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Gordon
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| Wikipedia: Gordon (Scottish Parliament constituency) |
| Gordon Scottish Parliament county constituency |
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| Gordon shown within the North East Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland |
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| Created: | 1999 |
| MSP: | Alex Salmond |
| Party: | Scottish National Party |
| Council area: | Aberdeenshire (part) Moray (part) |
Gordon is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. It is one of nine constituencies in the North East Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
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Electoral region
The other eight constituencies of the North East Scotland region are Aberdeen Central, Aberdeen North, Aberdeen South, Angus, Banff and Buchan, Dundee East, Dundee West and West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
The electoral region covers the Aberdeenshire, Aberdeen City and Dundee City council areas; part of Angus; and small parts of Moray and Perth and Kinross.
Constituency boundaries
The Gordon constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of an existing Westminster constituency. In 2005, however, the boundaries of the Westminster (House of Commons) constituency were subject to some alteration.
Council areas
The Scottish Parliament constituency of Gordon covers a central portion of the Aberdeenshire council area and a small eastern portion of the Moray council area. The rest of the Aberdeeenshire area is covered by two other constituencies, both also in the North East Scotland electoral region: Banff and Buchan to the north of the Gordon constituency, and West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine to the south. The rest of the Moray area is covered by the Moray constituency, which is in the Highlands and Islands region.
Boundary Review
See Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions from 2011
Following their First Periodic review of constituencies to the Scottish Parliament, the Boundary Commission for Scotland has replaced Gordon with a newly drawn seat to be called Aberdeenshire East [1]
Member of the Scottish Parliament
The seat has been represented since the 2007 election by Alex Salmond, the First Minister. He previously represented Banff and Buchan from 1999 until resigning in 2001; he has also represented the Westminster seat of Banff and Buchan since 1987.
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1999 | Nora Radcliffe | Liberal Democrats | |
| 2003 | |||
| 2007 | Rt Hon Alex Salmond | Scottish National Party | |
Election results
| Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Gordon | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| SNP | Alex Salmond | 14,650 | 41.4 | +18.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Nora Radcliffe | 12,588 | 35.6 | -2.5 | |
| Conservative | Nanette Milne | 5,348 | 15.1 | -8.8 | |
| Labour | Neil Cardwell | 2,276 | 6.4 | -3.9 | |
| Independent | Donald Marr | 199 | 0.6 | N/A | |
| Independent | Dave Mathers | 185 | 0.5 | N/A | |
| Scottish Enterprise Party | Bob Ingram | 117 | 0.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | 2,062 | 5.8 | |||
| Turnout | 35,363 | 54.1 | +6.6 | ||
| SNP gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Scottish Parliament election, 2003: Gordon | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Nora Radcliffe | 10,963 | 38.1 | +1.4 | |
| Conservative | Nanette Milne | 6,892 | 24.0 | +4.4 | |
| SNP | Alasdair Allan | 6,501 | 22.6 | -1.7 | |
| Labour | Ellis Thorpe | 2,973 | 10.3 | -1.4 | |
| Scottish Socialist | John Sangster | 730 | 2.5 | +2.5 | |
| Independent | Steven Mathers | 689 | 2.4 | N/A | |
| Majority | 4071 | 14.1 | +1.7 | ||
| Turnout | 28748 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
References
- ^ [http://www.bcomm-scotland.gov.uk/1st_holyrood/rev_rec_const/constituencies/north_east_scotland/aberdeenshire _east.pdf Aberdeenshire East] BCS
| Scottish Parliament election, 1999: Gordon | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Nora Radcliffe | 12,353 | 36.7 | N/A | |
| SNP | Sandy Stronach | 8,158 | 24.3 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Alex Johnstone | 6,602 | 19.6 | N/A | |
| Labour | Gillian Carlin-Kulwicki | 3,950 | 11.7 | N/A | |
| Independent | Hamish Watt | 2,559 | 7.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 4,195 | 12.4 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 33,622 | ||||
| Preceded by Motherwell and Wishaw |
Constituency represented by the First Minister 2007 – present |
Succeeded by incumbent |
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