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Aberdeen South is a constituency represented in the Scottish Parliament. A constituency is any cohesive corporate unit or body bound by shared structures, goals or loyalty. ... The Scottish Parliament (PÃ rlamaid na h-Alba in Gaelic, Scots Pairlament in Scots) is the national unicameral legislature of Scotland. ...
Prior to the United Kingdom general election of 2005 the constituency had the same boundaries as Aberdeen South (UK Parliament constituency). The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005 and won by the Labour Party, led by Tony Blair. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... Aberdeen South is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...
Member of the Scottish Parliament
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MSP for Aberdeen South: Nicol Stephen
Scottish Liberal Democrat Member of the Scottish Parliament since 1999 and returned in 2003. Since June 2005, Nicol Stephen is also the Deputy First Minister and the Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning in the Scottish Executive, the devolved Scottish government. The Scottish Parliament (PÃ rlamaid na h-Alba in Gaelic, Scots Pairlament in Scots) is the national unicameral legislature of Scotland. ... The term Scottish Executive is used in two distinct but closely related senses. ...
Orkney is also a former county, and a Lieutenancy area, and the Orkney constituency of the ScottishParliament.
The Orkney Islands are represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom as part of the Orkney and Shetland constituency, which elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
In the ScottishParliament the Orkney Islands are themselves the Orkney constituency, which elects one Member of the ScottishParliament (MSP) by the first past the post system.
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The agreement was finally signed on 10 April 1998, and on 26 November 1998 Blair became the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to address the Republic of Ireland's parliament.
In an address to the European Parliament, Blair stated: "I believe in Europe as a political project.
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