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Aberdeen North (scottish Parliament Constituency)




  Type burgh
  Region North East Scotland
  Year 1999
  MSP Brian Adam
  Party Scottish National Party
  Council 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.


ELECTORAL REGION

See also


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 .


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.


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.


MEMBER OF THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT



ELECTION RESULTS


  party Scottish National Party
  candidate Brian Adam
  votes 11,406
  percentage 458
  change +123


  party Scottish Labour Party
  candidate Elaine Thomson
  votes 7,657
  percentage 308
  change -09


  party Scottish Liberal Democrats
  candidate Steve Delaney
  votes 3,836
  percentage 154
  change -76


  party Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  candidate Carol Garvie
  votes 1,992
  percentage 80
  change -12


  votes 3,749
  percentage 151


  votes 24,891
  percentage 483
  change +10


  winner Scottish National Party


  party Scottish National Party
  candidate Brian Adam
  votes 8,381
  percentage 335
  change -22


  party Scottish Labour Party
  candidate Elaine Thomson
  votes 7,924
  percentage 317
  change -55


  party Scottish Liberal Democrats
  candidate John Reynolds
  votes 5,767
  percentage 230
  change +59


  party Scottish Conservative Party
  candidate Jim Gifford
  votes 2,311
  percentage 92
  change -07


  party Scottish Socialist Party
  candidate Katrine Trolle
  votes 644
  percentage 26
  change +26


  votes 457
  percentage 18


  votes 25027
  percentage 473


  winner Scottish National Party
  loser Scottish Labour Party
  swing +17


  party Scottish Labour Party
  candidate Elaine Thomson
  votes 10,340
  percentage 372
  change N/A


  party Scottish National Party
  candidate Brian Adam
  votes 9,942
  percentage 357
  change N/A


  party Scottish Liberal Democrats
  candidate James Donaldson
  votes 4,767
  percentage 171
  change N/A


  party Scottish Conservative Party
  candidate Iain Haughie
  votes 2,772
  percentage 10
  change N/A


  votes 398
  percentage 14


  votes 27,821



POLITICS AND HISTORY OF THE CONSTITUENCY