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| Aberdeen Central shown within the North East Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland |
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| Created: | 1999 |
| MSP: | Lewis Macdonald |
| Party: | Labour |
| Council area: | 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.
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Electoral 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 | Member | Party | |
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| 1999 | Lewis MacDonald | Labour | |
| 2003 | |||
| 2007 | |||
Election results
| Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Aberdeen Central | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Lewis Macdonald | 7,232 | 34.2 | +1.6 | |
| Scottish National Party | 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 | |||
| Turnout | 21,120 | 45.3 | +3.0 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Scottish Parliament election, 2003: Aberdeen Central | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Lewis Macdonald | 6,835 | 32.6 | -6.3 | |
| Scottish National Party | Richard Lochhead | 5,593 | 26.7 | -2 | |
| 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 | |||
| Turnout | 20,964 | 42.4 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Scottish Parliament election, 1999: Aberdeen Central | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Lewis Macdonald | 10,305 | 38.9 | N/A | |
| Scottish National Party | 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 | N/A | |
| Majority | 2,696 | 10.2 | |||
| Turnout | 26,495 | ||||
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