North East Scotland
electoral region for the Scottish Parliament
North East Scotland shown within Scotland
Population	768,973 (2019)[1]
Current electoral 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 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.

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

1999–2011

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 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:

• Aberdeenshire
• Aberdeen City
• Dundee City
• 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)

Members of the Scottish Parliament

Constituency MSPs

Regional list MSPs

N.B. This table is for presentation purposes only

Election results

2021 Scottish Parliament election

Constituency results

Additional member results

2021 Scottish Parliament election: North East Scotland[3][4][5]
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±
	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
	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:

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

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.

2011 Scottish Parliament election

In the 2011 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

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

Constituency results

Additional member results

2007 Scottish Parliament election

In the 2007 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

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

Constituency results

Additional member results

2003 Scottish Parliament election

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)

Constituency results

Additional member results

Changes:

• Maureen Watt replaced Richard Lochhead, who 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 SNP list.

1999 Scottish Parliament election

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)

Constituency results

Changes:

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

Additional member results