Aberdeenshire West

Not to be confused with West Aberdeenshire.

Aberdeenshire West
County constituency
for the Scottish Parliament
Aberdeenshire West shown within the North East Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Electorate59,983 (2022)
Current constituency
Created2011
PartyConservative
MSPAlexander Burnett
Council areaAberdeenshire
Created fromGordon,
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine

Aberdeenshire West (Gaelic: Siorrachd Obar Dheathain an Iar) is a county constituency of the Scottish Parliament covering part of the council area of Aberdeenshire. Under the additional-member electoral system used for elections to the Scottish Parliament, it elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. It is also one of ten constituencies in the North East Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members in addition to the ten constituency MSPs, producing a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

The seat has been held by Alexander Burnett of the Scottish Conservatives since the 2016 Scottish Parliament election.

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