Aberdeen South (Scottish Parliament constituency)
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| Aberdeen South Scottish Parliament burgh constituency |
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| Aberdeen South shown within the North East Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland |
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| Created: | 1999 |
| MSP: | Nicol Stephen |
| Party: | Liberal Democrats |
| Council area: | Aberdeen City (part) |
Aberdeen South 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. Also, however, it is one of nine constituencies in the North East Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
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[edit] Electoral region
The other eight constituencies of the North East Scotland region are Aberdeen Central, Aberdeen North, 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, a small part of the Moray council area and a small part of the Perth and Kinross council area.
[edit] Constituency boundaries
The Aberdeen South 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 boundaries of the Westminster (House of Commons) constituency were subject to some alteration.
[edit] Council area
The Holyrood constituency is within the Aberdeen City council area, which is divided between three North East Scotland constituencies: Aberdeen South, Aberdeen Central and Aberdeen North. All three are entirely within the city area.
[edit] Member of the Scottish Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1999 | Nicol Stephen | Liberal Democrat | |
| 2003 | |||
| 2007 | |||
[edit] Election results
| Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Aberdeen South | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Nicol Stephen | 10,843 | 36.3 | -9.6 | |
| Scottish National Party | Maureen Watt | 8,111 | 27.1 | +12.8 | |
| Labour | Rami Okasha | 5,499 | 18.4 | -0.9 | |
| Conservative | David Davidson | 5,432 | 18.2 | +0.8 | |
| Majority | 2,731 | 9.1 | |||
| Turnout | 29,885 | 52.7 | +1.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -11.2% | |||
| Scottish Parliament election, 2003: Aberdeen South | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Nicol Stephen | 13,821 | 45.9 | +13.3 | |
| Labour | Richard Baker | 5,805 | 19.3 | -8.2 | |
| Conservative | Ian Duncan | 5,230 | 17.4 | -2.8 | |
| Scottish National Party | Maureen Watt | 4,315 | 14.3 | -4.8 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Keith Farnsworth | 953 | 3.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 8,016 | 26.6 | |||
| Turnout | 30,124 | 51.8 | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +10.8 | |||
| Scottish Parliament election, 1999: Aberdeen South | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Nicol Stephen | 11,300 | 32.6 | N/A | |
| Labour | Mike Elrick | 9,540 | 27.5 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Nanette Milne | 6,993 | 20.2 | N/A | |
| Scottish National Party | Irene McGugan | 6,651 | 19.2 | N/A | |
| Socialist Workers | Scott Sutherland | 206 | 0.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,760 | 6.1 | |||
| Turnout | 28,690 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] Members of the Scottish Youth Parliament
The Members of the Scottish Youth Parliament (MSYP) for Aberdeen South are Paul Robertson and Iain Corbett. They were elected in March 2007.
