Aberdeen North (UK Parliament constituency)

Aberdeen North
Burgh constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of Aberdeen North in Scotland for the 2005 general election
Subdivisions of ScotlandAberdeen City
Electorate75,925
Current constituency
Created1885
Member of ParliamentKirsty Blackman (Scottish National Party)
SeatsOne
Created fromAberdeen
Overlaps
Scottish ParliamentNorth East Scotland

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 1885 general election, but has undergone various boundary changes since that date. The seat has been held by Kirsty Blackman of the Scottish National Party since 2015.

At the 2019 general election, the constituency had the largest SNP vote share and relative majority, effectively making it the safest SNP seat, although this majority was heavily reduced at the subsequent 2024 election.[1][2]

There was also an Aberdeen North constituency of the Scottish Parliament, created in 1999 with the boundaries of the Westminster seat of that time. This constituency was abolished in 2011, its area thereafter being covered by the new constituencies of Aberdeen Donside and Aberdeen Central. (See also Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions.)

  1. ^ "General Election 2019: results and analysis" (PDF). House of Commons Library. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 January 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  2. ^ The Times Guide to the House of Commons 2019. Glasgow: Times Books. 2020. p. 52. ISBN 978-0-00-839258-1.

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