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Western Aberdeenshire
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1918
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(or '''Western''') '''Aberdeenshire''' was a
Scottish County Constituency of the
House Of Commons of the
Parliament Of The United Kingdom from 1868 to 1918 and form 1950 to 1983. It elected one
Member Of Parliament (MP) by the
First Past The Post system of election.
During the period 1918 to 1950, the area of the constituency was divided between
West Aberdeenshire And Kincardinshire and
Central Aberdeenshire And Kincardineshire .
In 1983, the West Aberdeenshire constituency was replaced by
Kincardine And Deeside .
When, created by the
Representation Of The People (Scotland) Act 1868 , and first used in the
1868 General Election , the Western Aberdeenshire constituency was nominally one of three covering the
County Of Aberdeen . The other two were the county constituency of
Eastern Aberdeenshire and the
Burgh Constituency of
Aberdeen . The county had been covered previously by the
Aberdeenshire constituency and the Aberdeen constituency.
Western Aberdeenshire was defined by the 1868 legislation as consisting of the parishes of
Aboyne and
Glentanner ,
Alford ,
Auchindoir And Kearn ,
Auchterless ,
Birse ,
Chapel Of Garioch ,
Clatt ,
Cluny ,
Coull ,
Crathie and
Braemar ,
Culsalmond ,
Drumblade ,
Dyce ,
Echt ,
Forgue ,
Glenbucket ,
Glenmuick, Tullich And Glengairn ,
Huntly ,
Insch ,
Inverurie ,
Keig ,
Kemnay ,
Kildrummy ,
Kincardine O'Neil ,
Kinnellar ,
Kennethmont ,
Kintore ,
Leochel-Cushnie ,
Leslie ,
Logie-Coldstone ,
Lumphanan ,
Midmar ,
Monymusk ,
Newhills ,
Oyne ,
Peterculter ,
Premnay ,
Rayne ,
Rhynie ,
Skene ,
Strathdon ,
Tarland And Migvie ,
Tough ,
Towie ,
Tullynesle And Forbes , together with the part of the parish of
Old Machar lying west of the
River Don , and the parts of the parishes of
Banchory-Devenick ,
Cabrach ,
Cairnie ,
Drumoak and
Glass within the County of Aberdeen, and the parish of
Gartly in Banffshire.
1868 boundaries were also used in the
1874 General Election and the
1880 General Election .
For the
1885 General Election the burgh constituencies of
Aberdeen North and
Aberdeen South were created. Both of these new constituencies included areas beyond the boundaries of the
Burgh Of Aberdeen .
1885 boundaries were also used in the
1886 General Election , the
1892 General Election , the
1895 General Election , the
1900 General Election , the
1906 General Election , the
January 1910 General Election and the
December 1910 General Election .
County boundaries were redefined under the
Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889 , and the
City Of Aberdeen (a
County Of City ) was created in 1900, but these developments did not affect constituency boundaries.
In 1918, the
Representation Of The People Act 1918 created new constituency boundaries, taking account of new local government boundaries, and grouped the county of Aberdeen, the city of Aberdeen and the
County Of Kincardine in the creation of new constituencies for the
1918 General Election . Thus the Western Aberdeenshire area was divided between
West Aberdeenshire And Kincardinshire and
Central Aberdeenshire And Kincardineshire .
The
House Of Commons (Redistribution Of Seats) Act 1949 created new boundaries for the
1950 General Election , and ''West Aberdeenshire'' was created as one of four constituencies covering the county of Aberdeen and the city of Aberdeen. West Aberdeenshire and East Aberdeenshire were entirely within the county, and Aberdeen North and Aberdeen South were entirely within the city. West Aberdeenshire consisted of the burghs of
Ballater ,
Inverurie ,
Kintore , and
Oldmeldrum , and the districts of Aberdeen, Alford, Deeside, and Garioch.''
Boundaries Of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972 '' (ISBN 0-900178-09-4), F. W. S. Craig 1972
The same boundaries were used for the
1951 General Election .
For the
1955 General Election , West Aberdeenshire was enlarged to include the burgh of Huntly and the district of Huntly, which were previously within East Aberdeenshire.
West Aberdeenshire retained the same boundaries for the
1959 General Election , the
1964 General Election , the
1966 General Election , the
1970 General Election , the
February 1974 General Election and the
October 1974 General Election .
In 1975, throughout Scotland, under the
Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 , counties and burghs were abolished as
Local Government areas, and West Aberdeenshire became a constituency within the
Grampian Region .
The
1979 General Election was held before a review of constituency boundaries took account of new local government boundaries.
For the
1983 General Election , the West Aberdeenshire constituency was replaced by
Kincardine And Deeside .
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Conservative Party (UK)
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Ronald McNeill
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2,791
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Conservative Party (UK)
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Sir Arthur Henry Grant Bt
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3,640
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