Aberdeen Central (Gaelic: Obar Dheathain Meadhain) is a burgh constituency of the Scottish Parliament covering part of the Aberdeen City council area. Under the additional-member electoral system used for elections to the Scottish Parliament, it elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. It is also one of the ten constituencies in the North East Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional member system, in addition to ten constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 28.
The seat has been held by Kevin Stewart of the Scottish National Party since the 2011 Scottish Parliament election.
Electoral region
The other nine constituencies of the North East Scotland region are: Aberdeen Donside, Aberdeen Deeside and North Kincardine, Aberdeenshire East, Aberdeenshire West, Angus North and Mearns, Angus South, Banffshire and Buchan Coast, Dundee City East and Dundee City West. The region covers all of the Aberdeen City council area, the Aberdeenshire council area, the Angus council area, the Dundee City council area and part of the Moray council area.Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 143.
Constituency boundaries and council area
The Aberdeen Central constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, for the 1999 Scottish Parliament election, using the name and boundaries of the existing Aberdeen Central constituency of the UK Parliament. Ahead of the 2005 United Kingdom general election, the boundaries used for elections to the UK Parliament were altered, whilst initially being retained for elections to the Scottish Parliament. There is now no longer any link between the two sets of boundaries.
Following the first periodic review of Scottish Parliament boundaries ahead of the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, the Boundary Commission for Scotland created new seats for the Aberdeen City council area, which is now divided between three constituencies: Aberdeen Central, Aberdeen Donside and Aberdeen Deeside and North Kincardine. Central and Donside are entirely within the city area, while Deeside and North Kincardine also takes in North Kincardine in the Aberdeenshire council area.
In forming the Aberdeen Central ahead of the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, the following electoral wards of Aberdeen City Council were used to define the seat: In full: Tillydrone/Seaton/Old Aberdeen Midstocket/Rosemount George Street/Harbour In part: Hilton/Woodside/Stockethill (shared with Aberdeen Donside) Hazlehead/Ashley/Queens Cross (shared with Aberdeen Deeside and North Kincardine) Airyhall/Broomhill/Garthdee (shared with Aberdeen Deeside and North Kincardine) Torry/Ferryhill (shared with Aberdeen Deeside and North Kincardine)
At the second periodic review of Scottish Parliament boundaries in 2025 the seat boundaries were left unchanged,Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 108-111.Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 48-52. and the seat continues to be formed of the same wards as at the first periodic review.Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 140.
Member of the Scottish Parliament Election Member Party 1999 2003
2007 Lewis Macdonald Labour 2011 2016
2021 Kevin Stewart SNP 2026 Jack Middleton SNP
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1990s
See also Aberdeen City Youth Council
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