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Aberdeen Central
Former burgh constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline mapBoundary of Aberdeen Central in Scotland
Subdivisions of ScotlandAberdeenshire
Major settlementsAberdeen
1997–2005
SeatsOne
Created fromAberdeen North
Aberdeen South
Replaced byAberdeen North
Aberdeen South

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.

History

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

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

Election Member Party
1997 Frank Doran Labour
2005 Constituency abolished: see Aberdeen North and Aberdeen South

Elections

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Aberdeen Central
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

General election 2001: Aberdeen Central
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
General election 1992: Aberdeen Central (Notional)
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

  1. "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  2. "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  3. "British Parliamentary Election results 1997-: Scottish Counties". Archived from the original on 24 April 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
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