Aberdeen South and North Kincardine (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Aberdeen South and North Kincardine (Gaelic: Obar Dheathain a Deas agus Ceann Chàrdainn a Tuath) is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering part of the Aberdeen City council area and Aberdeenshire. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. It is one of ten constituencies in the North East Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to the ten constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

Aberdeen South and North Kincardine
Burgh constituency for the Scottish Parliament
Aberdeen South and North Kincardine shown within the North East Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Population	79,644 (2019)[1]
Current constituency
Created	2011
Party	Scottish National Party
MSP	Audrey Nicoll
Council area	Aberdeen City Aberdeenshire
Created from	Aberdeen South, West Aberdeenshire & Kincardine

The constituency was created for 2011 Scottish Parliament election, and combines most of the former Aberdeen South seat along with part of Aberdeenshire that was formerly in Aberdeenshire West.^[2] It has been held by Audrey Nicoll of the Scottish National Party since the 2021 Scottish Parliament election.

Electoral region

See also: North East Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)

The other nine constituencies of the North East Scotland region are Aberdeen Donside, Aberdeen South and North Kincardine, Aberdeenshire East, Aberdeenshire West, Angus North and Mearns, Angus South, Banffshire and Buchan Coast, Dundee City East and Dundee City West.

The region covers all of Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire, Angus, Dundee City and part of Moray.

Constituency boundaries and council area

Outline of the constituency

For the first election to the Scottish Parliament, the constituencies used were the same as those already in existence for the House of Commons (Westminster). For the 2005 general election, the boundaries of the Westminster constituencies were subject to some alteration, and so Holyrood and Westminster constituencies diverged.

Following their First Periodic review of parliamentary constituencies to the Scottish Parliament, the Boundary Commission for Scotland created newly shaped seats for the Aberdeen City council area and Aberdeenshire, which were first used at the 2011 Election.

Aberdeen City is divided between three Scottish Parliament constituencies: Aberdeen Central, Aberdeen Donside and Aberdeen South and North Kincardine. Central and Donside are entirely within the city area, while South and North Kincardine also takes in North Kincardine in the Aberdeenshire council area. The remainder of Aberdeenshire is represented by four further constituencies in the Scottish Parliament: Aberdeenshire East, Aberdeenshire West, Angus North and Mearns and Banffshire and Buchan Coast.

In forming the new Aberdeen South and North Kincardine, the electoral wards used are:

• In full:
  • Lower Deeside
  • Kincorth/Nigg/Cove
  • North Kincardine
• In part: (shared with Aberdeen Central)
  • Hazlehead/Ashley/Queens Cross
  • Airyhall/Broomhill/Garthdee
  • Torry/Ferryhill

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election		Member	Party
Constituency created from: Aberdeen South and West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
	2011	Maureen Watt	Scottish National Party
	2021	Audrey Nicoll

Election results

Aberdeen South & North Kincardine election results 1999-2021

2020s

2026 Scottish Parliament election: Aberdeen South and North Kincardine

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Stephen Flynn
	Conservative	Liam Kerr
Majority
Valid Votes
Invalid Votes
Turnout

2021 Scottish Parliament election: Aberdeen South and North Kincardine^[3][4][5]

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Audrey Nicoll	16,500	42.3	0.2	14,156	36.22	1.9
	Conservative	Liam Kerr[a]	14,829	38.0	4.5	13,619	34.84	0.7
	Labour	Lynn Thomson	4,505	11.5	5.8	4,766	12.19	1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Yuill	2,889	7.4	0.3	2,338	5.98	0.5
	Scottish Green					2,243	5.74	0.8
	Alba					710	1.82	New
	Scottish Family					250	0.64	New
	All for Unity					249	0.64	New
	Independent Green Voice					173	0.44	New
	Abolish the Scottish Parliament					128	0.33	New
	Reform UK					124	0.32	New
	Scottish Libertarian	Stephen Jamieson	286	0.7	New	78	0.20	0.0
	Freedom Alliance (UK)					78	0.20	New
	UKIP					61	0.16	1.7
	Restore Scotland					43	0.11	New
	Independent	Laura Marshall				42	0.11	New
	Independent	Geoffrey Farquharson				15	0.04	New
	Renew					14	0.04	New
Majority			1,671	4.3	4.3
Valid Votes			39,009			39,087
Invalid Votes			98			62
Turnout			39,107	64.3	9.9	39,149	64.4	10.1
	SNP hold		Swing		2.4
Notes Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency

2010s

2016 Scottish Parliament election: Aberdeen South and North Kincardine^[6][7][8]

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Maureen Watt[a]	13,604	42.1	0.4	12,348	38.1	6.5
	Conservative	Ross Thomson	10,849	33.5	19.4	11,039	34.1	18.6
	Labour	Alison Evison	5,603	17.3	2.3	4,496	13.9	5.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Waddell	2,284	7.1	10.4	1,776	5.5	5.9
	Scottish Green					1,577	4.9	0.9
	UKIP					611	1.9	0.8
	Scottish Christian					229	0.7	0.0
	Solidarity					78	0.2	0.2
	Communist					60	0.2	New
	Scottish Libertarian					57	0.2	New
	National Front					50	0.2	0.1
	RISE					47	0.1	New
Majority			2,755	8.6	13.5
Valid Votes			32,340			32,368
Invalid Votes			131			56
Turnout			32,471	54.4	1.5	32,424	54.3	2.0
	SNP hold		Swing		9.9
Notes Incumbent member for this constituency

2011 Scottish Parliament election: Aberdeen South and North Kincardine^[9][10]

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Region
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Maureen Watt[a]	11,947	41.7	N/A	12,653	44.6	N/A
	Labour	Greg Williams	5,624	19.6	N/A	5,423	19.1	N/A
	Conservative	Stewart Whyte	4,058	14.2	N/A	4,402	15.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	John Sleigh	4,994	17.4	N/A	3,215	11.3	N/A
	Independent	Marie Boulton	1,816	6.3	N/A
	Scottish Green					1,113	3.9	N/A
	All-Scotland Pensioners Party					402	1.4	N/A
	UKIP					314	1.1	N/A
	Scottish Christian					200	0.7	N/A
	Socialist Labour					175	0.6	N/A
	BNP					169	0.6	N/A
	Scottish Socialist					85	0.3	N/A
	National Front	Ross Willett	214	0.7	N/A	62	0.2	N/A
	Solidarity					21	0.1	N/A
	Angus Independents					13	0.0	N/A
	Others					104	0.4	N/A
Majority			6,323	22.1	N/A
Valid Votes			28,653			28,351
Invalid Votes			91			73
Turnout			28,744	52.9	N/A	28,424	52.3	N/A
	SNP win (new seat)
Notes Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency