Aberdeen Central (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Aberdeen Central is a constituency

Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions

Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions were first used in 1999, in the first general election of the Scottish Parliament , created by the Scotland Act 1998....

of the Scottish Parliament

Scottish Parliament

The Scottish Parliament is the devolved national, unicameral legislature of Scotland, located in the Holyrood area of the capital, Edinburgh. The Parliament, informally referred to as "Holyrood", is a democratically elected body comprising 129 members known as Members of the Scottish Parliament...

. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP)

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Member of the Scottish Parliament is the title given to any one of the 129 individuals elected to serve in the Scottish Parliament.-Methods of Election:MSPs are elected in one of two ways:...

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

Proportional representation

Proportional representation is a concept in voting systems used to elect an assembly or council. PR means that the number of seats won by a party or group of candidates is proportionate to the number of votes received. For example, under a PR voting system if 30% of voters support a particular...

Electoral region

See also North East Scotland Scottish Parliament region

The other nine constituencies of the North East Scotland region are Aberdeen Donside

Aberdeen Donside (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Aberdeen Donside is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament . It will elect one Member of the Scottish Parliament by the first past the post method of election...

, Aberdeen South and North Kincardine

Aberdeen South and North Kincardine (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Aberdeen South and North Kincardine is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament . It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament by the first past the post method of election...

, Aberdeenshire East

Aberdeenshire East (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Aberdeenshire East is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament . It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament by the first past the post method of election...

, Aberdeenshire West

Aberdeenshire West (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Aberdeenshire West is a proposed constituency of the Scottish Parliament . It will elect one Member of the Scottish Parliament by the first past the post method of election...

, Angus North and Mearns

Angus North and Mearns (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Angus North and Mearns is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament . It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament by the first past the post method of election...

, Angus South

Angus South (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Angus South is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament . It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament by the first past the post method of election...

, Banffshire and Buchan Coast

Banffshire and Buchan Coast (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Banffshire and Buchan Coast is a new constituency of the Scottish Parliament . It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament by the first past the post method of election...

, Dundee City East, Dundee City West

Dundee City West (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Dundee City West is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament . It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament by the first past the post method of election...

, and West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine

West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine (Scottish Parliament constituency)

West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament . It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament by the first past the post method of election...

.

The region covers the Aberdeenshire council area

Aberdeenshire

Aberdeenshire is one of the 32 unitary council areas in Scotland and a lieutenancy area.The present day Aberdeenshire council area does not include the City of Aberdeen, now a separate council area, from which its name derives. Together, the modern council area and the city formed historic...

, the Aberdeen City council area, the Dundee City council area, part of the Angus council area

Angus

Angus is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland, a registration county and a lieutenancy area. The council area borders Aberdeenshire, Perth and Kinross and Dundee City...

, and small parts of the Moray council area

Moray

Moray is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. It lies in the north-east of the country, with coastline on the Moray Firth, and borders the council areas of Aberdeenshire and Highland.- History :...

and the Perth and Kinross council area

Perth and Kinross

Perth and Kinross is one of 32 council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Dundee City, Fife, Clackmannanshire, Stirling, Argyll and Bute and Highland council areas. Perth is the administrative centre...

Constituency boundaries

The Aberdeen Central constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999

Scottish Parliament election, 1999

The Scottish Parliament election, 1999 was the first general election of the Scottish Parliament, with voting taking place on 6 May 1999 to elect 129 members...

, with the name and boundaries of an existing Westminster constituency

Aberdeen Central (UK Parliament constituency)

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...

. In 2005

United Kingdom general election, 2005

The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005 to elect 646 members to the British House of Commons. The Labour Party under Tony Blair won its third consecutive victory, but with a majority of 66, reduced from 160....

, however, the Westminster constituency was abolished. All Scottish Parliament constituencies were voted for at the parliamentary elections on May 3.

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.

Boundary review

See Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions from 2011
Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions from 2011
As a result of the first periodical review of Scottish Parliament constituencies, , new constituencies and additional member regions of the Scottish Parliament are to be introduced for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election...

Following their First Periodic review of parliamentary constituencies to the Scottish Parliament, the Boundary Commission for Scotland has created three newly shaped seats for the Aberdeen City council area. These seats, to be formed in time for the next elections in 2011, are Aberdeen Central, Aberdeen Donside

Aberdeen Donside (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Aberdeen Donside is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament . It will elect one Member of the Scottish Parliament by the first past the post method of election...

, and Aberdeen South and North Kincardine

Aberdeen South and North Kincardine (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Aberdeen South and North Kincardine is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament . It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament by the first past the post method of election...

.

In forming the new Aberdeen Central, the electoral wards used are;

In full - Tillydrone
Tillydrone
Tillydrone is an area of the city of Aberdeen, Scotland. Lying north of the city centre and slightly north-west of Old Aberdeen, it is roughly bounded by the River Don, St Machar Drive, and the main Aberdeen-Inverness railway line...

/ Seaton / Old Aberdeen; Midstocket / Rosemount; George St / Harbour;
In part - Hilton / Stockethill; Hazlehead / Ashley / Queens Cross; Airyhall / Broomhill / Garthdee; Torry / Ferryhill

Member of the Scottish Parliament

	Member	Party
1999 Scottish Parliament election, 1999 The Scottish Parliament election, 1999 was the first general election of the Scottish Parliament, with voting taking place on 6 May 1999 to elect 129 members...	Lewis MacDonald Lewis Macdonald Lewis Macdonald is a Scottish Labour regional list Member of the Scottish Parliament for North East Scotland, from 2011. He was MSP for the Aberdeen Central constituency from 1999 until 2011.-Background:...	Labour Scottish Labour Party The Scottish Labour Party is the section of the British Labour Party which operates in Scotland....
2003 Scottish Parliament election, 2003 The Scottish Parliament election, 2003, was the second general election of the Scottish Parliament. It was held on 1 May 2003 and it brought no change in terms of control of the Scottish Executive...
2007 Scottish Parliament election, 2007 The 2007 Scottish Parliament election was held on Thursday 3 May 2007 to elect members to the Scottish Parliament. It was the third general election to the devolved Scottish Parliament since it was created in 1999...
2011 Scottish Parliament election, 2011 The 2011 Scottish Parliament general election was held on Thursday, 5 May 2011 to elect 129 members to the Scottish Parliament.The election delivered the first majority government since the opening of Holyrood, a remarkable feat as the mixed member proportional representation system is used to...	Kevin Stewart Kevin Stewart (Scottish politician) Kevin Stewart is a Scottish National Party Member of the Scottish Parliament, representing Aberdeen Central since the 2011 election.Before his election to the Scottish Parliament, he had served as a local councillor for over eleven years and served as Depute Leader of Aberdeen City Council...	SNP Scottish National Party The Scottish National Party is a social-democratic political party in Scotland which campaigns for Scottish independence from the United Kingdom....

Election results

REGIONAL LIST RESULT IN ABERDEEN CENTRAL 2011:-

Scottish National Party (SNP) 10307
Scottish Labour Party 6890
Scottish Conservative and Unionist 3102
Scottish Liberal Democrats 1813
National Front 63

http://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/council_government/councillors/elections_unit/elections/election_2011/regional_votes.asp