conservative	Liam Kerr,Alexander Burnett,Douglas Lumsden,Maurice Golden,Tess White, Gillian Tebberen, Stewart White, Mark Findlater,Harriet Cross, Philip Scott, Eleanor Price, Mason McIlreavy, Alan Fakley	110,555	30.6	2.6
	Labour	Michael Marra,Mercedes Villalba, Barry Black, Lynn Thomson, Richard McCready, Georgia Strachan, Kaamal Bola, Heather Herbert, Owen Wright	41,062	11.4	1.2
	Green	Maggie Chapman, Guy Ingerson, Rachel Shanks, Leòdhas Iain Massie, Sylvia Hardie, Peter Kennedy, Bradley Booth	22,735	6.3	1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Rosemary Bruce, John Waddell, Ben Lawrie,Ian Yuill, Conrad Wood, Isobel Davidson, Alison Simpson, Michael Crichton	18,051	5.0	1.0
	Alba	Alex Salmond, Heather McLean, Brian Topping, Dot Jessiman	8,269	2.3	2.3
	All for Unity	Scott Fenwick, Arthur Keith, Bobby Ferguson, Danielle Millar, Richard Kelbie, Ben Stones, John McPhee	2,591	0.7	0.7
	Scottish Family	David Bestwick, John Donaldson, William Strachan, George Arthur, Shehla Arthur	2,311	0.6	0.6
	Independent Green Voice	Richard Tallach	2,019	0.6	0.6
	Abolish the Scottish Parliament	Callum Buchanan	1,218	0.3	0.3
	Reform	John Cox, James Whitelaw, Greig Mair, Samantha Evans, Carol MacDonald	1,056	0.3	0.3
	Freedom Alliance	Kirsty Miller, Jason Duncan, Diane Mathieson, Sadie Cubitt	1,011	0.3	0.3
	Restore Scotland	David McHutchon, Ewan Gurr	712	0.2	0.2
	Scottish Libertarian	Bryce Hope	653	0.2	0.0
	UKIP	Duncan Odgers, David Mackay, William Morren, Gerald Haddrell, Albert Emery, Kathleen Rowham	599	0.2	1.9
	Independent	Laura Marshall	354	0.1	0.1
	Independent	Geoffrey Alexander Farquharson	156	0.04	0.0
	Renew	Colin McFadyen	95	0.0	0.0

In the2016 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

• 9Scottish National Party MSPs (nine constituency members)
• 5Conservative MSPs (one constituency member, four additional members)
• 2Labour MSPs (all additional members)
• 1Liberal Democrat MSP (additional member)

Candidates elected on the regional list are shown inbold; candidates elected in a constituency who also stood on a list are shown initalics.

In the2011 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

• 11Scottish National Party MSPs (ten constituency members and one additional members)
• 3Labour MSPs (all additional members)
• 2Conservative MSPs (all additional members)
• 1Liberal Democrat MSP (additional member)

In the2007 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

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

In the2003 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

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

Changes:

• Maureen Watt replacedRichard Lochhead, who resigned as an MSP in April 2006 to contest theMoray by-election following the death ofMargaret Ewing. Watt was the next available candidate on the SNP list.

In the1999 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

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

Changes:

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

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