Aberdeen North (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Aberdeen North
Former burgh constituency for the Scottish Parliament

Aberdeen North 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 Donside

Aberdeen North was a constituency of the Scottish Parliament from 1999–2011. It elected one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. Also, it was one of nine constituencies in the North East Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to nine (now ten) constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

Electoral region

Between 1999–2011, the North East Scotland electoral region consisted of Aberdeen Central, Aberdeen North, Aberdeen South, Angus, Banff and Buchan, Dundee East, Dundee West, Gordon and West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine

The region covered 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

The Aberdeen North 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 major alterations.

Boundary review

See Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions from 2011

Following their First Periodic review of parliamentary constituencies to the Scottish Parliament,^[1] the Boundary Commission for Scotland has created three newly shaped seats for the Aberdeen City council area. These seats, first contested at the 2011 election, are Aberdeen Central, Aberdeen Donside, and Aberdeen South and North Kincardine. Aberdeen North will be succeeded by Aberdeen Donside.

Member of the Scottish Parliament

	Member	Party
1999	Elaine Thomson	Scottish Labour Party
2003	Brian Adam	Scottish National Party
2007	Brian Adam	Scottish National Party
2011	constituency abolished: replaced by Aberdeen Donside

Election results

Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Aberdeen North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	SNP	Brian Adam	11,406	45.8	+12.3
	Labour	Elaine Thomson	7,657	30.8	-0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Delaney	3,836	15.4	-7.6
	Conservative	Carol Garvie	1,992	8.0	-1.2
Majority			3,749	15.1	+13.3
Turnout			24,891	48.3	+1.0
	SNP hold		Swing

Scottish Parliament election, 2003: Aberdeen North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	SNP	Brian Adam	8,381	33.5	-2.2
	Labour	Elaine Thomson	7,924	31.7	-5.5
	Liberal Democrats	John Reynolds	5,767	23.0	+5.9
	Conservative	Jim Gifford	2,311	9.2	-0.7
	Scottish Socialist	Katrine Trolle	644	2.6	+2.6
Majority			457	1.8
Turnout			25027	47.3
	SNP gain from Labour		Swing	+1.7

Scottish Parliament election, 1999: Aberdeen North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Elaine Thomson	10,340	37.2	N/A
	SNP	Brian Adam	9,942	35.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	James Donaldson	4,767	17.1	N/A
	Conservative	Iain Haughie	2,772	10	N/A
Majority			398	1.4
Turnout			27,821

References

↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2011-04-11. Review of Constituencies at the Scottish Parliament, news release, Boundary Commission for Scotland

Electoral regions and Constituencies of the Scottish Parliament 1999–2011 » 2011– »

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