Aberdeen North (UK Parliament constituency)

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Aberdeen North is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Boundaries

From 1885 the constituency consisted of the municipal wards of St Clement, St Andrew, St Machar and Greyfriars, and the 10th and 11th Parliamentary Polling Districts.

New boundaries were used for the 2005 general election. Prior to that election the constituency covered a northern portion of the Aberdeen City council area, with the rest of the city council area being covered by Aberdeen Central and Aberdeen South. As a result of the 2005 boundary changes the constituency now covers a central portion of the city council area, with Gordon to the north and an altered Aberdeen South. As well as a northern portion of the city council area, the Gordon constituency covers a central portion of the Aberdeenshire council area. Aberdeen Central was divided between the new Aberdeen North and Aberdeen South constituencies: most of it was merged into Aberdeen North.

In 1997, 20,000 or so voters had been transferred to the Aberdeen North constituency from the Gordon constituency. In 2005 the Bridge of Don, Dyce and Danestone areas were transferred back into Gordon.

History

Aberdeen North constituency was formed by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, when the Aberdeen constituency was split in two. Since then, the city has always been given at least two seats, varyingly with or without elements from Aberdeenshire.

Currently, there are two constituencies for the city, and three for the historic Aberdeenshire county.

Members of Parliament

Year		Member	Party
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1885	William Alexander Hunter	Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1896	Duncan Vernon Pirie	Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1918	Frank Herbert Rose	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1928	William Wedgwood Benn	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1931	John George Burnett	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1935	George Morgan Garro-Jones	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1945	Hector Samuel James Hughes	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1970	Robert Hughes	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1997	Malcolm Savidge	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	2005	Frank Doran	Labour

Election results

General Election 2005: Aberdeen North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Doran	15,557	42.5	−0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Delaney	8,762	23.9	+7.5
	SNP	Kevin Stewart	8,168	22.3	−6.4
	Conservative	David Anderson	3,456	9.4	−0.6
	Scottish Socialist	John Connon	691	1.9	+0.4
Majority			6,795	18.5
Turnout			36,634	55.7	−0.7
	Labour hold		Swing	−9.3

General Election 2001: Aberdeen North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Malcolm Savidge	13,157	43.3	−4.5
	SNP	Alasdair Allan	8,708	28.7	+6.9
	Liberal Democrats	Jim Donaldson	4,991	16.4	+2.3
	Conservative	Richard Cowling	3,047	10.0	−5.0
	Scottish Socialist	Shona Foreman	454	1.5	N/A
Majority			4,449	14.6
Turnout			30,357	57.4	−13.3
	Labour hold		Swing

By-election 1896: Aberdeen North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Duncan Vernon Pirie	2,909
	Socialist / Labour	Tom Mann	2,479

Footnotes

See also

• List of UK Parliamentary constituencies in Scotland