Aberdeen Donside


Aberdeen Donside is a burgh constituency of the Scottish Parliament covering part of the Aberdeen City council area. Under the additional-member electoral system used for elections to the Scottish Parliament, it elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament by the first past the post method of election. It is one of ten constituencies in the North East Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to the ten constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
The seat has been held by Jackie Dunbar of the Scottish National Party since the 2021 Scottish Parliament election.

Electoral region

The other nine constituencies of the North East Scotland region are: Aberdeen Central, Aberdeen Deeside and North Kincardine, Aberdeenshire East, Aberdeenshire West, Angus North and Mearns, Angus South, Banffshire and Buchan Coast, Dundee City East and Dundee City West. The region covers all of the Aberdeen City council area, the Aberdeenshire council area, the Angus council area, the Dundee City council area and part of the Moray council area.

Constituency boundaries and council area

Following the first periodic review of Scottish Parliament boundaries, the Boundary Commission for Scotland created three new seats for the Aberdeen City council area. The council area is now divided between three constituencies: Aberdeen Central, Aberdeen Donside and Aberdeen South and North Kincardine. Central and Donside are entirely within the Aberdeen City council area, while South and North Kincardine also takes in North Kincardine in the Aberdeenshire council area. For the 2026 Scottish Parliament election Aberdeen South and North Kincardine will be renamed as Aberdeen Deeside and North Kincardine, whilst retaining its current boundaries; the change of name was implemented at the second periodic review of Scottish Parliament boundaries to maintain consistency with the naming of the Aberdeen Donside seat.
Aberdeen Donside covers the northern part of the city council area, and comprises the following wards of Aberdeen City Council:
  • In full:
  • *Dyce/Bucksburn/Danestone
  • *Bridge of Don
  • *Kingswells/Sheddocksley/Summerhill
  • *Northfield/Mastrick North
  • In part:
  • *Hilton/Woodside/Stockethill
At the second periodic review of Scottish Parliament boundaries in 2025 the seat boundaries were left unchanged, and the seat continues to be formed of the same wards as at the first periodic review.

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election results

2020s

2026

2021

2010s

2000s

The following is the notional result for the 2007 Scottish Parliament election, as calculated by the BBC.

Politics and history of the constituency

The area contains Aberdeen Airport,
Prior to the 2011 election, the Liberal Democrat candidate, stood down amid allegations related to prostitution.