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.
The other eight constituencies of the North East Scotland region are
Aberdeen Central ,
Aberdeen North ,
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 .
The Aberdeen South 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 some alteration.
The Holyrood constituency is within the Aberdeen City council area, which is divided between three North East Scotland constituencies: Aberdeen South, Aberdeen Central and Aberdeen North.
All three are entirely within the city area.
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Scottish Labour Party
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Rami Okasha
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5,499
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184
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-09
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Scottish Liberal Democrats
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-112%
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Scottish Conservative Party
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Ian Duncan
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5,230
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174
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-28
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Scottish Socialist Party
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Keith Farnsworth
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953
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32
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N/A
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Scottish Liberal Democrats
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+108
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Scottish Labour Party
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Mike Elrick
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9,540
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275
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N/A
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Socialist Workers Party (Britain)
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Scott Sutherland
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206
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06
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N/A
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Scottish Liberal Democrats
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