West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1997 onwards / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine is a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Westminster), which elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It was first used in the 1997 general election, but has undergone boundary changes since that date. West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine was re-created as a parliamentary constituency in 1997, having previously existed as Kincardine and Western Aberdeenshire from 1918 to 1950.
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Major settlements | Laurencekirk, Portlethen, Stonehaven, Banchory, Braemar |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1997 |
Member of Parliament | Andrew Bowie (Conservative) |
Created from | Kincardine and Deeside |
1918–1950 | |
Created from | Aberdeenshire Western and Kincardineshire |
Replaced by | West Aberdeenshire and North Angus and Mearns |
There was also a Holyrood constituency of West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, a constituency of the Scottish Parliament,[1] created in 1999 with the same boundaries as the Westminster constituency at that time.