Aberdeen South (Scottish Parliament constituency)
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| Aberdeen South | |
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| Former burgh constituency for the Scottish Parliament | |
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.svg) Aberdeen South shown within the North East Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland | |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1999 |
| Abolished | 2011 |
| Council area | Aberdeen City (part) |
| Replaced by | Aberdeen Central, Aberdeen South & North Kincardine |
Aberdeen South was a constituency of the Scottish Parliament covering part of the council area of Aberdeen. It elected one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. Under the additional-member electoral system used for elections to the Scottish Parliament it was one of nine constituencies in the North East Scotland electoral region, which elected seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
For the 2011 Scottish Parliament election Aberdeen South was replaced by the Aberdeen South and North Kincardine constituency, which also covered part of the council area of Aberdeenshire.
Between 1999 and 2011 the other eight constituencies of the North East Scotland region were: Aberdeen Central, Aberdeen North, Angus, Banff and Buchan, Dundee East, Dundee West, Gordon and West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine. The region covered 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 South constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, for the 1999 Scottish Parliament election, with the name and boundaries of the existing Aberdeen South constituency of the UK House of Commons. It lay within the Aberdeen City council area, which was divided between three North East Scotland constituencies: Aberdeen South, Aberdeen Central and Aberdeen North. All three were entirely within the city area.
Ahead of the 2005 United Kingdom general election the boundaries of the House of Commons constituencies in Scotland were altered, and there is no longer any direct link between UK and Scottish Parliament constituencies. Following the First periodic review of Scottish Parliament boundaries ahead of the 2011 Scottish Parliament election Aberdeen South was abolished. Following this review the Aberdeen City council area was divided between three seats: Aberdeen Central, Aberdeen Donside, and Aberdeen South and North Kincardine.