Constituency Profile
Constituency: |
Aberdeen North |
| Current MP : | Frank Doran |
| Current Party : |  |
| Majority 2005(%) : | 18.55 |
Winnability |
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| Swing req for LD gain | 9.2742% |
| LD winability* | 13 |
| Swing req for SNP gain | 10.0849% |
| SNP winability* | 4 |
| Swing req for CON gain | 16.5161% |
| CON winability* | 29 |
| * This is the rank of each seat according to marginality by party | |
Aberdeen North Candidate Profiles
 |  Frank Doran Frank Doran was born in Edinburgh and left school at the age of 16. He went on to attend night classes before studying law at Dundee University. Upon his graduation Frank trained and qualified as a solicitor, mainly in legal aid and specialising in Child and Mental Health law. In 1987 Frank was elected as MP for Aberdeen South and was made Shadow Minister for Oil and Gas by then party leader Neil Kinnock. In his role in the Shadow Energy department Mr Dobson worked closely with Tony Blair who headed up the team at that time. Frank lost his seat in 1992 but didn’t stray far from politics, returning to parliament to work as a researcher for Joan Ruddock MP. Frank was re-elected to parliament in 1997 for Aberdeen Central. In 2005 the three Aberdeen constituencies were merged into two and he was elected for Aberdeen North. He is currently Chair of the Administration Committee in the House of Commons.
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