'Aberdeen North' 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.
Electoral region
:''See also ''
North East Scotland Scottish Parliament region
The other eight constituencies of the North East Scotland region are
Aberdeen Central,
Aberdeen South,
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 North 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 major alterations.
Council area
The Holyrood constituency is within the Aberdeen City council area, which is divided between three North East Scotland constituencies: Aberdeen North, Aberdeen Central and Aberdeen South.
All three are entirely within the city area.
Member of the Scottish Parliament
Election results
Politics and history of the constituency
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