Aberdeen South (UK Parliament Constituency)
Coordinates: 57°05′42″N 2°07′59″W / 57.095°N 2.133°W / 57.095; -2.133
| Aberdeen South | |
|---|---|
| Burgh constituency | |
| for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Aberdeen South in Scotland for the 2005 general election. |
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| Subdivisions of Scotland | City of Aberdeen |
| Electorate | 69,332 |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1885 (1885) |
| Member of Parliament | Anne Begg (Labour) |
| Number of members | One |
| Overlaps | |
| Scottish Parliament | North East Scotland |
| European Parliament constituency | Scotland |
Aberdeen South 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. The current MP is Anne Begg of the Labour Party, first elected in 1997.
The constituency was first used in the 1885 general election, but has undergone boundary changes since then. There is also an Aberdeen South Holyrood constituency, a constituency of the Scottish Parliament, created in 1999 with the boundaries of the Westminster constituency at that time.
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