North East Scotland is one of the eight electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament which were created in 1999. Ten of the parliament's 73 first past the post constituencies are sub-divisions of the region. Under the additional-member electoral system used for elections to the Scottish Parliament, the region elects seven regional Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs), in addition to the ten constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole, which thus elects a total of 17 MSPs.
The North East Scotland region shares boundaries with the Highlands and Islands and Mid Scotland and Fife regions.
Constituencies and local government areas
2026–present
Following the Second Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries, boundaries for Scotland's electoral regions and constituencies were redrawn ahead the 2026 Scottish Parliament election. North East Scotland saw a very minor change in its boundary with the Highlands and Islands region, as result of changes to the boundary between the Moray and Banffshire and Buchan Coast constituencies, but was otherwise left unchanged.
In terms of local government areas the region covers:
- Aberdeenshire
- Aberdeen City
- Dundee City
- part of Angus (otherwise within the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region)
- a small part of Moray (otherwise within the Highlands and Islands electoral region)
- a small part of Perth and Kinross (otherwise within the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region)
Members of the Scottish Parliament
Constituency MSPs
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
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! Term
! Election
!colspan="2"|Aberdeen Central
!colspan="2"|Aberdeen North
!colspan="2"|Aberdeen South
!colspan="2"|Gordon
!colspan="2"|West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
!colspan="4"|Angus
!colspan="2"|Banff and Buchan
!colspan="2"|Dundee East
!colspan="2"|Dundee West
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|rowspan="2"|1st
|1999
|bgcolor="" rowspan="4" |
|rowspan="4"| Lewis MacDonald<br />(Labour)
|bgcolor="" rowspan="2" width="1"|
|rowspan="2"| Elaine Thomson<br />(Labour)
|bgcolor="" rowspan="4" width="1"|
|rowspan="4"|Nicol Stephen<br />(Lib Dem)
|bgcolor="" rowspan="3" |
|rowspan="3"|Nora Radcliffe<br />(Lib Dem)
|bgcolor="" rowspan="4" |
|rowspan="4"|Mike Rumbles<br />(Lib Dem)
|bgcolor="" rowspan="4" |
|rowspan="4" colspan="3"|Andrew Welsh<br />(SNP)
|style="color:inherit;background:"|
| <br />(SNP)
|bgcolor="" rowspan="2" width="1"|
|rowspan="2"|John McAllion<br />(Labour)
|bgcolor="" rowspan="3" |
|rowspan="3"|<br />(Labour)
|-
|2001 by
|bgcolor="" rowspan="3" |
|rowspan="3"|Stewart Stevenson<br />(SNP)
|-
| 2nd
|2003
|bgcolor="" rowspan="2" |
|rowspan="2"|Brian Adam<br />(SNP)
|bgcolor="" rowspan="2" |
|rowspan="2"|Shona Robison<br />(SNP)
|-
| 3rd
|2007
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|Alex Salmond<br />
|style="color:inherit;background:"|
|Joe FitzPatrick<br />
|-
! Term
! Election
!colspan="2"|Aberdeen Central
!colspan="2"|Aberdeen Donside
!colspan="2"|Aberdeen South and North Kincardine
!colspan="2"|Aberdeenshire East
!colspan="2"|Aberdeenshire West
!colspan="2"|Angus North and Mearns
!colspan="2"|Angus South
!colspan="2"|Banffshire and Buchan Coast
!colspan="2"|Dundee City East
!colspan="2"|Dundee City West
|-
|-
|rowspan="2"|4th
|2011
|rowspan="5" style="color:inherit;background:" |
|rowspan="5" | Kevin Stewart<br />(SNP)
|style="color:inherit;background:"|
|rowspan="1"| Brian Adam<br />(SNP)
|bgcolor="" rowspan="4" |
|rowspan="4"|Maureen Watt<br />(SNP)
|bgcolor="" rowspan="2" |
|rowspan="2"|Alex Salmond<br />(SNP)
|bgcolor="" rowspan="2" |
|rowspan="2"|Dennis Robertson<br />(SNP)
|bgcolor="" rowspan="2" |
|rowspan="2"|<br />(SNP)
|rowspan="5" style="color:inherit;background:" |
|rowspan="5"| <br />(SNP)
|bgcolor="" rowspan="4" |
|rowspan="4"|Stewart Stevenson<br />(SNP)
|rowspan="5" style="color:inherit;background:" |
|rowspan="5" |Shona Robison <br />(SNP)
|rowspan="5" style="color:inherit;background:" |
|rowspan="5" |Joe FitzPatrick<br />(SNP)
|-
|2013 by
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| rowspan="3" |Mark McDonald<br />(SNP)
<small>(later independent)</small>
|-
|rowspan="2"|5th
|2016
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|rowspan="3" |<br />(SNP)
|rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:" |
|rowspan="3" |<br />(Conservative)
|rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:" |
|rowspan="3" |<br />(SNP)
|-
|2018
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|-
|6th
|2021
| style="color:inherit;background:" |
|Jackie Dunbar (SNP)
| style="color:inherit;background:" |
|Audrey Nicoll (SNP)
| style="color:inherit;background:" |
|Karen Adam (SNP)
|-
! Term
! Election
!colspan="2"|Aberdeen Central
!colspan="2"|Aberdeen Donside
!colspan="2"|Aberdeen Deeside and North Kincardine
!colspan="2"|Aberdeenshire East
!colspan="2"|Aberdeenshire West
!colspan="2"|Angus North and Mearns
!colspan="2"|Angus South
!colspan="2"|Banffshire and Buchan Coast
!colspan="2"|Dundee City East
!colspan="2"|Dundee City West
|-
|7th
|2026
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|Jack Middleton (SNP)
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|Jackie Dunbar (SNP)
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|Stephen Flynn (SNP)
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|<br />(SNP)
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|<br />(Conservative)
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|Dawn Black (SNP)
| style="color:inherit;background:" |
|Lloyd Melville (SNP)
| style="color:inherit;background:" |
|Karen Adam (SNP)
| style="color:inherit;background:" |
|Stephen Gethins (SNP)
| style="color:inherit;background:" |
|Heather Anderson (SNP)
|}
Regional list MSPs
N.B. This table is for presentation purposes only
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Parliament
! Year
!colspan="2"| MSP
!colspan="2"| MSP
!colspan="2"| MSP
!colspan="2"| MSP
!colspan="2"| MSP
!colspan="2"| MSP
!colspan="2"| MSP
|-
| 1st
|1999
|style="color:inherit;background:"|
|Shona Robison<br />(SNP)
|style="color:inherit;background:"|
|Brian Adam<br />(SNP)
|style="color:inherit;background:"|
|Irene McGugan<br />(SNP)
|bgcolor="" rowspan="7"|
|rowspan="2"|Richard Lochhead <br />(SNP)
|bgcolor="" rowspan="11"|
|rowspan="8"|Alex Johnstone<br />(Conservative)
|bgcolor="" rowspan="12"|
|Ben Wallace<br />(Conservative)
|bgcolor="" rowspan="3"|
|rowspan="3"|David Davidson<br />(Conservative)
|-
|rowspan="2"|2nd
|2003
|bgcolor="" rowspan="11"|
|rowspan="3"|Marlyn Glen<br />(Labour)
|bgcolor="" rowspan="2"|
|rowspan="2"|Shiona Baird<br />(Green)
|bgcolor="" rowspan="6"|
|rowspan="5"|Richard Baker<br />(Labour)
|rowspan="6"|Nanette Milne<br />(Conservative)
|-
|2006
|rowspan="2"|Maureen Watt<br />(SNP)
|-
|3rd
|2007
|style="color:inherit;background:"|
|Nigel Don<br />(SNP)
|bgcolor="" rowspan="7"|
|rowspan="4"|Alison McInnes<br />(Lib Dem)
|-
|rowspan="3"|4th
|2011
|rowspan="6"|Jenny Marra<br />(Labour)
|bgcolor="" rowspan="7"|
|rowspan="6"|Lewis MacDonald<br />(Labour)
|Mark McDonald<br />(SNP)
|-
|2013
|rowspan="2"|Christian Allard<br />(SNP)
|-
|2016
|Lesley Brennan<br />(Labour)
|-
|rowspan="3"|5th
|2016
|bgcolor="" rowspan="5"|
|rowspan="2"|Ross Thomson<br />(Conservative)
|bgcolor="" rowspan="4"|
|rowspan="3"|Peter Chapman<br />(Conservative)
|rowspan="5"|Liam Kerr<br />(Conservative)
|rowspan="3"|Mike Rumbles<br />(Lib Dem)
|-
|2016
|rowspan="2"|Bill Bowman<br />(Conservative)
|-
|2017
|Tom Mason<br />(Conservative)
|-
|6th
|2021
|rowspan="2"|Michael Marra<br />(Labour)
|Mercedes Villalba<br />(Labour)
|rowspan="2"|Douglas Lumsden<br />(Conservative)
|Maurice Golden<br />(Conservative)
|Tess White<br />(Conservative)
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:" |
|rowspan="2"|Maggie Chapman<br />(Green)
|-
|7th
|2026
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|Duncan Massey<br />(Reform)
|style="color:inherit;background:" |
|Mark Simpson<br />(Reform)
|style="color:inherit;background:" |
|Yi-pei Chou Turvey<br />(Lib Dem)
|}
Election results
center|thumb|739x739px|Election results since 1999 (parties who never got >5% counted as others)
2026 Scottish Parliament election
Constituency results
{| class=wikitable
!colspan=4 style=background-color:#f2f2f2|2026 Scottish Parliament election: North East Scotland
|-
! colspan=2 style="width: 200px"|Constituency
! style="width: 150px"|Elected member
! style="width: 300px"|Result
Additional Member results
2021 Scottish Parliament election
Constituency results
|-
! colspan=2 style="width: 200px"|Constituency
! style="width: 150px"|Elected member
! style="width: 300px"|Result
Additional member results
2016 Scottish Parliament election
In the 2016 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:
- 9 Scottish National Party MSPs (nine constituency members)
- 5 Conservative MSPs (one constituency member, four additional members)
- 2 Labour MSPs (all additional members)
- 1 Liberal Democrat MSP (additional member)
Constituency results
{| class=wikitable
!colspan=4 style=background-color:#f2f2f2|2016 Scottish Parliament election: North East Scotland
|-
! colspan=2 style="width: 200px"|Constituency
! style="width: 150px"|Elected member
! style="width: 300px"|Result
Additional member results
Candidates elected on the regional list are shown in bold; candidates elected in a constituency who also stood on a list are shown in italics.
2011 Scottish Parliament election
In the 2011 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:
- 11 Scottish National Party MSPs (ten constituency members and one additional members)
- 3 Labour MSPs (all additional members)
- 2 Conservative MSPs (all additional members)
- 1 Liberal Democrat MSP (additional member)
Constituency results
{| class=wikitable
!colspan=4 style=background-color:#f2f2f2|2011 Scottish Parliament election: North East Scotland
|-
! colspan=2 style="width: 200px"|Constituency
! style="width: 150px"|Elected member
! style="width: 300px"|Result
Additional member results
{| class=wikitable
!colspan=8 style=background-color:#f2f2f2|2011 Scottish Parliament election: North East Scotland
|-
! colspan="2" style="width: 150px"|Party
! Elected candidates
! style="width: 40px"|Seats
! style="width: 40px"|+/−
! style="width: 50px"|Votes
! style="width: 40px"|%
! style="width: 40px"|+/−%
|-
2007 Scottish Parliament election
In the 2007 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:
- 8 Scottish National Party MSPs (six constituency members and two additional members)
- 3 Labour MSPs (one constituency members and two additional members)
- 3 Liberal Democrat MSPs (two constituency members and one additional member)
- 2 Conservative MSPs (all additional members)
Constituency results
{| class=wikitable
!colspan=4 style=background-color:#f2f2f2|2007 Scottish Parliament election: North East Scotland
|-
! colspan=2 style="width: 200px"|Constituency
! style="width: 150px"|Elected member
! style="width: 300px"|Result
Additional member results
{| class=wikitable
!colspan=8 style=background-color:#f2f2f2|2007 Scottish Parliament election: North East Scotland
|-
! colspan="2" style="width: 150px"|Party
! Elected candidates
! style="width: 40px"|Seats
! style="width: 40px"|+/−
! style="width: 50px"|Votes
! style="width: 40px"|%
! style="width: 40px"|+/−%
|-
2003 Scottish Parliament election
In the 2003 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:
- 5 Scottish National Party MSPs (four constituency members and one additional member)
- 4 Labour MSPs (two constituency members and two additional members)
- 3 Liberal Democrat MSPs (all constituency members)
- 3 Conservative MSPs (all additional members)
- 1 Green MSP (additional member)
Constituency results
{| class=wikitable
!colspan=4 style=background-color:#f2f2f2|2003 Scottish Parliament election: North East Scotland
|-
! colspan=2 style="width: 200px"|Constituency
! style="width: 150px"|Elected member
! style="width: 300px"|Result
Additional member results
{| class=wikitable
!colspan=8 style=background-color:#f2f2f2|2003 Scottish Parliament election: North East Scotland
|-
! colspan="2" style="width: 150px"|Party
! Elected candidates
! style="width: 40px"|Seats
! style="width: 40px"|+/−
! style="width: 50px"|Votes
! style="width: 40px"|%
! style="width: 40px"|+/−%
|-
Changes:
- Maureen Watt replaced Richard Lochhead, who resigned as an MSP in April 2006 to contest the Moray by-election following the death of Margaret Ewing. Watt was the next available candidate on the SNP list.
1999 Scottish Parliament election
In the 1999 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:
- 6 Scottish National Party MSPs (two constituency members four additional members)
- 4 Labour MSPs (all constituency members)
- 3 Liberal Democrat MSPs (all constituency members)
- 3 Conservative MSPs (all additional members)
Constituency results
{| class=wikitable
!colspan=4 style=background-color:#f2f2f2|1999 Scottish Parliament election: North East Scotland
|-
! colspan=2 style="width: 200px"|Constituency
! style="width: 150px"|Elected member
! style="width: 300px"|Result
Changes:
- 2001 Banff and Buchan by-election: Stewart Stevenson replaced Alex Salmond, who had resigned. Salmond was elected as the Member of Parliament for the Banff and Buchan constituency of the United Kingdom Parliament the same day as the Scottish Parliament by-election.
Additional member results
{| class=wikitable
!colspan=8 style=background-color:#f2f2f2|1999 Scottish Parliament election: North East Scotland
|-
! colspan="2" style="width: 150px"|Party
! Elected candidates
! style="width: 40px"|Seats
! style="width: 40px"|+/−
! style="width: 50px"|Votes
! style="width: 40px"|%
! style="width: 40px"|+/−%
|-