Kincardine and Deeside (UK Parliament constituency)

Kincardine and Deeside
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1983–1997
Number of members	one
Replaced by	West Aberdeenshire & Kincardine Aberdeen South
Created from	Angus North & Mearns, Aberdeen South and West Aberdeenshire[1]

Kincardine and Deeside was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 until 1997. It was mainly replaced by West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, apart from the parts of the seat within the borders of Aberdeen City Council, which joined Aberdeen South.

Boundaries

Kincardine and Deeside District, and the City of Aberdeen District electoral divisions of Auchinyell, Craigton, Kincorth, and Peterculter.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party	Notes
	1983	Alick Buchanan-Smith	Conservative	Previously MP for Angus North and Mearns from 1964. Died 1991
	1991 by-election	Nicol Stephen	Liberal Democrat
	1992	George Kynoch	Conservative
	1997	constituency abolished

Elections

Elections of the 1980s

General Election 1983: Kincardine and Deeside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Alick Buchanan-Smith	20,293	47.7	N/A
	Liberal	Alexander Somerville Waugh	12,497	29.4	N/A
	Labour	Mrs. Morag Carmichael Morell	6,472	15.2	N/A
	SNP	Austin Tuttle	3,297	7.7	N/A
Majority			7,796	18.3	N/A
Turnout			45,559	71.5	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)

General Election 1987: Kincardine and Deeside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Alick Buchanan-Smith	19,438	40.7	−7.0
	Liberal	Nicol Stephen	17,375	36.3	+6.9
	Labour	Jurgen Karl Albert Thomaneck	7,624	15.9	+0.7
	SNP	Mrs Frances Elspeth Duncan	3,082	6.5	−1.2
	Green	Mrs Louise McDonald Perica	299	0.6	N/A
Majority			2,063	4.4
Turnout			47,818	75.2	+3.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	−3.3

Elections of the 1990s

By-election 1991: Kincardine and Deeside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Nicol Stephen	20,779	49.0	+12.7
	Conservative	Marcus Humphrey	12,955	30.6	−10.1
	SNP	Allan Macartney	4,705	11.1	+4.7
	Labour	Malcolm Savidge	3,271	7.7	−8.2
	Scottish Green	Stephen James Campbell	683	1.6	+1.0
Majority			7,824	18.4
Turnout			43,587	67.0	−8.2
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	+11.4

General Election 1992: Kincardine and Deeside^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	George Kynoch	22,924	43.7	+3.1
	Liberal Democrat	Nicol Stephen	18,429	35.1	−1.2
	SNP	Allan Macartney	5,927	11.3	+4.9
	Labour	Malcolm Savidge	4,795	9.1	−6.8
	Scottish Green	Stephen James Campbell	381	0.7	+0.1
Majority			4,495	8.6	+4.3
Turnout			52,456	79.3	+4.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.1

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "K" (part 2)

1. "'Kincardine and Deeside', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
2. "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.