Aberdeen Donside

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Aberdeen Donside
Aberdeen Donside

North East Scotland

Educated
2011
MP
Mark McDonald ( SNP )

Mark McDonald

Regions
Aberdeen

Aberdeen Donside is a constituency for the Scottish Parliament . It was introduced in 2011 as one of ten constituencies in the electoral region of North East Scotland , which was redesigned and expanded to ten constituencies as part of the constituency revision in 2011. Here, the constituency of Aberdeen Donside was formed from areas of the former constituency of Aberdeen North . It includes the northern districts of Aberdeen . The constituency sends a representative.

The constituency extends over an area of ​​92.5 km 2 . In the 2011 census survey, a total of 78,497 people lived within its borders.

Election results

Parliamentary election 2011

Results of the 2011 general election
Political party candidate be right %
SNP Brian Adam 14,790 55.4
Labor Barney Crockett 7615 28.5
Conservative Ross Thomson 2166 8.1
Liberal Democrats Millie McLeod 1606 6.0
Non-party David Henderson 317 1.2
National Front Christopher Willett 213 0.8
Turnout: 26,761 (47.66%)

By-elections 2013

With the death of Brian Adam on April 25, 2013, by-elections were required in the Aberdeen Donside constituency.

Results of the 2013 by-elections
Political party candidate be right % ±
SNP Mark McDonald 9814 42.0 −13.4
Labor Willie Young 7789 33.3 +4.8
Liberal Democrats Christine Jardine 1940 8.2 +2.2
Conservative Ross Thomson 1791 7.7 −0.4
UKIP Otto Inglis 1128 4.8 +4.8
Green David Henderson 410 1.8 +1.8
National Front Dave MacDonald 249 1.1 +0.3
Christian Tom Morrow 222 0.9 +0.9
SDA James Trolland 35 0.1 +0.1

General election 2016

Results of the 2016 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
SNP Mark McDonald 17,339 56.0 +0.7
Conservative Liam Kerr 5,709 18.4 +10.3
Labor Greg Williams 5,672 18.3 −10.1
Liberal Democrats Isobel Davidson 2,261 7.3 +1.3
Turnout: (50.6%)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Map of the constituency
  2. ↑ 2011 census
  3. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  4. ↑ BBC: SNP's Mark McDonald wins Aberdeen Donside by-election , June 20, 2013
  5. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament