About Robert Smith Sir Robert Smith at Westminster Robert Smith has been the Liberal Democrat MP for West Aberdeenshire & Kincardine since 1997 and has been selected to stand again. He was first elected MP for the new seat in 1997, with a majority over the Conservatives of 2,662 votes. He has represented the constituency ever since and at the last election, in 2005, Robert won with 46.3% of the votes, increasing the majority over the Conservatives to 7,471 votes