Aberdeen Central (UK Parliament constituency)

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Aberdeen Central
Former Burgh constituency
for the House of Commons
AberdeenCentral1997Constituency.svg
Boundary of Aberdeen Central in Scotland
Subdivisions of Scotland Aberdeenshire
Major settlements Aberdeen
1997–2005
Number of membersOne
Replaced by Aberdeen North
Aberdeen South
Created from 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.

Contents

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

ElectionMemberParty
1997 Frank Doran Labour
2005 Constituency abolished: see Aberdeen North and Aberdeen South

Elections

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Aberdeen Central [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frank Doran 17,745 49.8 +6.7
Conservative Jill Wisely6,94419.5−9.3
SNP Brian Topping5,76716.2−1.4
Liberal Democrats John Brown4,71413.2+2.6
Referendum James Farquharson4461.3
Majority10,80130.3
Turnout 35,61665.3
Labour win (new seat)

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2001: Aberdeen Central [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frank Doran 12,025 45.5 −4.3
SNP Wayne Gordon Gault5,37920.4+4.2
Liberal Democrats Mrs. Eleanor Anderson4,54717.2+4.0
Conservative Stewart Norman Gunn Whyte3,76114.2−5.3
Scottish Socialist Andy Cumbers7172.7New
Majority6,64625.1−5.2
Turnout 26,42952.7−12.6
Labour hold Swing −4.2

[3]

General election 1992: Aberdeen Central (Notional)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 43.1N/A
Conservative 28.8N/A
SNP 17.6N/A
Liberal Democrats 10.6N/A
Majority14.3N/A

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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. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 24 April 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2017.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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