Aberdeen Donside (
Gaelic
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: ''Obar Dheathain Oir Dheathain'') is a
constituency of the
Scottish Parliament (
Holyrood) covering part of the
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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 ten constituencies in the
North East Scotland electoral region, which elects seven
additional members, in addition to the 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
Jackie Dunbar
Jackie Dunbar is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician. She has served as the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Aberdeen Donside since May 2021.
Dunbar was born in Peterhead and educated in Elgin. She was elected to the N ...
of the
Scottish National Party since the
2021 Scottish Parliament election
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.
Electoral region
The other nine constituencies of the North East Scotland region are:
Aberdeen Central,
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
Aberdeenshire ( sco, Aiberdeenshire; gd, Siorrachd Obar Dheathain) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland.
It takes its name from the County of Aberdeen which has substantially different boundaries. The Aberdeenshire Council area inclu ...
, 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
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 Aberdeen City council area is now 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.
Aberdeen Donside covers the northern area of the city, and comprises the following
electoral wards
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:
*In full:
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Dyce/Bucksburn/Danestone
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Bridge of Don
Bridge of Don is a suburb in the north of Aberdeen, Scotland. In , the Bridge of Don electoral ward was estimated to have a population of 19,545.
Bridge of Don is split into four areas for statistical purposes by Aberdeen City Council and Poli ...
**
Kingswells/Sheddocksley/Summerhill
**
Northfield/Mastrick North
*In part:
**
Hilton/Woodside/Stockethill (shared with
Aberdeen Central)
Member of the Scottish Parliament
Election results
2020s
2010s
2000s
The following is the
notional result for the
2007 Scottish Parliament election, as calculated by the
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