Aberdeen South is a
constituencyIn the United Kingdom , each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly....
of the
Scottish ParliamentThe Scottish Parliament is the devolved national, unicameral legislature of Scotland, located in the Holyrood area of the capital, Edinburgh. The Parliament, informally referred to as "Holyrood" , is a democratically elected body comprising 129 members known as Members of the Scottish Parliament...
(
HolyroodThe Scottish Parliament Building is the home of the Scottish Parliament at Holyrood, within the UNESCO World Heritage Site in central Edinburgh. Construction of the building commenced in June 1999 and the Members of the Scottish Parliament held their first debate in the new building on Tuesday,...
). It elects one
Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP)Member of the Scottish Parliament is the title given to any one of the 129 individuals elected to serve in the Scottish Parliament.-Methods of Election:MSPs are elected in one of two ways:...
by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of nine constituencies in the North East Scotland
electoral regionScottish Parliament constituencies and regions were first used in 1999, in the first general election of the Scottish Parliament , created by the Scotland Act 1998....
, which elects seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of
proportional representationProportional representation , sometimes referred to as full representation, is a category of electoral formula aimed at securing a close match between the percentage of votes that groups of candidates obtain in elections and the percentage of seats they receive...
for the region as a whole.
- See also North East Scotland Scottish Parliament region
The other eight constituencies of the North East Scotland region are
Aberdeen CentralAberdeen Central is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament . It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament by the first past the post method of election and is one of nine constituencies in the North East Scotland electoral region...
,
Aberdeen NorthAberdeen North is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament . It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament by the first past the post method of election...
,
AngusAngus is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament . It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament by the first past the post method of election...
,
Banff and BuchanBanff and Buchan is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament . It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament by the first past the post method of election...
,
Dundee EastDundee East is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament . It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament by the first past the post method of election...
,
Dundee WestDundee West is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament . It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament by the first past the post method of election...
,
GordonGordon is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament by the first past the post method of election...
and
West Aberdeenshire and KincardineWest Aberdeenshire and Kincardine is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament . It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament by the first past the post method of election...
The region covers the
Aberdeenshire council areaAberdeenshire is one of the 32 unitary council areas in Scotland and a lieutenancy area.The present day Aberdeenshire council area does not include the City of Aberdeen, now a separate council area, from which its name derives...
, the Aberdeen City council area, the Dundee City council area, part of the
Angus council areaAngus is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland, and a lieutenancy area. The council area borders onto Aberdeenshire, Perth and Kinross and Dundee City...
, a small part of the
Moray council areaMoray is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. It lies in the north-east of the country, with coastline on the Moray Firth, and borders the council areas of Aberdeenshire and Highland....
and a small part of the
Perth and Kinross council areaPerth and Kinross is one of 32 unitary council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Dundee City, Fife, Clackmannanshire, Stirling, Argyll and Bute and Highland council areas. Perth is the administrative centre...
.
The Aberdeen South constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in
1999The Scottish Parliament election, 1999 was the first general election of the Scottish Parliament, with voting taking place on 6 May 1999. Following the election, the Labour Party and the Scottish Liberal Democrats formed the Scottish Executive, with Labour Member of the Scottish Parliament Donald...
, with the name and boundaries of an existing
Westminster constituencyAberdeen South is a burgh constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and it elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election...
.
Aberdeen South is a
constituencyIn the United Kingdom , each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly....
of the
Scottish ParliamentThe Scottish Parliament is the devolved national, unicameral legislature of Scotland, located in the Holyrood area of the capital, Edinburgh. The Parliament, informally referred to as "Holyrood" , is a democratically elected body comprising 129 members known as Members of the Scottish Parliament...
(
HolyroodThe Scottish Parliament Building is the home of the Scottish Parliament at Holyrood, within the UNESCO World Heritage Site in central Edinburgh. Construction of the building commenced in June 1999 and the Members of the Scottish Parliament held their first debate in the new building on Tuesday,...
). It elects one
Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP)Member of the Scottish Parliament is the title given to any one of the 129 individuals elected to serve in the Scottish Parliament.-Methods of Election:MSPs are elected in one of two ways:...
by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of nine constituencies in the North East Scotland
electoral regionScottish Parliament constituencies and regions were first used in 1999, in the first general election of the Scottish Parliament , created by the Scotland Act 1998....
, which elects seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of
proportional representationProportional representation , sometimes referred to as full representation, is a category of electoral formula aimed at securing a close match between the percentage of votes that groups of candidates obtain in elections and the percentage of seats they receive...
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 CentralAberdeen Central is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament . It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament by the first past the post method of election and is one of nine constituencies in the North East Scotland electoral region...
,
Aberdeen NorthAberdeen North is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament . It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament by the first past the post method of election...
,
AngusAngus is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament . It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament by the first past the post method of election...
,
Banff and BuchanBanff and Buchan is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament . It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament by the first past the post method of election...
,
Dundee EastDundee East is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament . It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament by the first past the post method of election...
,
Dundee WestDundee West is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament . It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament by the first past the post method of election...
,
GordonGordon is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament by the first past the post method of election...
and
West Aberdeenshire and KincardineWest Aberdeenshire and Kincardine is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament . It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament by the first past the post method of election...
The region covers the
Aberdeenshire council areaAberdeenshire is one of the 32 unitary council areas in Scotland and a lieutenancy area.The present day Aberdeenshire council area does not include the City of Aberdeen, now a separate council area, from which its name derives...
, the Aberdeen City council area, the Dundee City council area, part of the
Angus council areaAngus is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland, and a lieutenancy area. The council area borders onto Aberdeenshire, Perth and Kinross and Dundee City...
, a small part of the
Moray council areaMoray is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. It lies in the north-east of the country, with coastline on the Moray Firth, and borders the council areas of Aberdeenshire and Highland....
and a small part of the
Perth and Kinross council areaPerth and Kinross is one of 32 unitary council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Dundee City, Fife, Clackmannanshire, Stirling, Argyll and Bute and Highland council areas. Perth is the administrative centre...
.
Constituency boundaries
The Aberdeen South constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in
1999The Scottish Parliament election, 1999 was the first general election of the Scottish Parliament, with voting taking place on 6 May 1999. Following the election, the Labour Party and the Scottish Liberal Democrats formed the Scottish Executive, with Labour Member of the Scottish Parliament Donald...
, with the name and boundaries of an existing
Westminster constituencyAberdeen South is a burgh constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and it elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election...
. In
2005The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005 to elect members to the House of Commons.The Labour Party under Tony Blair won its third consecutive victory, but with a reduced overall majority of 66 and they failed to gain any new seats...
, 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
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1999The Scottish Parliament election, 1999 was the first general election of the Scottish Parliament, with voting taking place on 6 May 1999. Following the election, the Labour Party and the Scottish Liberal Democrats formed the Scottish Executive, with Labour Member of the Scottish Parliament Donald...
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Nicol Stephen Nicol Ross Stephen is the Member of the Scottish Parliament for Aberdeen South, and was leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats from 2005 to 2008. He is a former Deputy First Minister of Scotland and Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning.He became an MSP in the first elections to the...
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Liberal DemocratThe Scottish Liberal Democrats are one of the three state parties within the federal structure of the Liberal Democrats; the others being the English and the Welsh parties...
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2003The Scottish Parliament election, 2003, was the second general election of the Scottish Parliament. It was held on 1 May 2003 and it brought no change in terms of control of the Scottish Executive...
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2007The 2007 Scottish Parliament election was held on Thursday 3 May 2007 to elect members to the Scottish Parliament. It was the third general election to the devolved Scottish Parliament since it was created in 1999...
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Election results