West Aberdeenshire And Kincardine (UK Parliament Constituency)
Coordinates: 57°15′00″N 3°17′24″W / 57.250°N 3.290°W / 57.250; -3.290
| West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine County constituency |
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| West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine shown within Scotland | |
| Created: | 1997 |
| MP: | Sir Robert Smith, Bt. |
| Party: | Liberal Democrats |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Council areas: | Aberdeenshire |
| EP constituency: | Scotland |
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine is a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Westminster), which elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It was first used in the 1997 general election, but has undergone boundary changes since that date.
There is also a West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine Holyrood constituency, a constituency of the Scottish Parliament, created in 1999 with the boundaries of the Westminster constituency of at that time.
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