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 .
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 .
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.
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.
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Scottish National Party
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Karen Shirron
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6,850
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324
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+57
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Scottish Liberal Democrats
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John Stewart
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4,693
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222
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-04
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Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Andrew Jones
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2,345
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111
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-14
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Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Eleanor Anderson
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4,744
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226
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+60
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Scottish Conservative Party
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Alan Butler
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2,616
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125
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-13
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Scottish Socialist Party
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Andy Cumbers
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1,176
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56
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+36
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Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Eleanor Anderson
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4,403
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166
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N/A
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Scottish Conservative Party
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Tom Mason
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3,655
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138
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N/A
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Scottish Socialist Party
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Andy Cumbers
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523
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2
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N/A
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