Aberdeen Central (Scottish Parliament constituency)

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Aberdeen Central
Burgh constituency
for the Scottish Parliament
Aberdeen Central (Scottish Parliament constituency).svg
North East Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region).svg
Aberdeen Central shown within the North East Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Population83,675 (2019) [1]
Current constituency
Created 1999
Party Scottish National Party
MSP Kevin Stewart
Council area Aberdeen City

Aberdeen Central (Gaelic: Obar Dheathain Meadhain) is a burgh constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering part of the Aberdeen City council area. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. It is one of the ten constituencies in the North East Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to ten constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

Contents

The seat has been held by Kevin Stewart of the Scottish National Party since the 2011 Scottish Parliament election.

Electoral region

The other nine constituencies of the North East Scotland region are: Aberdeen Donside, Aberdeen South and North Kincardine, Aberdeenshire East, Aberdeenshire West, Angus North and Mearns, Angus South, Banffshire and Buchan Coast, Dundee City East and Dundee City West.

The region covers all of the Aberdeen City council area, the Aberdeenshire council area, the Angus council area, the Dundee City council area and part of the Moray council area.

Constituency boundaries and council area

Aberdeen Central (Scottish Parliament constituency)
Outline of the constituency

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 constituency was abolished.

Following their First Periodic review of parliamentary constituencies to the Scottish Parliament, the Boundary Commission for Scotland created three newly shaped seats for the Aberdeen City council area. The current constituency is within the Aberdeen City council area, which is divided between three constituencies: Aberdeen Central, Aberdeen Donside and Aberdeen South and North Kincardine. Central and Donside are entirely within the city area, while South and North Kincardine also takes in North Kincardine in the Aberdeenshire council area.

In forming the new Aberdeen Central, the electoral wards used are:

Member of the Scottish Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1999

2003

2007

Lewis Macdonald Labour
2011

2016

2021

Kevin Stewart SNP

Election results

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Aberdeen Central election results 1999-2021

2020s

2026

2026 Scottish Parliament election: Aberdeen Central
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional
Votes%±%Votes%±%
SNP Kevin Stewart
Conservative Stewart Whyte
Majority
Valid Votes
Invalid Votes
Turnout

2021

2021 Scottish Parliament election: Aberdeen Central [2] [3] [4] [5]
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional
Votes%±%Votes%±%
SNP Kevin Stewart [a] 14,21744.9Increase2.svg1.312,33338.96Increase2.svg0.7
Conservative Douglas Lumsden [b] 7,62324.1Increase2.svg1.57,66024.20Increase2.svg0.1
Labour Barry Black6,29419.9Decrease2.svg7.45,21416.47Decrease2.svg3.6
Scottish Green Guy Ingerson2,0876.6New3,1219.86Increase2.svg1.4
Liberal Democrats Desmond Bouse1,4174.5Decrease2.svg2.01,5494.89Decrease2.svg0.3
Alba 5971.89New
Scottish Family 2310.73New
All for Unity 2210.70New
Independent Green Voice 1780.56New
Freedom Alliance (UK)1330.42New
Abolish the Scottish Parliament 1000.32New
Reform UK 1000.32New
Scottish Libertarian 810.26Steady2.svg0.0
UKIP 540.17Decrease2.svg1.6
Independent Laura Marshall340.11New
Restore Scotland 330.10New
Independent Geoffrey Farquharson110.03New
Renew 60.02New
Majority6,59420.8Increase2.svg4.5
Valid Votes31,63831,656
Invalid Votes13976
Turnout 31,77755.9Increase2.svg9.037,73255.8Increase2.svg8.8
SNP hold Swing Decrease2.svg0.1
Notes
  1. ↑ Incumbent member for this constituency
  2. ↑ Elected on the party list

2010s

2016 Scottish Parliament election: Aberdeen Central [6] [7] [8]
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional
Votes%±%Votes%±%
SNP Kevin Stewart [a] 11,64843.6Increase2.svg3.610,26938.3Decrease2.svg2.7
Labour Lewis Macdonald [b] 7,29927.3Decrease2.svg10.25,38120.0Decrease2.svg7.3
Conservative Tom Mason 6,02222.6Increase2.svg10.26,46624.0Increase2.svg11.8
Scottish Green 2,2828.5Increase2.svg1.5
Liberal Democrats Kevin McLeod1,7356.5Decrease2.svg2.81,4015.2Decrease2.svg2.0
UKIP 4781.7Increase2.svg1.0
Scottish Christian 2080.8Decrease2.svg0.1
Solidarity 880.4Increase2.svg0.2
RISE 750.3New
Scottish Libertarian 650.2New
Communist 600.2New
National Front 600.2Steady2.svg0.0
Majority4,34916.3Increase2.svg13.8
Valid Votes26,70426,833
Invalid Votes13758
Turnout 26,84146.9Increase2.svg2.926,89147.0Increase2.svg3.0
SNP hold Swing Increase2.svg6.9
Notes
  1. ↑ Incumbent member for this constituency
  2. ↑ Elected on the party list
2011 Scottish Parliament election: Aberdeen Central [9]
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegion
Votes%±%Votes%±%
SNP Kevin Stewart 10,05840.0N/A10,30741.0N/A
Labour Lewis MacDonald [a] 9,44137.5N/A6,89027.4N/A
Conservative Sandy Wallace3,10012.3N/A3,10212.3N/A
Liberal Democrats Sheila Thomson2,3499.3N/A1,8137.2N/A
Scottish Green 1,7547.0N/A
All-Scotland Pensioners Party 3011.2N/A
Scottish Christian 2100.8N/A
UKIP 1860.7N/A
Socialist Labour 1590.6N/A
BNP 1390.6N/A
Scottish Socialist 1330.5N/A
National Front Mike Phillips2010.8N/A630.3N/A
Solidarity 290.1N/A
Angus Independents20.0N/A
Others690.3N/A
Majority6172.5N/A
Valid Votes25,14925,157
Invalid Votes13686
Turnout 25,28544.1N/A25,24344.0N/A
SNP win (new boundaries)
Notes
  1. ↑ Incumbent member for this constituency

2000s

2007 Scottish Parliament election: Aberdeen Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lewis Macdonald 7,232 34.2 +1.6
SNP Karen Shirron6,85032.4+5.7
Liberal Democrats John Stewart4,69322.2−0.4
Conservative Andrew Jones2,34511.1−1.4
Majority 3821.8−4.1
Turnout 21,12045.3+2.9
Labour hold Swing
2003 Scottish Parliament election: Aberdeen Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lewis Macdonald 6,835 32.6 −6.3
SNP Richard Lochhead 5,59326.7−2.0
Liberal Democrats Eleanor Anderson4,74422.6+6.0
Conservative Alan Butler2,61612.5−1.3
Scottish Socialist Andy Cumbers1,1765.6+3.6
Majority 1,2425.9−4.3
Turnout 20,96442.4
Labour hold Swing

1990s

1999 Scottish Parliament election: Aberdeen Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lewis Macdonald 10,305 38.9 N/A
SNP Richard Lochhead 7,60928.7N/A
Liberal Democrats Eleanor Anderson4,40316.6N/A
Conservative Tom Mason 3,65513.8N/A
Scottish Socialist Andy Cumbers5232.0N/A
Majority 2,69610.2N/A
Turnout 26,495N/A
Labour win (new seat)

See also

References

  1. ↑ Scottish Parliamentary Constituency (SPC) Population Estimates (2011 Data Zone based), National Records of Scotland; retrieved 6 May 2021 (accompanying summary notes)
  2. ↑ "North East Scotland Region: Statement of Persons and Parties nominated and Notice of Poll" (PDF). Aberdeen City Council . 31 March 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  3. ↑ "Aberdeen Central Constituency: Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll" (PDF). Aberdeen City Council . 31 March 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  4. ↑ Constituencies A-Z | Aberdeen Central, BBC News; retrieved 7 May 2021
  5. ↑ Scottish Parliamentary election 2021 results Aberdeen Council website
  6. ↑ "SPE2016 - Central Declaration". Aberdeen City Council . Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  7. ↑ "SPE2016 - North East Scotland Regional List results by constituency". Aberdeen City Council . Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  8. ↑ "Aberdeen Central - Scottish Parliament constituency". BBC News . Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  9. ↑ "2011 Election analysis (Excel 2.37MB)". Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
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