Gordon (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Gordon County constituency |
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| Gordon shown within Scotland | |
| Created: | 1983 |
| MP: | Malcolm Bruce |
| Party: | Liberal Democrats |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Council areas: | Aberdeenshire/City of Aberdeen |
| EP constituency: | Scotland |
Gordon is a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster), which elects one member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It was first used in the 1983 general election, but has undergone boundary changes since that date.
There is also a Gordon Holyrood constituency, a constituency of the Scottish Parliament[1], created in 1999 with the boundaries of the Westminster constituency at that time.
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[edit] Boundaries
| Council areas grouped by the Fifth Review |
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| Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire |
New boundaries were used for the 2005 general election. Prior to that election the constituency covered a central portion of the Aberdeenshire council area and a small eastern portion of the Moray council area. As a result of the 2005 boundary changes, in accordance with the Fifth Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland,[2] the Gordon constituency is now one of five covering the Aberdeenshire council area and the Aberdeen City council area.
The Gordon constituency now covers a central portion of the Aberdeenshire area and a northern portion of the Aberdeen City area. Entirely within the Aberdeenshire area, there is also Banff and Buchan, to the north of Gordon, and West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, to the south. Entirely within the Aberdeen City area, there is also Aberdeen North, to the south of Gordon, and Aberdeen South, further south.
The towns of Ellon, Inverurie and Huntly remain within the constituency.
Keith (within the Moray council area) was transferred to the Moray constituency, Turriff was transferred to the Banff and Buchan constituency, and Westhill and Kemnay were transferred to the West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine constituency.
The Bridge of Don and Dyce areas (within the City of Aberdeen council area) were transferred to the Gordon constituency from the Aberdeen North constituency.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- Malcolm Bruce, Liberal Democrat (1983–present)
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: Gordon | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Malcolm Bruce | 20,008 | 45.0 | +6.2 | |
| Labour | Iain Brotchie | 8,982 | 20.2 | −1.3 | |
| Conservative | Philip Atkinson | 7,842 | 17.6 | −1.4 | |
| Scottish National Party | Joanna Strathdee | 7,098 | 16.0 | −3.3 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Tommy Paterson | 508 | 1.1 | −0.4 | |
| Majority | 11,026 | 24.8 | |||
| Turnout | 44,438 | 61.8 | +5.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | +3.8 | |||
Before the 2005 general election, Scotland went through major boundary changes.
| General Election 2001: Gordon | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Malcolm Bruce | 17,928 | 48.5 | +5.9 | |
| Conservative | Nanette Milne | 8,049 | 21.8 | −4.2 | |
| Scottish National Party | Rhona Kemp | 5,760 | 15.6 | −4.4 | |
| Labour | Ellis Thorpe | 4,730 | 12.8 | +2.5 | |
| Scottish Socialist | John Sangster | 534 | 1.4 | N/A | |
| Majority | 7,879 | 22.5 | |||
| Turnout | 35,001 | 58.3 | −13.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1997: Gordon | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Malcolm Bruce | 17,999 | 42.6 | +5.1 | |
| Conservative | John Porter | 11,002 | 26.0 | −11.0 | |
| Scottish National Party | Richard Lochhead | 8,435 | 20.0 | −5.7 | |
| Labour | Lindsey Kirkhill | 4,350 | 10.3 | −1.0 | |
| Referendum Party | Fred Pidcock | 459 | 1.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 6,997 | 16.6 | +16.1 | ||
| Turnout | 42,245 | 71.9 | −2 | ||
| Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ The boundaries of Holyrood constituencies remain as when the constituencies were created in 1999
Holyrood referes to the fact that the Scottish Parliament Building is in the Holyrood area of Edinburgh
See also Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions - ^ Boundary Commission for Scotland website.
