A County constituency is a constituency in the United Kingdom that covers a predominantly rural area. County constituencies are the successors to the historic parliamentary divisions of counties. A constituency is any cohesive corporate unit or body bound by shared structures, goals or loyalty. ...
Candidates in these constituencies are allowed higher expenses than those in Borough Constituencies (or Burgh constituencies in Scotland), as they need to travel more. A borough constituency (in Scotland, a burgh constituency) is a type of parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom. ... Royal motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (English: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within the UK Languages English, Gaelic, Scots Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ...
For House of Commons elections, the allowance is £7,150 and 7p per elector.
For Scottish Parliament elections, the allowance is £5,761 and 6.5p per elector.
For Welsh Assembly elections, the allowance is £5,761 and 6.5p per elector.
For by-elections, the allowance is always £100,000.
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and is now the dominant branch of Parliament. ... The logo of the Northern Ireland Assembly is a six flowered linen or flax plant, chosen for the plants historical economic importance to the region. ... For the national legislative body adjourned in 1707, see Parliament of Scotland. ... The National Assembly for Wales (or NAW) (Welsh: Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru) was established in 1998, following a 1997 referendum in which a small majority of voters (but not the electorate) voted in favour of the Labour Governments plans for devolution. ... A by-election or bye-election is a special election held to fill a political office when the incumbent has died or resigned. ...
The historic county of Aberdeenshire (''Siorrachd Obar Dheathain'' in Gaelic) was until 1975 a county of Scotland.
The county bordered Kincardineshire, Angus and Perthshire to the south, Inverness-shire and Banffshire to the west, and the North Sea to the north and east.
This constituency did not include the parliamentary burgh of Aberdeen, which was represented as a component of Aberdeen District of Burghs until 1832, when it was enlarged and became the Aberdeen burgh constituency.
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