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Aberdeen Central (scottish Parliament Constituency)




  Type burgh
  Region North East Scotland
  Year 1999
  MSP Lewis Macdonald
  Party Labour
  Council 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 and is one of nine constituencies in the North East Scotland Electoral Region . The region has nine constituency MSPs and elects seven Additional Members , to produce a form of Proportional Representation .


ELECTORAL REGION

See also


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 , and small parts of the Moray Council Area and the Perth And Kinross Council Area .


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 were voted for at the parliament elections on May 3rd.


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.


MEMBER OF THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT



ELECTION RESULTS


  party Scottish Labour Party
  candidate Lewis Macdonald
  votes 7,232
  percentage 342
  change +16


  party Scottish National Party
  candidate Karen Shirron
  votes 6,850
  percentage 324
  change +57


  party Scottish Liberal Democrats
  candidate John Stewart
  votes 4,693
  percentage 222
  change -04


  party Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  candidate Andrew Jones
  votes 2,345
  percentage 111
  change -14


  votes 382
  percentage 18


  votes 21,120
  percentage 453
  change +30


  winner Scottish Labour Party


  party Scottish Labour Party
  candidate Lewis Macdonald
  votes 6,835
  percentage 326
  change -63


  party Scottish National Party
  candidate Richard Lochhead
  votes 5,593
  percentage 267
  change -2


  party Scottish Liberal Democrats
  candidate Eleanor Anderson
  votes 4,744
  percentage 226
  change +60


  party Scottish Conservative Party
  candidate Alan Butler
  votes 2,616
  percentage 125
  change -13


  party Scottish Socialist Party
  candidate Andy Cumbers
  votes 1,176
  percentage 56
  change +36


  votes 1,242
  percentage 59


  votes 20,964
  percentage 424


  winner Scottish Labour Party


  party Scottish Labour Party
  candidate Lewis Macdonald
  votes 10,305
  percentage 389
  change N/A


  party Scottish National Party
  candidate Richard Lochhead
  votes 7,609
  percentage 287
  change N/A


  party Scottish Liberal Democrats
  candidate Eleanor Anderson
  votes 4,403
  percentage 166
  change N/A


  party Scottish Conservative Party
  candidate Tom Mason
  votes 3,655
  percentage 138
  change N/A


  party Scottish Socialist Party
  candidate Andy Cumbers
  votes 523
  percentage 2
  change N/A



  votes 2,696
  percentage 102


  votes 26,495