Aberdeen Donside ( Gaelic: ''Obar Dheathain Oir Dheathain'') is a

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of the

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( Holyrood) covering part of the council area of Aberdeen City. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post 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 for the region as a whole. The seat has been held by Jackie Dunbar of the

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since the

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Electoral region

The other nine constituencies of the North East Scotland region are: Aberdeen Central, Aberdeen South and North Kincardine,

Aberdeenshire East Aberdeenshire East (Gaelic: ''Siorrachd Obar Dheathain an Ear'') is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament ( Holyrood) covering part of the council area of Aberdeenshire. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first p ...

, Aberdeenshire West, Angus North and Mearns, Angus South, Banffshire and Buchan Coast, Dundee City East and Dundee City West. The region covers all of the Aberdeen City council area, the Aberdeenshire council area, the Angus council area, the Dundee City council area and part of the Moray council area.

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 council area. The Aberdeen City council area is now divided between three constituencies: Aberdeen Central, Aberdeen Donside and Aberdeen South and North Kincardine. Central and Donside are entirely within the city area, while South and North Kincardine also takes in North

Kincardine Kincardine may refer to: Places Scotland *Kincardine, Fife, a town on the River Forth, Scotland **Kincardine Bridge, a bridge which spans the Firth of Forth *Kincardineshire, a historic county **Kincardine, Aberdeenshire, now abandoned **Kincardi ...

in the

Aberdeenshire Aberdeenshire ( sco, Aiberdeenshire; gd, Siorrachd Obar Dheathain) is one of the 32 Subdivisions of Scotland#council areas of Scotland, council areas of Scotland. It takes its name from the County of Aberdeen which has substantially differe ...

council area. Aberdeen Donside covers the northern area of the city, and comprises the following electoral wards: *In full: ** Dyce/Bucksburn/Danestone ** Bridge of Don ** 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

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, as calculated by the BBC.

Politics and history of the constituency

The area contains Aberdeen Airport (run by BAA), Prior to the 2011 election, the Liberal Democrat candidate (Cllr Gordon Leslie), stood down amid allegations related to prostitution.Lib Dem candidate stands down over prostitute charges
''BBC News'', 22 February 2011

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Aberdeen Donside (Scottish Parliament Constituency) Politics of Aberdeen Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions from 2011 Constituencies of the Scottish Parliament Constituencies established in 2011 2011 establishments in Scotland