Election 97

Aberdeen North


Result 97 gain
from Labour
Current MP 97 Robert Hughes (Deselected)
Majority 0 ( 0.0%)
Conservative 97 5,763 (15.0%)
Labour 97 18,389 (47.9%)
LibDem 97 5,421 (14.1%)
Nationalist 97 8,379 (21.8%)
Other 97 463 ( 1.2%)
Elected party 97
Electorate 97 54,302
Turnout 97 38,415 (70.7%)



1992 MP Robert Hughes (Deselected)
Old constituency name Aberdeen North
Majority 92 4,237 (11.3%)
Conservative 92 7,002 (18.6%)
Labour 92 13,189 (35.1%)
LibDem 92 8,952 (23.8%)
Nationalist 92 8,443 (22.5%)
Other 92 0 ( 0.0%)
Elected party 92 Labour
Electorate 92 53,944
Turnout 92 37,586 (69.7%)
Aberdeen North



Tory change -3.6%
Labour change +12.8%
Lib Dem change -9.7%
Nationalist change -0.7%
Other change +1.2%
Electorate change +0.7%
Turnout Change +1.1%
Robert Waller wrote

Aberdeen North is a new constituency is made up from part of the former seat of the same name but also taking in some 20,000 voters from the Gordon constituency, held by the Liberal Democrats in 1992. These voters come from areas of recent private housing estates, stimulated by the 1970s local North Sea oil boom, which were particularly strong for the Liberal Democrats. However, the former Aberdeen North seat was held by Labour against a challenge from the Scottish Nationalists. All in all something of an electoral melting pot. Probably a Labour seat with Liberal Democrats in second place, but it should be noted that the SNP vote can also move unpredictably in parts of Scotland and a three-way split is not impossible.


Super Profiles

338 1.23 9.03 14
207 0.75 11.17 7
2,469 8.97 11.25 80
7,628 27.70 14.70 188
637 2.31 10.45 22
255 0.93 2.81 33
1,803 6.55 8.01 82
5,539 20.11 15.25 132
4,511 16.38 7.13 230
4,152 15.08 10.17 148