Aberdeen Central (Scottish Parliament constituency)
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| Aberdeen Central Scottish Parliament burgh constituency |
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| Aberdeen Central shown within the North East Scotland electoral region |
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| Created: | 1999 |
| MSP: | Lewis Macdonald |
| Party: | Labour |
| Council area: | Aberdeen City (part) |
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 nine constituencies in the North East Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
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[edit] Electoral region
The other eight constituencies of the North East Scotland region are Aberdeen North, Aberdeen South, 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.
[edit] 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 (House of Commons) constituency was abolished. All Scottish Parliament constituencies will be voted for at the parliament elections on May 3rd.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Member of the Scottish Parliament
The constituency is currently represented by Labour MSP Lewis Macdonald.
[edit] Candidates
| Scottish parliamentary election, 2007: Aberdeen Central | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative and Unionist | Andrew Jones | ||||
| Labour | Lewis Macdonald | ||||
| Scottish National Party | Karen Shirron | - | |||
| Liberal Democrats | John Stewart | ||||
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[edit] Election results
| Scottish parliamentary election, 2003: Aberdeen Central | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Lewis Macdonald | 6,835 | 32.6 | -6.3 | |
| Scottish National Party | 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 parliamentary election, 1999: Aberdeen Central | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Lewis Macdonald | 10,305 | 38.9 | N/A | |
| Scottish National Party | 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 | ||||
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