Encyclopedia > Kincardine and Deeside (UK Parliament constituency)
Kincardine and Deeside was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 until 1997. A constituency is any cohesive corporate unit or body bound by shared structures, goals or loyalty. ... British House of Commons Canadian House of Commons In some bicameral parliaments of a Westminster System, the House of Commons has historically been the name of the elected lower house. ... The Houses of Parliament, seen over Westminster Bridge The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative institution in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories (it alone has parliamentary sovereignty). ...
A County constituency is a constituency in the United Kingdom that covers a predominantly rural area. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In the United Kingdom each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly. ... The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and is now the dominant branch of Parliament. ...
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Members of Parliament
1983 Alick Buchanan-Smith Conservative (died August 1991)
1991 Nicol Stephen Liberal Democrat (by-election November 1991)
Kincardine and Deeside, Gordon, Moray, Berwickshire, Tweeddale, Orkney and Shetland are all level with England.
Their rates cushion the fact that the rate in Glasgow is still significantly higher than the average, with a rate poundage of 52.9p, which compares with the average in England of 42.3p.
We have all been made aware in our constituencies of examples of the lack of follow-up care and attention--examples of people being put into local authority houses and left on their own without supervision.
Nicol Stephen (born 23 March 1960) is Deputy First Minister of Scotland, leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, and a Member of the Scottish Parliament for Aberdeen South.
He was briefly a Member of Parliament for the Kincardine and Deesideconstituency, elected in the 1991 by-election following the death of Conservative Alick Buchanan-Smith.
As the leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, the smaller partner in the governing coalition in Scotland, he therefore became Deputy First Minister of Scotland.