Aberdeen Central (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Scottish Parliament constituency infobox
Name = Aberdeen Central
Type = burgh


Region = North East Scotland
Year = 1999
MSP = Lewis Macdonald
Party = Labour
Council = Aberdeen City (part)

Aberdeen Central is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election and is one of nine constituencies in the North East Scotland electoral region. The region has nine constituency MSPs and elects seven additional members, to produce a form of proportional representation.

Electoral region

:"See also "North East Scotland Scottish Parliament region

The other eight constituencies of the North East Scotland region are Aberdeen North, Aberdeen South, 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, and small parts of the Moray council area and the Perth and Kinross council area.

Constituency boundaries

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 (House of Commons) constituency was abolished. All Scottish Parliament constituencies were voted for at the parliament elections on May 3rd.

Council area

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

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Lewis Macdonald
votes = 7,232
percentage = 34.2
change = +1.6 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Karen Shirron
votes = 6,850
percentage = 32.4
change = +5.7 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = John Stewart
votes = 4,693
percentage = 22.2
change = -0.4 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
candidate = Andrew Jones
votes = 2,345
percentage = 11.1
change = -1.4Election box majority
votes = 382
percentage = 1.8
change = Election box turnout
votes = 21,120
percentage = 45.3
change = +3.0Election box hold with party link
winner = Scottish Labour Party
swing = Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Lewis Macdonald
votes = 6,835
percentage = 32.6
change = -6.3 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Richard Lochhead
votes = 5,593
percentage = 26.7
change = -2 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Eleanor Anderson
votes = 4,744
percentage = 22.6
change = +6.0 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Conservative Party
candidate = Alan Butler
votes = 2,616
percentage = 12.5
change = -1.3 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Socialist Party
candidate = Andy Cumbers
votes = 1,176
percentage = 5.6
change = +3.6 Election box majority
votes = 1,242
percentage = 5.9
change = Election box turnout
votes = 20,964
percentage = 42.4
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Scottish Labour Party
loser =
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Lewis Macdonald
votes = 10,305
percentage = 38.9
change = N/A Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Richard Lochhead
votes = 7,609
percentage = 28.7
change = N/A Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Eleanor Anderson
votes = 4,403
percentage = 16.6
change = N/A Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Conservative Party
candidate = Tom Mason
votes = 3,655
percentage = 13.8
change = N/AElection box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Socialist Party
candidate = Andy Cumbers
votes = 523
percentage = 2
change = N/A Election box majority
votes = 2,696
percentage = 10.2
change = Election box turnout
votes = 26,495
percentage =
change =