Aberdeen Central (UK Parliament constituency)

This article is about Aberdeen Central (UK Parliament constituency). For other uses of Aberdeen Central, see Aberdeen Central (disambiguation). For other uses of Aberdeen, see Aberdeen (disambiguation).

Aberdeen Central
Former Burgh constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Aberdeen Central in Scotland
Subdivisions of Scotland	Aberdeenshire
Major settlements	Aberdeen
1997–2005
Seats	One
Created from	Aberdeen North Aberdeen South
Replaced by	Aberdeen North Aberdeen South

Aberdeen Central was a burgh constituency in the city of Aberdeen in Scotland which was represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 1997 general election and returned one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system until it was abolished for the 2005 general election.

History

Upon the boundary review in time for the 2005 election, the seat was abolished, with most of the seat joining Aberdeen North, except for Queen's Cross, Gilcomston and Langstane which joined Aberdeen South.

Boundaries

The City of Aberdeen District electoral divisions of Cairncry, Causewayend, Linksfield, Rosemount, Rubislaw, St Machar, St Nicholas, and Woodside.

As its name suggested, Aberdeen Central centred on the centre of Aberdeen, the boundaries generally being, but not precisely, the River Dee and River Don and the Anderson Drive ring-road.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1997	Frank Doran	Labour
	2005	Constituency abolished: see Aberdeen North and Aberdeen South

Elections

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Aberdeen Central ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Doran	17,745	49.8	+6.7
	Conservative	Jill Wisely	6,944	19.5	−9.3
	SNP	Brian Topping	5,767	16.2	−1.4
	Liberal Democrats	John Brown	4,714	13.2	+2.6
	Referendum	James Farquharson	446	1.3
Majority			10,801	30.3	+16.0
Turnout			35,616	65.3
	Labour win (new seat)

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2001: Aberdeen Central ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Doran	12,025	45.5	−4.3
	SNP	Wayne Gordon Gault	5,379	20.4	+4.2
	Liberal Democrats	Mrs. Eleanor Anderson	4,547	17.2	+4.0
	Conservative	Stewart Norman Gunn Whyte	3,761	14.2	−5.3
	Scottish Socialist	Andy Cumbers	717	2.7	New
Majority			6,646	25.1	−5.2
Turnout			26,429	52.7	−12.6
	Labour hold		Swing	−4.2

^[3]

General election 1992: Aberdeen Central (Notional)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour			43.1	N/A
	Conservative			28.8	N/A
	SNP			17.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats			10.6	N/A
Majority				14.3	N/A

References

1. "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
2. "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
3. "British Parliamentary Election results 1997-: Scottish Counties". Archived from the original on 24 April 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2017.

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 1)
• Kimber, Richard (2008). "Aberdeen Central". politicsresources.net. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2008.