North East Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)
Scottish Parliament electoral region
North East Scotland is one of the eight electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament which were created in 1999. Ten 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 17 MSPs.
The North East Scotland region shares boundaries with the Highlands and Islands and Mid Scotland and Fife regions.
Constituencies and local government areas
Map of boundaries from 2011
Since 2011
As a result of the First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries the boundaries of the region and constituencies were redrawn for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election .
1999–2011
In terms of first past the post constituencies the region covered:
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[2]
In terms of local government areas the region covers:
Members of the Scottish Parliament
Constituency MSPs
Regional list MSPs
N.B. This table is for presentation purposes only
Election results
North East Scotland election results 1999-2021
2021 Scottish Parliament election
Constituency results
Additional member results
2021 Scottish Parliament election : North East Scotland[3] [4] [5]
List
Candidates
Votes
Of total (%)
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
Scottish 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 Party
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 UK
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
2016 Scottish Parliament election
In the 2016 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:
Constituency results
Additional member results
Candidates elected on the regional list are shown in bold ; candidates elected in a constituency who also stood on a list are shown in italics .
2016 Scottish Parliament election : North East Scotland[6]
List
Candidates
Votes
Of total (%)
SNP
Christian Allard , Fergus Mutch, Vari McDonald, Kevin Stewart , Nigel Don , Nadia El-Nakla, Maureen Watt , Mark McDonald , Bill Duff, Bryan Stuart, Gill Samarai, Donald Morrison
137,086
44.7%
-8.1%
Conservative
Alex Johnstone (died in office), Alexander Burnett , Ross Thomson , Peter Chapman , Liam Kerr , Bill Bowman , Nicola Ross, Colin Clark , Kirstene Hair , Tom Mason
85,848
28.0%
+13.9%
Labour
Jenny Marra , Lewis MacDonald , Lesley Brennan, Richard McCready, Sarah Duncan, Willie Young, Alison Evision, Nathan Morrison, Joanne McFadden, John Ruddy
38,791
12.6%
-3.8%
Liberal Democrats
Mike Rumbles , Alison McInnes, Sheila Thomson, Scott Martin Rennie, Craig Robertson Duncan, Euan Robert Davidson, David Ronald Evans
18,444
6.0%
-0.8%
Scottish Green
Maggie Chapman , Dan Yeats, Morag Hannah, David Officer, Anne Mansfield, Morgan Petrie
15,123
4.9%
+1.0%
UKIP
Calum David Alexander Walker, Emily Ruth Santos, John William Stephen
6,376
2.1%
+1.1%
Scottish Christian
Tom Morrow, Norman Alexander Ogston
2,068
0.7%
-0.1%
Solidarity
James Edmund Rodgerson Irving-Lewis, Darren Thomas Ferguson, Brett Matthew Harper, Gareth Desmond Norman, Isobel Alvey
992
0.3%
+0.2%
National Front
Dave MacDonald
617
0.2%
+0.0%
RISE
Connor Beaton, Marty Smith, Sean Paul O'Connor & Hanne-Lisbeth Paterson
599
0.2%
+0.2%
Scottish Libertarian
Derek Graham Scott
552
0.2%
+0.2%
Communist
Raymond Mennie
510
0.2%
+0.2%
2011 Scottish Parliament election
In the 2011 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:
Constituency results
Additional member results
2011 Scottish Parliament election : North East Scotland
Party
Elected candidates
Seats
+/−
Votes
%
+/−%
SNP
Mark McDonald
1
-1
140,749
52.7%
+12.2%
Labour
Richard Baker Jenny Marra Lewis MacDonald
3
+1
43,893
16.4%
-3.2%
Conservative
Alex Johnstone Nanette Milne
2
±0
37,681
14.1%
−1.1%
Liberal Democrats
Alison McInnes
1
±0
18,178
6.8%
−8.4%
Scottish Green
0
±0
10,407
3.9%
+0.7%
Scottish Senior Citizens
0
±0
4,420
1.7%
+0.1%
UKIP
0
±0
2,477
0.9%
+0.5%
Scottish Christian
0
±0
2,159
0.8%
+0.1%
BNP
0
±0
1,925
0.7%
−0.3%
Socialist Labour
0
±0
1,459
0.5%
±0
Scottish Socialist
0
±0
1,115
0.4%
−0.1%
Independent
0
±0
758
0.3%
±0
National Front
0
±0
640
0.2%
N/A
Angus Independents Representatives
0
±0
471
0.2%
N/A
Solidarity
0
±0
286
0.1%
−0.7%
Independent
0
±0
237
0.1%
±0
Independent
0
±0
190
0.1%
±0
2007 Scottish Parliament election
In the 2007 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:
Constituency results
Additional member results
2007 Scottish Parliament election : North East Scotland
Party
Elected candidates
Seats
+/−
Votes
%
+/−%
SNP
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 Democrats
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%
BNP
0
0
2,764
1.1%
N/A
Solidarity
0
0
2,004
0.8%
N/A
Scottish Christian
0
0
1,895
0.7%
N/A
Socialist Labour
0
0
1,331
0.5%
−0.5%
CPA
0
0
1,113
0.4%
N/A
Scottish Socialist
0
0
1,051
0.4%
−3.8%
UKIP
0
0
1,045
0.4%
-0.2%
Scottish Voice
0
0
569
0.2%
N/A
Scottish Enterprise
0
0
222
0.1%
N/A
2003 Scottish Parliament election
In the 2003 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:
Constituency results
Additional member results
2003 Scottish Parliament election : North East Scotland
Party
Elected candidates
Seats
+/−
Votes
%
+/−%
SNP
Richard Lochhead
1
−3
66,463
27.3%
-5.0%
Labour
Marlyn Glen Richard Baker
2
+2
49,189
20.2%
-5.3%
Liberal Democrats
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
0
0
5,584
2.3%
N/A
Fishing
0
0
5,566
2.3%
N/A
Socialist Labour
0
0
2,431
1.0%
-0.2%
UKIP
0
0
1,498
0.6%
N/A
Scottish People's
0
0
941
0.4%
N/A
Independent
0
0
902
0.4%
N/A
Changes:
1999 Scottish Parliament election
In the 1999 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:
Constituency results
Changes:
Additional member results
References