Aberdeen Central (Scottish Parliament constituency)

This article is about Aberdeen Central (Scottish Parliament constituency). For other uses of Aberdeen Central, see Aberdeen Central (disambiguation). For other uses of Aberdeen, see Aberdeen (disambiguation).

Aberdeen Central
Burgh constituency
for the Scottish Parliament
Aberdeen Central shown within the North East Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Population83,675 (2019)[1]
Current constituency
Created1999
PartyScottish National Party
MSPKevin Stewart
Council areaAberdeen City

Aberdeen Central (Gaelic: Obar Dheathain Meadhain) is a burgh constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering part of the Aberdeen City council area. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. It is one of the ten constituencies in the North East Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to ten constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

The seat has been held by Kevin Stewart of the Scottish National Party since the 2011 Scottish Parliament election.

  1. ^ Scottish Parliamentary Constituency (SPC) Population Estimates (2011 Data Zone based), National Records of Scotland; retrieved 6 May 2021 (accompanying summary notes)