Aberdeen South is a constituency of the Scottish
Parliament
(Holyrood
). It elects one
Member of the Scottish
Parliament by the
first past the
post method of election. Also, however, it is one of nine
constituencies in the
North East
Scotland electoral
region, which elects seven
additional
members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a
form of
proportional
representation 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
Central,
Aberdeen
North,
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
, a small part of the Moray council area
and a small part of the Perth and Kinross council
area.
Constituency boundaries
The
Aberdeen South 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 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.
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, to be formed in time for the next
elections in 2011, are
Aberdeen Central,
Aberdeen Donside, and
Aberdeen South and
North Kincardine.
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Election results
Politics and history of the constituency
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