Aberdeen North (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Aberdeen North was a constituency of the Scottish Parliament from 1999 to 2011. Under the additional-member electoral system used for elections to the Scottish Parliament, it elected one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. It was also one of nine constituencies in the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region, which elected seven additional members, in addition to the nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

See also North East Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)#1999–2011

Between 1999 and 2011, the North East Scotland electoral region consisted of Aberdeen Central, Aberdeen North, Aberdeen South, 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.

The Aberdeen North constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the existing Aberdeen North (UK Parliament constituency). Ahead of the 2005 United Kingdom general election the boundaries of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom constituency were subject to major alterations.

See Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions from 2011

Following the first periodic review of Scottish Parliament boundaries in 2011,^[1] the Boundary Commission for Scotland created three new seats for the Aberdeen City council area. These seats, first contested at the 2011 election, were Aberdeen Central, Aberdeen Donside, and Aberdeen South and North Kincardine. Aberdeen North was largely succeeded by Aberdeen Donside.

• Scottish Parliament (Constituencies) Act 2004
• Aberdeen City Youth Council