Aberdeen Central was a burgh constituency in the city of Aberdeen in Scotland which was represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 1997 general election and returned one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system until it was abolished for the 2005 general election.
| Aberdeen Central | |
|---|---|
| Former Burgh constituency for the House of Commons | |
 Boundary of Aberdeen Central in Scotland | |
| Subdivisions of Scotland | Aberdeenshire |
| Major settlements | Aberdeen |
| 1997–2005 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Aberdeen North Aberdeen South |
| Replaced by | Aberdeen North Aberdeen South |
History edit
Upon the boundary review in time for the 2005 election, the seat was abolished, with most of the seat joining Aberdeen North, except for Queen's Cross, Gilcomston and Langstane which joined Aberdeen South.
Boundaries edit
The City of Aberdeen District electoral divisions of Cairncry, Causewayend, Linksfield, Rosemount, Rubislaw, St Machar, St Nicholas, and Woodside.
As its name suggested, Aberdeen Central centred on the centre of Aberdeen, the boundaries generally being, but not precisely, the River Dee and River Don and the Anderson Drive ring-road.
Members of Parliament edit
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Frank Doran | Labour | |
| 2005 | Constituency abolished: see Aberdeen North and Aberdeen South | ||
Elections edit
Elections in the 1990s edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Frank Doran | 17,745 | 49.8 | +6.7 | |
| Conservative | Jill Wisely | 6,944 | 19.5 | −9.3 | |
| SNP | Brian Topping | 5,767 | 16.2 | −1.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Brown | 4,714 | 13.2 | +2.6 | |
| Referendum | James Farquharson | 446 | 1.3 | ||
| Majority | 10,801 | 30.3 | +16.0 | ||
| Turnout | 35,616 | 65.3 | |||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Elections in the 2000s edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Frank Doran | 12,025 | 45.5 | −4.3 | |
| SNP | Wayne Gordon Gault | 5,379 | 20.4 | +4.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Mrs. Eleanor Anderson | 4,547 | 17.2 | +4.0 | |
| Conservative | Stewart Norman Gunn Whyte | 3,761 | 14.2 | −5.3 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Andy Cumbers | 717 | 2.7 | New | |
| Majority | 6,646 | 25.1 | −5.2 | ||
| Turnout | 26,429 | 52.7 | −12.6 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | −4.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 43.1 | N/A | |||
| Conservative | 28.8 | N/A | |||
| SNP | 17.6 | N/A | |||
| Liberal Democrats | 10.6 | N/A | |||
| Majority | 14.3 | N/A | |||
References edit
- ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "British Parliamentary Election results 1997-: Scottish Counties". Archived from the original on 24 April 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 1)
- Kimber, Richard (2008). "Aberdeen Central". politicsresources.net. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2008.