Aberdeen South (Scottish Parliament constituency)
| Aberdeen South | |
|---|---|
| Former burgh constituency for the Scottish Parliament | |
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.svg) Aberdeen South shown within the North East Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland | |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1999 |
| Abolished | 2011 |
| Council area | Aberdeen City (part) |
| Replaced by | Aberdeen Central, Aberdeen South & North Kincardine |
Aberdeen South was a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elected one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it was one of nine constituencies in the North East Scotland electoral region, which elected seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
For the Scottish Parliament election, 2011, Aberdeen South was expanded into Aberdeenshire for the newly created constituency of Aberdeen South and North Kincardine.
Electoral region
[edit]The other eight constituencies of the North East Scotland region were; Aberdeen Central, Aberdeen North, Angus, Banff and Buchan, Dundee East, Dundee West, Gordon 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, a small part of the Moray council area and a small part of the Perth and Kinross council area.
Constituency boundaries
[edit]The Aberdeen South 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 boundaries of the Westminster (House of Commons) constituency were subject to some alteration.
Council area
[edit]The Holyrood constituency was within the Aberdeen City council area, which was divided between three North East Scotland constituencies: Aberdeen South, Aberdeen Central and Aberdeen North. All three were entirely within the city area.
Boundary review
[edit]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, which were formed in time for the elections in 2011, were Aberdeen Central, Aberdeen Donside, and Aberdeen South and North Kincardine.
Member of the Scottish Parliament
[edit]| Election | Member | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Nicol Stephen | Scottish Liberal Democrats | ||
| 2011 | constituency abolished: replaced by Aberdeen South and North Kincardine | |||
Election results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Nicol Stephen | 10,843 | 36.3 | −9.6 | |
| SNP | Maureen Watt | 8,111 | 27.1 | +12.8 | |
| Labour | Rami Okasha | 5,499 | 18.4 | −0.9 | |
| Conservative | David Davidson | 5,432 | 18.2 | +0.8 | |
| Majority | 2,731 | 9.2 | −17.4 | ||
| Turnout | 29,885 | 52.7 | +0.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -11.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Nicol Stephen | 13,821 | 45.9 | +13.3 | |
| Labour | Richard Baker | 5,805 | 19.3 | −8.2 | |
| Conservative | Ian Duncan | 5,230 | 17.4 | −2.8 | |
| SNP | Maureen Watt | 4,315 | 14.3 | −4.9 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Keith Farnsworth | 953 | 3.2 | New | |
| Majority | 8,016 | 26.6 | +21.5 | ||
| Turnout | 30,124 | 51.8 | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +10.8 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Nicol Stephen | 11,300 | 32.6 | N/A | |
| Labour | Mike Elrick | 9,540 | 27.5 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Nanette Milne | 6,993 | 20.2 | N/A | |
| SNP | Irene McGugan | 6,651 | 19.2 | N/A | |
| Socialist Workers | Scott Sutherland | 206 | 0.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,760 | 5.1 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 34,690 | N/A | |||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
| Central Scotland | |
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| Glasgow | |
| Highlands and Islands | |
| Lothians | |
| Mid Scotland and Fife | |
| North East Scotland | |
| South of Scotland | |
| West of Scotland | |
References
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