text: Dame Anne Begg , DBE ( born 6 December 1955 ) is a British Labor Party politician , who has been the Member of Parliament ( MP ) for Aberdeen South since 1997 .
simplified: Dame Anne Begg , DBE ( born December 6 , 1955 ) is a Scottish politician and the Member of Parliament for the Aberdeen South constituency in the United Kingdom . She was elected in the 1997 general election .