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Aberdeen South (UK Parliament constituency)

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Aberdeen South in Scotland

Aberdeen South is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Contents

1 Boundaries

2 Member of Parliament

3 Election results

4 Politics and history of the constituency

5 See also

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Boundaries

The constituency covers the south of the City of Aberdeen council area, and is predominantly urban.

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Member of Parliament

Anne Begg, Labour (1997–present)
Raymond Robertson, Conservative (1992–1997)
Frank Doran, Labour (1987–1992)
Gerry Malone, Conservative (1983–1987)
Iain Sproat, Conservative (1970–1983)
Donald Dewar, Labour (1966–1970)
Lady Tweedsmuir, Conservative (1946–1966)
Douglas Thomson, Conservative (1935–1946)
Frederick Charles Thomson, Conservative (1918–1935)
John Fleming, Liberal (1917–1918)
George Birnie Esslemont, Liberal (1907–1917)
James Bryce, Liberal (1885–1907)

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Election results

General Election 2005: Aberdeen South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anne Begg	15,272	36.7	−1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Vicki Harris	13,924	33.5	+4.9
	Conservative	Stewart Whyte	7,134	17.1	−2.7
	SNP	Maureen Watt	4,120	9.9	−2.3
	Scottish Green	Rhonda Reekie	768	1.8	N/A
	SSP	Donald Munro	403	1.0	−0.4
Majority			1,348	3.2
Turnout			41,621	62.1	+2.4
	Labour hold		Swing	−3.1

General Election 2001: Aberdeen South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anne Begg	14,696	39.8	+4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Yuill	10,308	27.9	+0.3
	Conservative	Moray Macdonald	7,098	19.2	−7.1
	SNP	Ian Angus	4,293	11.6	+1.9
	SSP	David Watt	495	1.3	N/A
Majority			4,388	11.9
Turnout			36,890	62.5	−10.3
	Labour hold		Swing