| Aberdeen Donside | |
| Type: | burgh |
| Constituency Link: | Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions |
| Parl Name: | Scottish Parliament |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Previous: | Aberdeen Central, Aberdeen North |
| Party Label: | Party |
| Party: | SNP |
| Member Label: | MSP |
| Member: | Jackie Dunbar |
| Local Council Label: | Council area |
| Local Council: | Aberdeen City |
| Population: | 80,156 (2019)[1] |
Aberdeen Donside (Gaelic: Obar Dheathain Oir Dheathain) is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering part of the Aberdeen City council area. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) 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.
See also: North East Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region).
The other nine constituencies of the North East Scotland region are: Aberdeen Central, Aberdeen South 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, Aberdeenshire, Angus, the Dundee City council area and part of Moray.
Following their First Periodic review of parliamentary constituencies to the Scottish Parliament, the Boundary Commission for Scotland created three newly shaped 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.
Aberdeen Donside covers the northern part of the city council area, and comprises the following electoral wards:
| Election | Member | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Brian Adam | Scottish National Party | ||
| 2013 by-election | Mark McDonald | |||
| 2017[2] | ||||
| 2021 | Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | ||
The following is the notional result for the 2007 Scottish Parliament election, as calculated by the BBC.[3]
The area contains Aberdeen Airport (run by BAA),[4]
Prior to the 2011 election, the Liberal Democrat candidate (Cllr Gordon Leslie), stood down amid allegations related to prostitution.[5]