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Aberdeen South (Scottish Parliament constituency)
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| Aberdeen South Scottish Parliament burgh constituency |
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| Aberdeen South shown within the North East Scotland electoral region |
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| Created: | 1999 |
| MSP: | Nicol Stephen |
| Party: | Liberal Democrats |
| Council area: | Aberdeen City (part) |
Aberdeen South is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) 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.
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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.
The Aberdeen Central 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.
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.
Liberal Democrat Nicol Stephen has been the MSP since the constituency was created, elected in 1999 and re-elected in 2003. He became, also, Deputy First Minister and Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning, in the Scottish Executive, in June 2005.
| Scottish parliamentary election, 2003: Aberdeen South | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Nicol Stephen | 13,821 | 45.9 | +13.3 | |
| Labour | Richard Baker | 5,805 | 19.3 | -8.2 | |
| Conservative | Ian Duncan | 5,230 | 17.4 | -2.8 | |
| Scottish National Party | Maureen Watt | 4,315 | 14.3 | -4.8 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Keith Farnsworth | 953 | 3.2 | +3.2 | |
| Majority | 8,016 | 26.6 | |||
| Turnout | 30,124 | 51.8 | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Scottish parliamentary election, 1999: Aberdeen South | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Nicol Stephen | 11,300 | 32.6 | N/A | |
| Labour | Mike Elrick | 9,540 | 27.5 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Nanette Milne | 6,993 | 20.2 | N/A | |
| Scottish National Party | Irene McGugan | 6,651 | 19.2 | N/A | |
| Socialist Workers | Scott Sutherland | 206 | 0.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,760 | 6.1 | |||
| Turnout | 28,690 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
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