Aberdeen North (Scottish Parliament constituency)
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| Aberdeen North Scottish Parliament burgh constituency |
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| Aberdeen North shown within the North East Scotland electoral region |
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| Created: | 1999 |
| MSP: | Brian Adam |
| Party: | Scottish National Party |
| Council area: | Aberdeen City (part) |
Aberdeen North 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 Central, 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 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.
[edit] Council area
The Holyrood constituency is within the Aberdeen City council area, which is divided between three North East Scotland constituencies: Aberdeen North, Aberdeen Central and Aberdeen South. All three are entirely within the city area.
[edit] Member of the Scottish Parliament
- 1999 - 2003: Elaine Thomson, Labour
- 2003 - present: Brian Adam, Scottish National Party
[edit] Election results
| Scottish parliamentary election, 2003: Aberdeen North | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Scottish National Party | 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 | |||
| Scottish National Party gain from Labour | Swing | +1.7 | |||
| Scottish parliamentary election, 1999: Aberdeen North | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Elaine Thomson | 10,340 | 37.2 | N/A | |
| Scottish National Party | 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 | ||||
[edit] Politics and history of the constituency
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