Aberdeen Central (Scottish Parliament constituency)

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Aberdeen Central Scottish Parliament burgh constituency
Aberdeen Central shown within the North East Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Created:	1999
MSP:	Lewis Macdonald
Party:	Labour
Council area:	Aberdeen City (part)

Aberdeen Central 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 and is one of nine constituencies in the North East Scotland electoral region. The region has nine constituency MSPs and elects seven additional members, to produce a form of proportional representation.

Contents 1 Electoral region 2 Constituency boundaries 2.1 Council area 3 Member of the Scottish Parliament 4 Election results

[edit] Electoral region

See also North East Scotland Scottish Parliament region

The other eight constituencies of the North East Scotland region are Aberdeen North, Aberdeen South, 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, and small parts of the Moray council area and the Perth and Kinross council area.

[edit] Constituency boundaries

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 (House of Commons) constituency was abolished. All Scottish Parliament constituencies were voted for at the parliament elections on May 3rd.

[edit] Council area

The Holyrood constituency is within the Aberdeen City council area, which is divided between three North East Scotland constituencies: Aberdeen Central, Aberdeen North and Aberdeen South. All three are entirely within the city area.

[edit] Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1999	Lewis MacDonald	Labour
	2003
	2007

[edit] Election results

Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Aberdeen Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lewis Macdonald	7,232	34.2	+1.6
	Scottish National Party	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
Turnout			21,120	45.3	+3.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Scottish Parliament election, 2003: Aberdeen Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lewis Macdonald	6,835	32.6	-6.3
	Scottish National Party	Richard Lochhead	5,593	26.7	-2
	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
Turnout			20,964	42.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Scottish Parliament election, 1999: Aberdeen Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lewis Macdonald	10,305	38.9	N/A
	Scottish National Party	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	N/A
Majority			2,696	10.2
Turnout			26,495

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