Scotland · Current constituency · S14000061
Aberdeen South
Every general election in Aberdeen South since 1918. Latest: Stephen Flynn, Scottish National Party, majority 3,758.
2024 general election
SNP hold Turnout 59.9% of 77,328 electors. Full result →
East Renfrewshire: Lab Na h-Eileanan an Iar: Lab Midlothian: Lab North Ayrshire and Arran: Lab Orkney and Shetland: LD Aberdeen North: SNP Aberdeen South: SNP Aberdeenshire North and Moray East: SNP Airdrie and Shotts: Lab Alloa and Grangemouth: Lab Angus and Perthshire Glens: SNP Arbroath and Broughty Ferry: SNP Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber: SNP Bathgate and Linlithgow: Lab Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross: LD Coatbridge and Bellshill: Lab Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy: Lab Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch: Lab Dumfries and Galloway: Con Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale: Con Dundee Central: SNP Dunfermline and Dollar: Lab East Kilbride and Strathaven: Lab Edinburgh East and Musselburgh: Lab Edinburgh North and Leith: Lab Edinburgh South: Lab Edinburgh South West: Lab Edinburgh West: LD Falkirk: Lab Glasgow East: Lab Glasgow North: Lab Glasgow North East: Lab Glasgow South: Lab Glasgow South West: Lab Glasgow West: Lab Glenrothes and Mid Fife: Lab Gordon and Buchan: Con Hamilton and Clyde Valley: Lab Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West: Lab Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire: LD Livingston: Lab Lothian East: Lab Mid Dunbartonshire: LD Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey: SNP Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke: Lab North East Fife: LD Paisley and Renfrewshire North: Lab Paisley and Renfrewshire South: Lab Perth and Kinross-shire: SNP Rutherglen: Lab Stirling and Strathallan: Lab West Dunbartonshire: Lab Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock: Lab Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk: Con Central Ayrshire: Lab Kilmarnock and Loudoun: Lab West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine: Con Outlined: Aberdeen South. Neighbouring seats coloured by their 2024 winner. Winning party, 29 general elections
MPs since 2010
Notional 2019 result on today’s boundaries: Scottish National Party, majority 10.9%.
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 1918 1924 1935 1951 1964 F1974 1983 1997 2010 2019 2024 Conservative, 1918: 62.4% Conservative, 1922: 58.0% Conservative, 1923: 47.3% Conservative, 1924: 60.1% Conservative, 1929: 60.8% Conservative, 1931: 83.7% Conservative, 1935: 68.1% Conservative, 1945: 46.7% Conservative, 1950: 53.7% Conservative, 1951: 58.8% Conservative, 1955: 57.7% Conservative, 1959: 53.8% Conservative, 1964: 51.7% Conservative, 1966: 42.5% Conservative, 1970: 45.4% Conservative, February 1974: 39.6% Conservative, October 1974: 35.5% Conservative, 1979: 40.7% Conservative, 1983: 38.9% Conservative, 1987: 34.8% Conservative, 1992: 38.5% Conservative, 1997: 26.4% Conservative, 2001: 19.2% Conservative, 2005: 17.1% Conservative, 2010: 20.7% Conservative, 2015: 22.8% Conservative, 2017: 42.1% Conservative, 2019: 35.9% Conservative, 2024: 24.4% Labour, 1923: 29.0% Labour, 1924: 39.9% Labour, 1929: 39.2% Labour, 1931: 16.3% Labour, 1935: 31.9% Labour, 1945: 42.3% Labour, 1950: 35.5% Labour, 1951: 41.3% Labour, 1955: 42.3% Labour, 1959: 36.6% Labour, 1964: 43.9% Labour, 1966: 46.1% Labour, 1970: 43.3% Labour, February 1974: 33.2% Labour, October 1974: 34.8% Labour, 1979: 39.2% Labour, 1983: 29.9% Labour, 1987: 37.7% Labour, 1992: 34.8% Labour, 1997: 35.3% Labour, 2001: 39.8% Labour, 2005: 36.7% Labour, 2010: 36.5% Labour, 2015: 26.8% Labour, 2017: 20.6% Labour, 2019: 8.4% Labour, 2024: 24.7% Scottish National Party, 1964: 4.4% Scottish National Party, 1970: 5.3% Scottish National Party, February 1974: 13.7% Scottish National Party, October 1974: 20.1% Scottish National Party, 1979: 8.5% Scottish National Party, 1983: 5.0% Scottish National Party, 1987: 6.6% Scottish National Party, 1992: 15.2% Scottish National Party, 1997: 9.8% Scottish National Party, 2001: 11.6% Scottish National Party, 2005: 9.9% Scottish National Party, 2010: 11.9% Scottish National Party, 2015: 41.7% Scottish National Party, 2017: 31.5% Scottish National Party, 2019: 44.7% Scottish National Party, 2024: 32.8% Liberal, 1918: 20.8% Liberal, 1922: 42.0% Liberal, 1923: 23.7% Liberal, 1945: 11.0% Liberal, 1950: 10.8% Liberal, 1959: 9.6% Liberal, 1966: 11.5% Liberal, 1970: 6.0% Liberal, February 1974: 13.5% Liberal, October 1974: 9.6% Liberal, 1979: 11.5% Liberal Democrats, 1992: 11.6% Liberal Democrats, 1997: 27.6% Liberal Democrats, 2001: 27.9% Liberal Democrats, 2005: 33.5% Liberal Democrats, 2010: 28.4% Liberal Democrats, 2015: 4.6% Liberal Democrats, 2017: 5.9% Liberal Democrats, 2019: 11.0% Liberal Democrats, 2024: 6.3% SDP–Liberal Alliance, 1983: 26.2% SDP–Liberal Alliance, 1987: 20.9% Independent, 1918: 16.8% Independent, 2015: 0.3% Independent, 2024: 0.5% Vote share in Aberdeen South at each general election Boundary changes in 2024 Where the voters of today’s Aberdeen South lived under the old (2010–2019) boundaries:
Where the voters of the old Aberdeen South (2010–2019 boundaries) live now:
Shares of population, from the House of Commons Library’s boundary analysis in the UK Parliament election results data.
Election Winner Runner-up Majority % Turnout Result
2024 Stephen Flynn Lab 3,758 8.1 59.9% SNP hold 2019 Stephen Flynn Con 3,990 8.7 69.4% SNP gain from Con 2017 Ross Thomson SNP 4,752 10.7 68.5% Con gain from SNP 2015 Callum McCaig Lab 7,230 14.9 71.3% SNP gain from Lab 2010 Anne Begg LD 3,506 8.2 67.2% Lab hold 2005 LD 1,348 3.2 63.1% 2001 LD 4,388 11.9 62.5% Lab hold 1997 LD 3,365 7.6 72.8% 1992 Lab 1,517 3.7 69.8% Con gain from Lab 1987 Con 1,198 2.8 67.1% Lab gain from Con 1983 Lab 3,581 9.1 68.1% 1979 Lab 772 1.5 78.6% Con hold October 1974 Lab 365 0.7 76.3% Con hold February 1974 Lab 3,558 6.4 82.2% 1970 Lab 1,089 2.1 77.2% Con gain from Lab 1966 Con 1,799 3.6 81.3% Lab gain from Con 1964 Lab 3,898 7.8 81.0% Con hold 1959 Lab 8,122 17.1 81.6% Con hold 1955 Lab 7,190 15.5 81.1% 1951 Lab 8,622 17.5 82.7% Con hold 1950 Lab 8,826 18.1 84.9% 1945 Lab 1,816 4.4 71.9% 1935 Lab 13,453 36.3 65.9% Con hold 1931 Lab 27,361 67.4 75.8% Con hold 1929 Lab 7,680 21.7 67.2% Con hold 1924 Lab 5,393 20.1 68.8% Con hold 1923 Lab 4,347 18.3 60.7% Con hold 1922 Lib 3,635 16.0 57.5% Con hold 1918 Lib 7,090 41.6 43.9%
Constituency boundaries were redrawn several times (most recently in 1983, 1997, 2005 (Scotland), 2010 and 2024), so the area behind the name changed over time. Before 2010 results are by party; candidate names start in 2010.
Questions and answers Who is the MP for Aberdeen South? Stephen Flynn (Scottish National Party) won Aberdeen South at the 2024 general election with a majority of 3,758.
Which parties have won Aberdeen South? At the 29 general elections held under this name since 1918: Conservative 20, Labour 6, Scottish National Party 3.
Which region is Aberdeen South in? Aberdeen South is in Scotland.
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