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Aberdeen North
Burgh constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Aberdeen North in Scotland
Current constituency
Created	1885
Member of Parliament	Frank Doran (Labour)

Aberdeen North is a burgh constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and it elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It was first used in the 1985 general election, but has undergone various boundary changes since that date.

There is also an Aberdeen North Holyrood constituency, a constituency of the Scottish Parliament, created in 1999 with the boundaries of the Westminster constituency of at that time.

Boundaries

Council areas grouped by the Fifth Review

Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire

Current

As redifined by the Fifth Review of the Boundary Commission for Scotland, and subsequently first used in the 2005 general election, Aberdeen North is entirely within the Aberdeen City council area and one of five constituencies covering that council area and the Aberdeenshire council area. To the south of Aberdeen North there is Aberdeen South, which is also entirely within the Aberdeen City area. To the east there is West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, which is entirely within the Aberdeenshire area, and to the north there is Gordon, which covers part of the Aberdeen City area and part of the Aberdeenshire area. Further north there is Banff and Buchan which, like West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, is entirely within the Aberdeenshire area.

Fifth Review changes include the transfer of Bridge of Don, Dyce and Danestone areas from Aberdeen North to Gordon, and the new Aberdeen North has boundaries which are very different from those of the earlier constituency. The northern boundary of the earlier constituency coincided with the northern boundary of the Aberdeen City area. At that time, Aberdeen Central and Aberdeen South covered the rest of the Aberdeen City area, and all three Aberdeen constituencies were entirely within the council area.

Historic

1885 to 1918

From 1832 to 1885 there was a single Aberdeen constituency. Prior to 1832, the burgh of Aberdeen had been represented as a component of the Aberdeen Burghs constituency.

When Aberdeen North was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 and first used in the 1885 gnereal election, so was Aberdeen South. Aberdeen North then consisted of the municipal wards of St Clement, St Andrew, St Machar and Greyfriars, and the 10th and 11th Parliamentary Polling Districts. The rest of the county of Aberdeen was covered by the county constituencies of Eastern Aberdeenshire and Western Aberdeenshire.

The same boundaries were used in the 1886 general election, the 1892 general election, the 1895 general election, the 1900 general election, the 1906 general election, the January 1910 general election and the December 1910 general election.

1918 to 1950

In 1918 constituency boundaries were redefined by the Representation of the People Act 1918. By then the City of Aberdeen had been created and, together with Aberdeen North, Aberdeen South became one of two constituencies covering the city (which was one of four counties of cities in Scotland) and entirely within the city. The new boudaries were first used in the 1918 general election, and Aberdeen North then consisted of the wards of Greyfriars, St Andrew, St Clement, St Machar, Torry and Woodside. The county of Aberdeen was covered by Aberdeen and Kincardine East, Central Aberdeenshire and Kincardine and West Aberdeenshire. Aberdeen and Kincardine East and Central Aberdeenshire were entirely within the county of Aberdeen. Kincardine and West Aberdeenshire covered the county of Kincardine minus the burgh of Inverbervie, which was covered by Montrose Burghs, and part of the county of Aberdeen.

The same boundaries were used in the 1922 general elecion, the 1923 general election, the 1924 general election, the 1929 general election, the 1931 general election, the 1935 general election and the 1945 general election.

1950 to 1955

For the 1950 general election boudaries were redefined again, by the House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1949. A new list of wards defined Aberdeen North - Glimonston, Greyfriars, St Clement, St Machar, St Nicholas and Woodside - but the City of Aberdeen remained a two-constituency city, divided between Aberdeen South and Aberdeen North, with both constituencies entirely within the city.

The county of Aberdeen was now again divided between East Aberdeenshire and West Aberdeenshire, with both of these constituencies entirely within the county.

The same boundaries were used for the 1951 general election.

1955 to 1983

By the time of the 1955 general election, a boundary review had taken account of a small enlargement of the city area, and Aberdeen North was defined as consisting of the wards of Cairncry, St Andrews, St Clement's, St Machar, St Nicholas and Woodside. The same boundaries were used for the 1959 general election, the 1964 general election, the 1966 general election and the 1970 general election.

For the February 1974 general election there was, again, no change to the boundaries of Aberdeen North, but a review had defined the constituency in terms of a new list of wards. The new wards were Mastrick, Northfield, St Clement's, St Machar, St Nicholas, and Woodside. February 1974 boundaries were used also for the October 1974 general election.

In 1975, throughout Scotland, under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, counties were abolished, and the City of Aberdeen was enlarged to included areas formerly within the county of Aberdeen and the county of Kincardine. Also, the city became a district within the Grampian region. The enlarged city included areas covered by the constituencies of West Aberdeenshire and North Angus and Mearns. North Angus and Mearns had been created in 1950 to cover the county of Kincardine and part of the county of Angus.

The 1979 general election was held before a review of constituency boundaries took account of new local government boundaries.

1983 to 1997

The 1983 general election, the 1987 general election and the 1992 general election took place during this period.

In 1996, under the Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994, local government regions and districts were abolished and the city became one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland. Also, the name of the city became, officially, Aberdeen City.

1997 to 2005

As redefined for the 1997 general election Aberdeen North was one of three constituencies covering and entirely within the Aberdeen City area, the other two being Aberdeen South and Aberdeen Central. Aberdeen South shared boundaries with both of the other two constituencies.

The same boundaries were used for the 2001 general election.

Members of Parliament

Year		Member	Party
	1885	William Alexander Hunter	Liberal
	1896	Duncan Vernon Pirie	Liberal
	1918	Frank Herbert Rose	Labour
	1928	William Wedgwood Benn	Labour
	1931	John George Burnett	Conservative
	1935	George Morgan Garro-Jones	Labour
	1945	Hector Samuel James Hughes	Labour
	1970	Robert Hughes	Labour
	1997	Malcolm Savidge	Labour
	2005	Frank Doran	Labour

Election results

Elections in the 2000s

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

Elections in the 1990's

General Election 1997: Aberdeen North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Malcolm Savidge	18,839	47.9
	SNP	Brian Adam	8,379	21.8
	Conservative	James Gifford	5,763	15.0
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Rumbles	5,421	14.1
	Referendum Party	Alasdair McKenzie	463	1.2
Majority			10,010
Turnout			38,865

General Election 1992: Aberdeen North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Hughes	18,845
	SNP	J. McGugan	9,608
	Conservative	P. Cook	6,836
	Liberal Democrats	Dr M. Ford	4,772
Majority			9,237
Turnout				66.52

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935: Aberdeen North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Garro-Jones	16,952
	Conservative	John George Burnett	13,990
	Ind. Labour Party	A. F. Macintosh	3,871

General Election 1931: Aberdeen North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John George Burnett	22,931
	Labour	Capt Rt Hon William Wedgwood Benn DSO DFC	8,853
	Communist	Mrs H. Crawford	3,980

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1906: Aberdeen North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Capt Duncan Vernon Pirie	4,848
	Labour	Thomas Kennedy	1,934
	Conservative	A. M. Barrie	931

Elections in the 1890s

By-election 1896: Aberdeen North

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

General election 1892: Aberdeen North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dr William Alexander Hunter	4,462
	Conservative	Bremner Patrick Lee	870

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1886: William Hunter returned unopposed.

General election 1885: Aberdeen North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dr William Alexander Hunter	4,794
	Conservative	Benjamin Scott Foster McGeagh	894
	Liberal	Wallace Thom	177