Latest headlines
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Victory for the SNP with 63 seats - two short of a majority
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Conservatives are the second largest party on 31 seats - but Labour on 24 lost 13 seats
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Scottish Greens are the fourth largest party with six seats, ahead of the Lib Dems who won five
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Scoreboard
| Party | Candidates | Votes | % | Net percentage change in seats |
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CON Scottish Conservatives |
Candidates Alexander Burnett | Votes 13,400 | 38.1% | Net percentage change in seats +17.0 |
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SNP Scottish National Party |
Candidates Dennis Robertson | Votes 12,500 | 35.5% | Net percentage change in seats −7.0 |
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LD Scottish Lib Dems |
Candidates Mike Rumbles | Votes 7,262 | 20.6% | Net percentage change in seats −7.6 |
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LAB Scottish Labour |
Candidates Sarah Duncan | Votes 2,036 | 5.8% | Net percentage change in seats −2.4 |
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Change compared with 2011 |
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Turnout and Majority
Scottish Conservatives Majority
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59.1%Constituency Profile
Since boundary changes, the constituency no longer follows a path eastward from just south of the Buck via Lumsden, Westhill and Peterculter to the coast at Hareness. It now stretches north bringing in Huntly and a chunk of the A96.
The seat still features the Grampian Mountains in Royal Deeside and the 49,000 acre Balmoral estate – holiday home to the Royal family. The rural areas hold many farming communities and the River Dee provides some of the finest salmon fishing in the country.
The Liberal Democrats' Mike Rumbles won the seat at the 1999 Scottish election and again in 2003 and 2007, before losing it to the SNP’s Dennis Robertson in 2011.