Aberdeen North (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Aberdeen North
Former burgh constituency for the Scottish Parliament
Aberdeen North shown within the North East Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Former constituency
Created	1999
Abolished	2011
Council area	Aberdeen City (part)
Replaced by	Aberdeen Donside

Aberdeen North was a constituency of the Scottish Parliament from 1999 to 2011. It elected one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. Also, it was one of nine constituencies in the North East Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to nine (now ten) constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

Electoral region

See also North East Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)#1999–2011

Between 1999 and 2011, the North East Scotland electoral region consisted of Aberdeen Central, Aberdeen North, Aberdeen South, Angus, Banff and Buchan, Dundee East, Dundee West, Gordon, and West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine.

The region covered 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 North 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 major alterations.

Boundary review

See Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions from 2011

Following their First Periodic review of parliamentary constituencies to the Scottish Parliament, the Boundary Commission for Scotland has created three newly shaped seats for the Aberdeen City council area. These seats, first contested at the 2011 election, are Aberdeen Central, Aberdeen Donside, and Aberdeen South and North Kincardine. Aberdeen North will be succeeded by Aberdeen Donside.

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1999	Elaine Thomson	Scottish Labour Party
	2003	Brian Adam	Scottish National Party
	2011	constituency abolished: replaced by Aberdeen Donside

Election results

2007 Scottish Parliament election: Aberdeen North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Brian Adam	11,406	45.8	+12.3
	Labour	Elaine Thomson	7,657	30.8	−0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Delaney	3,836	15.4	−7.6
	Conservative	Carol Garvie	1,992	8.0	−1.2
Majority			3,749	15.0	+13.2
Turnout			24,891	48.3	+1.0
	SNP hold		Swing

2003 Scottish Parliament election: Aberdeen North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Brian Adam	8,381	33.5	−2.2
	Labour	Elaine Thomson	7,924	31.7	−5.5
	Liberal Democrats	John Reynolds	5,767	23.0	+5.9
	Conservative	Jim Gifford	2,311	9.2	−0.8
	Scottish Socialist	Katrine Trolle	644	2.6	New
Majority			457	1.8	N/A
Turnout			25027	47.3
	SNP gain from Labour		Swing	+1.7

1999 Scottish Parliament election: Aberdeen North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elaine Thomson	10,340	37.2	N/A
	SNP	Brian Adam	9,942	35.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	James Donaldson	4,767	17.1	N/A
	Conservative	Iain Haughie	2,772	10.0	N/A
Majority			398	1.5	N/A
Turnout			27,821		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

See also

• Scottish Parliament (Constituencies) Act 2004
• Aberdeen City Youth Council