Moray (UK Parliament constituency)

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Moray County constituency

Moray shown within Scotland
Created:	1983
MP:	Angus Robertson
Party:	Scottish National Party
Type:	House of Commons
Council areas:	Moray
EP constituency:	Scotland

Moray is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

1 Boundaries
2 History
3 Member of Parliament
4 Election results
5 Sources
6 See also

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency covers the whole of the Moray council area. Between 1997 and 2005, it covered a slightly smaller area. A similar constituency, also called Moray, is used by the Scottish Parliament.

[edit] History

It was created for the 1983 general election from parts of the former Moray and Nairn and Banffshire constituencies.

[edit] Member of Parliament

Year	Member	Party
1983	Alexander Pollock	Conservative
1987	Margaret Ewing	Scottish National Party
2001	Angus Robertson	Scottish National Party

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Moray
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Scottish National Party	Angus Robertson	14,196	36.6	+7.2
	Conservative	Jamie Halcro-Johnston	8,520	22.0	−0.9
	Labour	Kevin Hutchens	7,919	20.4	−3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Gorn	7,460	19.2	+1.2
	Scottish Socialist	Norma Anderson	698	1.8	−0.6
Majority			5,676	14.6
Turnout			38,793	58.4	+1.2
	Scottish National Party hold		Swing	+4.1

General Election 2001: Moray
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Scottish National Party	Angus Robertson	10,076	30.3	−11.2
	Labour	Catriona Munro	8,332	25.1	+5.2
	Conservative	Frank Spencer-Nairn	7,677	23.1	−4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Gorn	5,224	15.7	+6.8
	Scottish Socialist	Norma Anderson	821	2.5	N/A
	Independent (politician)	Bill Jappy	802	2.4	N/A
	UK Independence	Nigel Kenyon	291	0.9	N/A
Majority			1,744	5.2
Turnout			33,223	57.4	−10.8
	Scottish National Party hold		Swing

General Election 1997: Moray
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Scottish National Party	Margaret Ewing	16,529	41.6
	Conservative	Andrew Findlay	10,963	27.6
	Labour	Lewis Macdonald	7,886	19.8
	Liberal Democrats	Debra Storr	3,548	8.90
	Referendum Party	Paddy Mieklejohn	840	2.1
Majority			5,566	14.0
Turnout			39,766	68.2	-4.5
	Scottish National Party hold		Swing	3.50% Con to SNP

General Election 1992: Moray
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Scottish National Party	Margaret Ewing	20,299	44.3
	Conservative	Roma Hossack	17,455	38.1
	Labour	Conal Smith	5,448	11.9
	Liberal Democrats	Brinsley Sheridan	2,634	5.7
Majority			2,844	6.2
Turnout			45,836	73.2
	Scottish National Party hold		Swing

General Election 1987: Moray
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Scottish National Party	Margaret Ewing	19,510	43.2
	Conservative	Alexander Pollock	15,825	35.0
	Labour	Conal Smith	5,118	11.3
	Liberal	D G M Skene	4,724	10.5
Majority			3,685	8.2
Turnout			45,177	72.6
	Scottish National Party gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1983: Moray
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alexander Pollock	16,944	39.2
	Scottish National Party	Hamish Watt	15,231	35.2
	Liberal	M R Burnett	7,901	18.3
	Labour	J Kiddie	3,139	7.3
Majority			1,713	4.0
Turnout			43,215	71.1

[edit] Sources

Election result, 2005 (BBC)
Election results, 1997 - 2001 (BBC)
Election results, 1997 - 2001 (Election Demon)
Election results, 1983 - 1992 (Election Demon)
Election results, 1992 - 2005 (Guardian)

[edit] See also

List of UK Parliamentary constituencies in Scotland

UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland
Labour	Aberdeen North \| Aberdeen South \| Airdrie and Shotts \| Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock \| Central Ayrshire \| Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill \| Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East \| Dumfries and Galloway \| Dundee West \| East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow \| East Lothian \| East Renfrewshire \| Edinburgh East \| Edinburgh North and Leith \| Edinburgh South \| Edinburgh South West \| Falkirk \| Glasgow Central \| Glasgow East \| Glasgow North \| Glasgow North West \| Glasgow South \| Glasgow South West \| Glenrothes \| Inverclyde \| Kilmarnock and Loudoun \| Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath \| Lanark and Hamilton East \| Linlithgow and East Falkirk \| Livingston \| Midlothian \| Motherwell and Wishaw \| North Ayrshire and Arran \| Ochil and South Perthshire \| Paisley and Renfrewshire North \| Paisley and Renfrewshire South \| Rutherglen and Hamilton West \| Stirling \| West Dunbartonshire
Liberal Democrat	Argyll and Bute \| Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk \| Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross \| Dunfermline and West Fife \| East Dunbartonshire \| Edinburgh West \| Gordon \| Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey \| North East Fife \| Orkney and Shetland \| Ross, Skye and Lochaber \| West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
SNP	Angus \| Banff and Buchan \| Dundee East \| Moray \| Na h-Eileanan an Iar \| Perth and North Perthshire
Conservative and Unionist	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
Speaker	Glasgow North East
Scotland European constituency: Labour (2) \| SNP (2) \| Conservative and Unionist (1) \| Liberal Democrats (1)