Aberdeen Central | |
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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 | |
Population | 83,675 (2019)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1999 |
Party | Scottish National Party |
MSP | Kevin Stewart |
Council area | Aberdeen City |
Aberdeen Central (Gaelic: Obar Dheathain Meadhain) is a burgh constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering part of the Aberdeen City council area. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. It is one of the 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.
The seat has been held by Kevin Stewart of the Scottish National Party since the 2011 Scottish Parliament election.
Electoral region
[edit]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
[edit]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.
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. The current 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.
In forming the new Aberdeen Central, the electoral wards used are:
- In full:
- In part:
Member of the Scottish Parliament
[edit]Election | Member | Party | |
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1999 | Lewis Macdonald | Labour | |
2011 | Kevin Stewart | SNP |
Election results
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2020s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
SNP | Kevin Stewart[a] | 14,217 | 44.9 | ![]() |
12,333 | 38.96 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Douglas Lumsden[b] | 7,623 | 24.1 | ![]() |
7,660 | 24.20 | ![]() | |
Labour | Barry Black | 6,294 | 19.9 | ![]() |
5,214 | 16.47 | ![]() | |
Scottish Green | Guy Ingerson | 2,087 | 6.6 | New | 3,121 | 9.86 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Desmond Bouse | 1,417 | 4.5 | ![]() |
1,549 | 4.89 | ![]() | |
Alba | 597 | 1.89 | New | |||||
Scottish Family | 231 | 0.73 | New | |||||
All for Unity | 221 | 0.70 | New | |||||
Independent Green Voice | 178 | 0.56 | New | |||||
Freedom Alliance (UK) | 133 | 0.42 | New | |||||
Abolish the Scottish Parliament | 100 | 0.32 | New | |||||
Reform UK | 100 | 0.32 | New | |||||
Scottish Libertarian | 81 | 0.26 | ![]() | |||||
UKIP | 54 | 0.17 | ![]() | |||||
Independent | Laura Marshall | 34 | 0.11 | New | ||||
Restore Scotland | 33 | 0.10 | New | |||||
Independent | Geoffrey Farquharson | 11 | 0.03 | New | ||||
Renew | 6 | 0.02 | New | |||||
Majority | 6,594 | 20.8 | ![]() |
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Valid Votes | 31,638 | 31,656 | ||||||
Invalid Votes | 139 | 76 | ||||||
Turnout | 31,777 | 55.9 | ![]() |
37,732 | 55.8 | ![]() | ||
SNP hold | Swing | ![]() |
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Notes
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2010s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
SNP | Kevin Stewart[a] | 11,648 | 43.6 | ![]() |
10,269 | 38.3 | ![]() | |
Labour | Lewis Macdonald[b] | 7,299 | 27.3 | ![]() |
5,381 | 20.0 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Tom Mason | 6,022 | 22.6 | ![]() |
6,466 | 24.0 | ![]() | |
Scottish Green | 2,282 | 8.5 | ![]() | |||||
Liberal Democrats | Kevin McLeod | 1,735 | 6.5 | ![]() |
1,401 | 5.2 | ![]() | |
UKIP | 478 | 1.7 | ![]() | |||||
Scottish Christian | 208 | 0.8 | ![]() | |||||
Solidarity | 88 | 0.4 | ![]() | |||||
RISE | 75 | 0.3 | New | |||||
Scottish Libertarian | 65 | 0.2 | New | |||||
Communist | 60 | 0.2 | New | |||||
National Front | 60 | 0.2 | ![]() | |||||
Majority | 4,349 | 16.3 | ![]() |
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Valid Votes | 26,704 | 26,833 | ||||||
Invalid Votes | 137 | 58 | ||||||
Turnout | 26,841 | 46.9 | ![]() |
26,891 | 47.0 | ![]() | ||
SNP hold | Swing | ![]() |
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Notes
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Party | Candidate | Constituency | Region | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
SNP | Kevin Stewart | 10,058 | 40.0 | N/A | 10,307 | 41.0 | N/A | |
Labour | Lewis MacDonald[a] | 9,441 | 37.5 | N/A | 6,890 | 27.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | Sandy Wallace | 3,100 | 12.3 | N/A | 3,102 | 12.3 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Sheila Thomson | 2,349 | 9.3 | N/A | 1,813 | 7.2 | N/A | |
Scottish Green | 1,754 | 7.0 | N/A | |||||
All-Scotland Pensioners Party | 301 | 1.2 | N/A | |||||
Scottish Christian | 210 | 0.8 | N/A | |||||
UKIP | 186 | 0.7 | N/A | |||||
Socialist Labour | 159 | 0.6 | N/A | |||||
BNP | 139 | 0.6 | N/A | |||||
Scottish Socialist | 133 | 0.5 | N/A | |||||
National Front | Mike Phillips | 201 | 0.8 | N/A | 63 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Solidarity | 29 | 0.1 | N/A | |||||
Angus Independents | 2 | 0.0 | N/A | |||||
Others | 69 | 0.3 | N/A | |||||
Majority | 617 | 2.5 | N/A | |||||
Valid Votes | 25,149 | 25,157 | ||||||
Invalid Votes | 136 | 86 | ||||||
Turnout | 25,285 | 44.1 | N/A | 25,243 | 44.0 | N/A | ||
SNP win (new boundaries) | ||||||||
2000s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | −4.1 | ||
Turnout | 21,120 | 45.3 | +2.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Lewis Macdonald | 6,835 | 32.6 | −6.3 | |
SNP | Richard Lochhead | 5,593 | 26.7 | −2.0 | |
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 | −4.3 | ||
Turnout | 20,964 | 42.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
1990s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 2.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,696 | 10.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 26,495 | N/A | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Scottish Parliamentary Constituency (SPC) Population Estimates (2011 Data Zone based), National Records of Scotland; retrieved 6 May 2021 (accompanying summary notes)
- ^ "North East Scotland Region: Statement of Persons and Parties nominated and Notice of Poll" (PDF). Aberdeen City Council. 31 March 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
- ^ "Aberdeen Central Constituency: Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll" (PDF). Aberdeen City Council. 31 March 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
- ^ Constituencies A-Z | Aberdeen Central, BBC News; retrieved 7 May 2021
- ^ Scottish Parliamentary election 2021 results Aberdeen Council website
- ^ "SPE2016 - Central Declaration". Aberdeen City Council. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
- ^ "SPE2016 - North East Scotland Regional List results by constituency". Aberdeen City Council. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
- ^ "Aberdeen Central - Scottish Parliament constituency". BBC News. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
- ^ "2011 Election analysis (Excel 2.37MB)". Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
External links
[edit]- "Aberdeen Central constituency map" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland. Retrieved 7 July 2021.