Aberdeen Central (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Aberdeen Central is a burgh constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of 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 for the region as a whole.

This article is about Aberdeen Central (Scottish Parliament constituency). For other uses of Aberdeen Central, see Aberdeen Central (disambiguation). For other uses of Aberdeen, see Aberdeen (disambiguation).

Aberdeen Central
burgh constituency
for the Scottish Parliament
Aberdeen Central shown within the North East Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Current constituency
Created1999
PartyScottish National Party
MSPKevin Stewart
Council areaAberdeen City

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

The other nine constituencies of the North East Scotland region are Aberdeen Donside, Aberdeen South and North Kincardine, Aberdeenshire East, 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
Wards of the Aberdeen Central Scottish Parliament constituency as of 2011.

The Aberdeen Central 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 Westminster constituency was abolished.

The Holyrood constituency is within the Aberdeen City council area, which is 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 in the Aberdeenshire 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.

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

Member of the Scottish Parliament
ElectionMemberParty
1999 Lewis Macdonald Labour
2011 Kevin Stewart SNP

Election results

2020s
2021 Scottish Parliament election: Aberdeen Central
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Douglas Lumsden[1]
Labour Barry Black[2]
SNP Kevin Stewart[3]

2010s
2016 Scottish Parliament election: Aberdeen Central[4][5][6]
Party Candidate Constituency Regional
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
SNP Kevin Stewart[lower-alpha 1] 11,648 43.6 3.6 10,269 45.0
Labour Lewis Macdonald[lower-alpha 2] 7,299 27.3 10.2 5,381 23.6
Conservative Tom Mason 6,022 22.6 10.2 6,466 28.3
Scottish Green 2,282 10.0
Liberal Democrats Kevin McLeod 1,735 7.5 2.8 1,401 6.1
UKIP 478 2.1
Scottish Christian 208 0.9
Solidarity 88 0.4
RISE 75 0.3
Scottish Libertarian 65 0.3
Communist 60 0.3
National Front 60 0.3
Majority 4,349 16.3 13.8
Valid Votes 26,704 26,833
Invalid Votes 137 58
Turnout 26,841 46.9 3.1 26,891 47.0
SNP hold Swing 6.9
Notes
  1. Incumbent member for this constituency
  2. Elected on the party list
2011 Scottish Parliament election: Aberdeen Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SNP Kevin Stewart 10,058 40.0 +9.7
Labour Lewis MacDonald 9,441 37.5 +8.5
Conservative Sandy Wallace 3,100 12.3 -1.4
Liberal Democrats Sheila Thomson 2,349 9.3 -17.6
National Front Mike Phillips 201 0.8 N/A
Majority 617 2.5 N/A
Turnout 25,149 43.8 N/A
SNP win (new boundaries)

2000s
2007 Scottish Parliament election: Aberdeen Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lewis Macdonald 7,232 34.2 +1.6
SNP Karen Shirron 6,850 32.4 +5.7
Liberal Democrats John Stewart 4,693 22.2 -0.4
Conservative Andrew Jones 2,345 11.1 -1.4
Majority 382 1.8 -4.1
Turnout 21,120 45.3 +2.9
Labour hold Swing
2003 Scottish Parliament election: Aberdeen Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lewis Macdonald 6,835 32.6 -6.3
SNP Richard Lochhead 5,593 26.7 -2.0
Liberal Democrats Eleanor Anderson 4,744 22.6 +6.0
Conservative Alan Butler 2,616 12.5 -1.3
Scottish Socialist Andy Cumbers 1,176 5.6 +3.6
Majority 1,242 5.9 -4.3
Turnout 20,964 42.4
Labour hold Swing

1990s
1999 Scottish Parliament election: Aberdeen Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lewis Macdonald 10,305 38.9 N/A
SNP Richard Lochhead 7,609 28.7 N/A
Liberal Democrats Eleanor Anderson 4,403 16.6 N/A
Conservative Tom Mason 3,655 13.8 N/A
Scottish Socialist Andy Cumbers 523 2.0 N/A
Majority 2,696 10.2 N/A
Turnout 26,495 N/A
Labour win (new seat)

See also


References
  1. https://en-gb.facebook.com/pg/DouglasForAberdeen/about/
  2. https://twitter.com/AberdeenLabour/status/1358845256180109328
  3. https://www.snp.org/the-snps-candidates-for-the-2021-scottish-parliament-election/
  4. "SPE2016 - Central Declaration". Aberdeen City Council. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  5. "SPE2016 - North East Scotland Regional List results by constituency". Aberdeen City Council. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  6. "Aberdeen Central - Scottish Parliament constituency". BBC News. Retrieved 13 October 2020.


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