Aberdeen Central (Scottish Parliament constituency)

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Aberdeen Central
burgh constituency for the Scottish Parliament
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Aberdeen Central shown within the North East Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Current constituency
Created	1999
Party	Scottish National Party
MSP	Kevin Stewart
Council area	Aberdeen City

Aberdeen Central is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of ten constituencies in the North East Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to ten constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

Electoral region

See also: North East Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)

The other nine constituencies of the North East Scotland region are Aberdeen Donside, Aberdeen South and North Kincardine, Aberdeenshire East, Aberdeenshire West, Angus North and Mearns, Angus South, Banffshire and Buchan Coast, Dundee City East and Dundee City West.

The region covers all of the Aberdeen City council area, the Aberdeenshire council area, the Angus council area, the Dundee City council area and part of the Moray council area.

Constituency boundaries and council area

The Aberdeen Central constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of an existing Westminster constituency. In 2005, however, the Westminster constituency was abolished.

The Holyrood constituency is within the Aberdeen City council area, which is divided between three constituencies: Aberdeen Central, Aberdeen Donside and Aberdeen South and North Kincardine. Central and Donside are entirely within the city area, while South and North Kincardine also takes in North Kincardine in the Aberdeenshire council area.

Following their First Periodic review of parliamentary constituencies to the Scottish Parliament, the Boundary Commission for Scotland created three newly shaped seats for the Aberdeen City council area.

In forming the new Aberdeen Central, the electoral wards used are:

• In full: Tillydrone/Seaton/Old Aberdeen, Midstocket/Rosemount, George Street/Harbour
• In part: Hilton/Woodside/Stockethill (shared with Aberdeen Donside), Hazlehead/Ashley/Queens Cross, Airyhall/Broomhill/Garthdee, Torry/Ferryhill (shared with Aberdeen South and North Kincardine)

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1999	Lewis Macdonald	Labour
	2003
	2007
	2011	Kevin Stewart	SNP

Election results

Regional list result in Aberdeen Central 2011: Scottish National Party 10,307, Scottish Labour Party 6,890, Scottish Conservative and Unionist 3,102, Scottish Liberal Democrats 1,813, Scottish National Front 63 http://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/council_government/councillors/elections_unit/elections/election_2011/regional_votes.asp

Scottish Parliament election, 2011: Aberdeen Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Kevin Stewart	10,058	40.0	+9.7
	Labour	Lewis MacDonald	9,441	37.5	+8.6
	Conservative	Sandy Wallace	3,100	12.3	-1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila Thomson	2,349	9.3	-17.6
	National Front	Mike Phillips	201	0.8	+0.8
Majority			617	2.5
Turnout			25,149	43.8
	SNP hold		Swing	+0.5

Scottish Parliament election, 2007 Notional Result: Aberdeen Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP		7,684	30.3
	Labour		7,335	29.0
	Liberal Democrats		6,824	26.9
	Conservative		3,481	13.7
Majority			349	1.4

Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Aberdeen Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lewis Macdonald	7,232	34.2	+1.6
	SNP	Karen Shirron	6,850	32.4	+5.7
	Liberal Democrats	John Stewart	4,693	22.2	-0.4
	Conservative	Andrew Jones	2,345	11.1	-1.4
Majority			382	1.8
Turnout			21,120	45.3	+3.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Scottish Parliament election, 2003: Aberdeen Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lewis Macdonald	6,835	32.6	-6.3
	SNP	Richard Lochhead	5,593	26.7	-2
	Liberal Democrats	Eleanor Anderson	4,744	22.6	+6.0
	Conservative	Alan Butler	2,616	12.5	-1.3
	Scottish Socialist	Andy Cumbers	1,176	5.6	+3.6
Majority			1,242	5.9
Turnout			20,964	42.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Scottish Parliament election, 1999: Aberdeen Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lewis Macdonald	10,305	38.9	N/A
	SNP	Richard Lochhead	7,609	28.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Eleanor Anderson	4,403	16.6	N/A
	Conservative	Tom Mason	3,655	13.8	N/A
	Scottish Socialist	Andy Cumbers	523	2	N/A
Majority			2,696	10.2
Turnout			26,495

See also

Aberdeen City Youth Council