Aberdeen Central (Scottish Parliament constituency)

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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.

Aberdeen Central
Burgh constituency for the Scottish Parliament
Aberdeen Central shown within the North East Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Population	83,675 (2019)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1999
Party	Scottish National Party
MSP	Kevin Stewart
Council area	Aberdeen City

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

Electoral region

See also: North East Scotland (Scottish Parliament 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

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:

• In full:
  • Tillydrone/Seaton/Old Aberdeen
  • Midstocket/Rosemount
  • George Street/Harbour
• In part:
  • Hilton/Woodside/Stockethill (shared with Aberdeen Donside)
  • Hazlehead/Ashley/Queens Cross
  • Airyhall/Broomhill/Garthdee
  • Torry/Ferryhill (shared with Aberdeen South and North Kincardine)

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1999 2003 2007	Lewis Macdonald	Labour
	2011 2016 2021	Kevin Stewart	SNP

Election results

Aberdeen Central election results 1999-2021

2020s

2021 Scottish Parliament election: Aberdeen Central^[2][3][4][5]

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Kevin Stewart[a]	14,217	44.9	1.3	12,333	38.96	0.7
	Conservative	Douglas Lumsden[b]	7,623	24.1	1.5	7,660	24.20	0.1
	Labour	Barry Black	6,294	19.9	7.4	5,214	16.47	3.6
	Scottish Green	Guy Ingerson	2,087	6.6	New	3,121	9.86	1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Desmond Bouse	1,417	4.5	2.0	1,549	4.89	0.3
	Alba					597	1.89	New
	Scottish Family					231	0.73	New
	All for Unity					221	0.70	New
	Independent Green Voice					178	0.56	New
	Freedom Alliance (UK)					133	0.42	New
	Abolish the Scottish Parliament					100	0.32	New
	Reform UK					100	0.32	New
	Scottish Libertarian					81	0.26	0.0
	UKIP					54	0.17	1.6
	Independent	Laura Marshall				34	0.11	New
	Restore Scotland					33	0.10	New
	Independent	Geoffrey Farquharson				11	0.03	New
	Renew					6	0.02	New
Majority			6,594	20.8	4.5
Valid Votes			31,638			31,656
Invalid Votes			139			76
Turnout			31,777	55.9	9.0	37,732	55.8	8.8
	SNP hold		Swing		0.1
Notes Incumbent member for this constituency Elected on the party list

2010s

2016 Scottish Parliament election: Aberdeen Central^[6][7][8]

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Kevin Stewart[a]	11,648	43.6	3.6	10,269	38.3	2.7
	Labour	Lewis Macdonald[b]	7,299	27.3	10.2	5,381	20.0	7.3
	Conservative	Tom Mason	6,022	22.6	10.2	6,466	24.0	11.8
	Scottish Green					2,282	8.5	1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin McLeod	1,735	6.5	2.8	1,401	5.2	2.0
	UKIP					478	1.7	1.0
	Scottish Christian					208	0.8	0.1
	Solidarity					88	0.4	0.2
	RISE					75	0.3	New
	Scottish Libertarian					65	0.2	New
	Communist					60	0.2	New
	National Front					60	0.2	0.0
Majority			4,349	16.3	13.8
Valid Votes			26,704			26,833
Invalid Votes			137			58
Turnout			26,841	46.9	2.9	26,891	47.0	3.0
	SNP hold		Swing		6.9
Notes Incumbent member for this constituency Elected on the party list

2011 Scottish Parliament election: Aberdeen Central^[9]

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Region
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Kevin Stewart	10,058	40.0	N/A	10,307	41.0	N/A
	Labour	Lewis MacDonald[a]	9,441	37.5	N/A	6,890	27.4	N/A
	Conservative	Sandy Wallace	3,100	12.3	N/A	3,102	12.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila Thomson	2,349	9.3	N/A	1,813	7.2	N/A
	Scottish Green					1,754	7.0	N/A
	All-Scotland Pensioners Party					301	1.2	N/A
	Scottish Christian					210	0.8	N/A
	UKIP					186	0.7	N/A
	Socialist Labour					159	0.6	N/A
	BNP					139	0.6	N/A
	Scottish Socialist					133	0.5	N/A
	National Front	Mike Phillips	201	0.8	N/A	63	0.3	N/A
	Solidarity					29	0.1	N/A
	Angus Independents					2	0.0	N/A
	Others					69	0.3	N/A
Majority			617	2.5	N/A
Valid Votes			25,149			25,157
Invalid Votes			136			86
Turnout			25,285	44.1	N/A	25,243	44.0	N/A
	SNP win (new boundaries)
Notes Incumbent member for this constituency

2000s

2007 Scottish Parliament election: Aberdeen Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lewis Macdonald	7,232	34.2	+1.6
	SNP	Karen Shirron	6,850	32.4	+5.7
	Liberal Democrats	John Stewart	4,693	22.2	−0.4
	Conservative	Andrew Jones	2,345	11.1	−1.4
Majority			382	1.8	−4.1
Turnout			21,120	45.3	+2.9
	Labour hold		Swing

2003 Scottish Parliament election: Aberdeen Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lewis Macdonald	6,835	32.6	−6.3
	SNP	Richard Lochhead	5,593	26.7	−2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Eleanor Anderson	4,744	22.6	+6.0
	Conservative	Alan Butler	2,616	12.5	−1.3
	Scottish Socialist	Andy Cumbers	1,176	5.6	+3.6
Majority			1,242	5.9	−4.3
Turnout			20,964	42.4
	Labour hold		Swing

1990s

1999 Scottish Parliament election: Aberdeen Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lewis Macdonald	10,305	38.9	N/A
	SNP	Richard Lochhead	7,609	28.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Eleanor Anderson	4,403	16.6	N/A
	Conservative	Tom Mason	3,655	13.8	N/A
	Scottish Socialist	Andy Cumbers	523	2.0	N/A
Majority			2,696	10.2	N/A
Turnout			26,495		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

See also

• Aberdeen City Youth Council

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.

External links

• "Aberdeen Central constituency map" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland. Retrieved 7 July 2021.