Aberdeen South Voters Pick New MP on June 18 After Stephen Flynn Won MSP Seat
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Updated · BBC.com · Jun 10
Aberdeen South Voters Pick New MP on June 18 After Stephen Flynn Won MSP Seat
2 articles · Updated · BBC.com · Jun 10
Summary
June 18 will bring an Aberdeen South by-election after SNP MP Stephen Flynn vacated the Westminster seat when he became an MSP last month.
Seven candidates are contesting a seat shaped by the offshore economy, with Port of Aberdeen leaders urging the next MP to press for a more robust UK-wide energy strategy.
£420 million has been invested in Aberdeen's South Harbour, but port bosses said oil and gas activity fell 15% to 20% last year while offshore wind work remains years from scale.
Torry residents are also pushing issues beyond energy, including upheaval after homes were found to contain potentially dangerous RAAC and opposition to further industrialisation around St Fittick's Park.
The contest is one of three UK by-elections on the same day, but it highlights a wider north-east debate over North Sea jobs, windfall taxes and how a just transition should work on the ground.