North East Scotland

North East Scotland is one of the eight electoral areas for the Scottish Parliament through which 7 of the 56 Additional Members System MSPs are elected.

It covers the areas of the Aberdeenshire, City of Aberdeen, and City of Dundee local authorities, the majority of Angus and a small part of Moray.

Scottish Parliament Vote, 1999

Political Party	Votes	Share of Vote (%)	% Change	List Seats Won
SNP	93,329	32.3	N/A	4
Labour	72,666	25.5	N/A	0
Conservative	52,149	18.3	N/A	3
Lib-Dems	49,843	17.5	N/A	0
Greens	8,067	2.8	N/A	0
SLP	3,557	1.2	N/A	0
SSP	3,016	1.1	N/A	0
Independent	2,303	0.8	N/A	0
Independent	770	0.3	N/A	0
NLP	746	0.3	N/A	0

MSPs Elected:

• Conservative - David Davidson , Ben Wallace , Alex Johnstone
• SNP - Brian Adam, Richard Lochhead, Shona Robison, Irene McGugan

Also See:

• Scottish Parliamentary Election, 1999

Scottish Parliament Vote, 2003

Political Party	Votes	Share of Vote (%)	% Change	List Seats Won
SNP	66,463	27.3	-5.0	1
Labour	49,189	20.2	-5.3	2
Lib-Dems	45,831	18.8	+1.3	0
Conservative	42,318	17.4	-0.9	3
Greens	12,724	5.2	+2.4	1
SSP	10,226	4.2	+3.1	0
SPP	5,584	2.3	N/A	0
SFP	5,566	2.3	N/A	0
SLP	2,431	1.0	-0.2	0
UKIP	1,498	0.6	N/A	0
SPA	941	0.4	N/A	0
Independent	902	0.4	N/A	0

MSPs Elected:

• Conservatives - David Davidson , Alex Johnstone , Nanette Milne
• Labour - Marlyn Glen , Richard Baker
• SNP - Richard Lochhead
• Green - Shiona Baird

Also See:

• Scottish Parliamentary Election, 2003