UK Explained

Aberdeen North

Represented in Parliament by Kirsty Blackman (Scottish National Party). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

Your MP at a glance

Kirsty Blackman, Scottish National Party. Open their full page →

These describe the record. They do not say why an MP voted or claimed as they did.

How Aberdeen North compares

Every dot is one of the 631 areas that have figures. The large red dot is this area; green dots are areas like it.

TYPICAL FULL-TIME PAY, A WEEK

This area is 349 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £740£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 502 areas and lower than 146.

UK 3.9%This area 4.6%0.0%12.0%

Areas like this one

The three areas with the closest pay and claimant rate. This says nothing about politics or geography.

AreaWeekly payClaimants
Aberdeen North£7404.6%
Southampton Test£7404.6%
Knowsley£7304.7%
Wakefield and Rothwell£7294.7%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

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Who lives here

Census figures for Scotland and Northern Ireland are published separately and are not on UK Explained yet.

WINNER, 2024
Kirsty Blackman

Scottish National Party

MAJORITY
1,760

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
55%

of people who could vote did

Kirsty Blackman won with 35% of the votes, and Lynn Thomson (Labour) came second with 30%.

Votes for each party

Scottish National Party35% · 14,533
Labour30% · 12,773
Conservative14% · 5,881
Reform UK9% · 3,781
Liberal Democrat6% · 2,583
Scottish Green Party3% · 1,275
Everyone else3% · 1,269
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Kirsty BlackmanScottish National Party14,53334.5%
Lynn ThomsonLabour12,77330.3%
Gillian TebberenConservative5,88114.0%
Kenneth LeggatReform UK3,7819.0%
Desmond BouseLiberal Democrat2,5836.1%
Esme HoustonScottish Green Party1,2753.0%
Charlie AbelAlba Party7031.7%
Dawn SmithScottish Family Party3520.8%
Lucas GrantTrade Unionist and Socialist Coalition2140.5%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£740 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
4.6%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

Updated 4 Oct 2026