Aberdeen South (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Aberdeen South (UK Parliament constituency).

Aberdeen South
Former burgh constituency
for the Scottish Parliament
Aberdeen South shown within the North East Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Former constituency
Created1999
Abolished2011
Council areaAberdeen City (part)
Replaced byAberdeen Central,
Aberdeen South & North Kincardine

Aberdeen South was a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elected one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it was one of nine constituencies in the North East Scotland electoral region, which elected seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

For the Scottish Parliament election, 2011, Aberdeen South was expanded into Aberdeenshire for the newly created constituency of Aberdeen South and North Kincardine.

Electoral region

See also: North East Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)

The other eight constituencies of the North East Scotland region were; 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.

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.

Council area

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

Boundary review

See also: Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions from 2011

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, which were formed in time for the elections in 2011, were Aberdeen Central, Aberdeen Donside, and Aberdeen South and North Kincardine.

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election Member Party
1999 Nicol Stephen Scottish Liberal Democrats[1]
2011 constituency abolished: replaced by Aberdeen South and North Kincardine

Election results

2007 Scottish Parliament election: Aberdeen South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Nicol Stephen 10,843 36.3 −9.6
SNP 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 9.2 −17.4
Turnout 29,885 52.7 +0.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -11.2
2003 Scottish Parliament election: Aberdeen South
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
SNP Maureen Watt 4,315 14.3 −4.9
Scottish Socialist Keith Farnsworth 953 3.2 New
Majority 8,016 26.6 +21.5
Turnout 30,124 51.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +10.8
1999 Scottish Parliament election: Aberdeen South
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
SNP Irene McGugan 6,651 19.2 N/A
Socialist Workers Scott Sutherland 206 0.6 N/A
Majority 1,760 5.1 N/A
Turnout 34,690 N/A
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Preceded by Constituency represented by the
Deputy First Minister of Scotland
2005–2007 		Succeeded by

References

  1. ^ "Aberdeen South and North Kincardine - Scottish Parliament constituency - Election 2016 - BBC News". BBC News. Retrieved 1 November 2024.