West Aberdeenshire (UK Parliament constituency)

West Aberdeenshire
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of ScotlandAberdeenshire
19501983
SeatsOne
Created fromWest Aberdeenshire & Kincardineshire
Central Aberdeenshire & Kincardineshire
Replaced byGordon, Kincardine & Deeside and Aberdeen North[1]
18681918
SeatsOne
Type of constituencyCounty constituency
Created fromAberdeenshire
Aberdeen
Replaced byWest Aberdeenshire & Kincardineshire
Central Aberdeenshire & Kincardineshire

West (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 from 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 Kincardineshire and Central Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire.

In 1983, the West Aberdeenshire constituency was replaced by Kincardine and Deeside.

  1. ^ "'Aberdeenshire West', Feb 1974 – May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 15 March 2016.