Aberdeen South (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Scottish Parliament constituency infobox
Name = Aberdeen South
Type = burgh


Region = North East Scotland
Year = 1999
MSP = Nicol Stephen
Party = Liberal Democrats
Council = Aberdeen City (part)

Aberdeen South 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. Also, however, it is one of nine constituencies in the North East Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

Electoral region

:"See also "North East Scotland Scottish Parliament region

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

Constituency boundaries

The Aberdeen South 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 boundaries of the Westminster (House of Commons) constituency were subject to some alteration.

Council area

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

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Nicol Stephen
votes = 10,843
percentage = 36.3
change = -9.6 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Maureen Watt
votes = 8,111
percentage = 27.1
change = +12.8 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Rami Okasha
votes = 5,499
percentage = 18.4
change = -0.9 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
candidate = David Davidson
votes = 5,432
percentage = 18.2
change = +0.8Election box majority
votes = 2,731
percentage = 9.1
change = Election box turnout
votes = 29,885
percentage = 52.7
change = +1.0Election box hold with party link
winner = Scottish Liberal Democrats
swing = -11.2%

Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Nicol Stephen
votes = 13,821
percentage = 45.9
change = +13.3 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Richard Baker
votes = 5,805
percentage = 19.3
change = -8.2 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Conservative Party
candidate = Ian Duncan
votes = 5,230
percentage = 17.4
change = -2.8 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Maureen Watt
votes = 4,315
percentage = 14.3
change = -4.8 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Socialist Party
candidate = Keith Farnsworth
votes = 953
percentage = 3.2
change = N/A Election box majority
votes = 8,016
percentage = 26.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 30,124
percentage = 51.8
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Scottish Liberal Democrats
loser =
swing = +10.8

Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Nicol Stephen
votes = 11,300
percentage = 32.6
change = N/A Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Mike Elrick
votes = 9,540
percentage = 27.5
change = N/A Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Conservative Party
candidate = Nanette Milne
votes = 6,993
percentage = 20.2
change = N/A Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Irene McGugan
votes = 6,651
percentage = 19.2
change = N/AElection box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Workers Party (Britain)
candidate = Scott Sutherland
votes = 206
percentage = 0.6
change = N/A Election box majority
votes = 1,760
percentage = 6.1
change = Election box turnout
votes = 28,690
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Scottish Liberal Democrats
loser =
swing =

Members of the Scottish Youth Parliament

The Members of the Scottish Youth Parliament (MSYP) for Aberdeen South are Paul Robertson and Iain Corbett. They were elected in March 2007.

Politics and history of the constituency