Gordon (Scottish Parliament constituency)

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Gordon
Scottish Parliament county constituency
Gordon shown within the
North East Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
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. The current MSP is Alex Salmond who is the First Minister of Scotland

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[edit] Electoral region

See also North East Scotland Scottish Parliament 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election Member Party
1999 Nora Radcliffe Liberal Democrats
2003
2007 Alex Salmond Scottish National Party

[edit] Election results

Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Gordon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Scottish National Party 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 +0.6
Independent Dave Mathers 185 0.5 +0.5
Enterprise Bob Ingram 117 0.3 +0.3
Majority 2,062 5.8
Turnout 35,363 54.1 +6.6
Scottish National Party gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Scottish Parliament election, 2003: Gordon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Nora Radcliffe 10,963 38.1 +1.4
Conservative Nanette Milne 6,892 24.0 -0.3
Scottish National Party 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
Scottish Parliament election, 1999: Gordon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Nora Radcliffe 12,353 36.7 N/A
Scottish National Party 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

[edit] Members of Scottish Youth Parliament

The members of the Scottish Youth Parliament for this constituency are Millie Fawcett and Conor Mckay who were elected in June 2006.

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