Aberdeen Central (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Aberdeen Central
Scottish Parliament burgh constituency
Aberdeen Central shown within the North East Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Created	1999
MSP	Kevin Stewart
Council area	Aberdeen City (part)
Party	SNP

Aberdeen Central is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election and is one of nine constituencies in the North East Scotland electoral region. The region has nine constituency MSPs and elects seven additional members, to produce a form of proportional representation.

Electoral region

See also North East Scotland Scottish Parliament 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, Dundee City West, and West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine.

The region covers the Aberdeenshire council area, the Aberdeen City council area, the Dundee City council area, part of the Angus council area, and small parts of the Moray council area and the Perth and Kinross council area.

Constituency boundaries

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. All Scottish Parliament constituencies were voted for at the parliamentary elections on May 3.

Council area

The Holyrood constituency is within the Aberdeen City council area, which is divided between three North East Scotland constituencies: Aberdeen Central, Aberdeen North and Aberdeen South. All three are entirely within the city area.

Boundary review

See Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions from 2011

Following their First Periodic review of parliamentary constituencies to the Scottish Parliament, the Boundary Commission for Scotland has created three newly shaped seats for the Aberdeen City council area. These seats, to be formed in time for the next elections in 2011, are Aberdeen Central, Aberdeen Donside, and Aberdeen South and North Kincardine.

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

• In full - Tillydrone / Seaton / Old Aberdeen; Midstocket / Rosemount; George St / Harbour;
• In part - Hilton / Stockethill; Hazlehead / Ashley / Queens Cross; Airyhall / Broomhill / Garthdee; Torry / Ferryhill

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 (SNP) 10307 Scottish Labour Party 6890 Scottish Conservative and Unionist 3102 Scottish Liberal Democrats 1813 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	+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: 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