Kincardine and Western Aberdeenshire was a
Scottish constituency of the
House of Commons
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of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom
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from 1918 until 1950.
Boundaries
In 1868, the constituency of
Aberdeenshire was divided into
Aberdeenshire Eastern and
Aberdeenshire Western divisions. These continued as constituencies until 1918, when the county of Aberdeenshire and the
county of Kincardineshire were treated as if a single county for parliamentary representation purposes, with the area of the former
Kincardineshire
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and Aberdeenshire constituencies being divided into three new constituencies,
Aberdeen and Kincardine East,
Aberdeen and Kincardine Central and Kincardine and Aberdeenshire West. In 1950 the Kincardineshire and Aberdeenshire counties were separated again, and a new boundary divided the Aberdeenshire area into
East Aberdeenshire and
West Aberdeenshire.
From 1918 the constituency consisted of "The county of Kincardine, inclusive of all burghs situated therein except the burgh of Inverbervie and that portion of the county of the city of Aberdeen which is situated within the said county of Kincardine, together with the county districts of Alford and Deeside, inclusive of all burghs situated therein."
Members of Parliament
Election results
Elections in the 1910s
Elections in the 1920s
Elections in the 1930s
Election in the 1940s
See also
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Former United Kingdom Parliament constituencies
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References
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{{Scottish Westminster constituencies
Historic parliamentary constituencies in Scotland (Westminster)
History of Aberdeenshire
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1918
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1950
Politics of Aberdeenshire