Aberdeen Central (
Gaelic
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: ''Obar Dheathain Meadhain'') is a
burgh constituency
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of the
Scottish Parliament (
Holyrood) covering part of the
council area {{Unreferenced, date=May 2019, bot=noref (GreenC bot)
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of
Aberdeen City
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. It elects one
Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the
first past the post
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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
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for the region as a whole.
The seat has been held by
Kevin Stewart of the
Scottish National Party since the
2011 Scottish Parliament election
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The election delivered the first majority government since the opening of Holyrood, a remarkable feat as the Additional M ...
.
Electoral region
The other nine constituencies of the North East Scotland region are:
Aberdeen Donside,
Aberdeen South and North Kincardine
Aberdeen South and North Kincardine (Gaelic: ''Obar Dheathain a Deas agus Ceann Chàrdainn a Tuath'') is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament ( Holyrood) covering part of the council areas of Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire. It elects one ...
,
Aberdeenshire East,
Aberdeenshire West,
Angus North and Mearns,
Angus South
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,
Banffshire and Buchan Coast,
Dundee City East and
Dundee City West.
The region covers all of the
Aberdeen City council area
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, the
Aberdeenshire council area
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, the
Angus council area
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, the
Dundee City council area
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and part of the
Moray council area
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Between 1975 ...
.
Constituency boundaries and council area
The Aberdeen Central constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in
1999
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, 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
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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
Aberdeen South and North Kincardine (Gaelic: ''Obar Dheathain a Deas agus Ceann Chàrdainn a Tuath'') is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament ( Holyrood) covering part of the council areas of Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire. It elects one ...
. 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:
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Hilton/Woodside/Stockethill (shared with
Aberdeen Donside)
**
Hazlehead/Ashley/Queens Cross
**
Airyhall/Broomhill/Garthdee
**
Torry/Ferryhill (shared with
Aberdeen South and North Kincardine
Aberdeen South and North Kincardine (Gaelic: ''Obar Dheathain a Deas agus Ceann Chàrdainn a Tuath'') is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament ( Holyrood) covering part of the council areas of Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire. It elects one ...
)
Member of the Scottish Parliament
Election results
2020s
2010s
2000s
1990s
See also
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Aberdeen City Youth Council
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References
External links
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Politics of Aberdeen
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Constituencies established in 1999
Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions 1999–2011
Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions from 2011