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Moray is a constituency
United Kingdom constituencies

In the United Kingdom , each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly....
 of the Scottish Parliament
Scottish Parliament

The Scottish Parliament is the Devolution national, Unicameralism legislature of Scotland, located in the Holyrood, Edinburgh area of the capital Edinburgh....
 (Holyrood
Scottish Parliament Building

The Scottish Parliament Building is the home of the Scotland Scottish Parliament at Holyrood, Edinburgh, within the World Heritage Site in central Edinburgh....
). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP)
Member of the Scottish Parliament

Member of the Scottish Parliament is the title given to any one of the 129 individuals elected to serve in the Scottish Parliament....
 by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of eight constituencies in the Highlands and Islands electoral region
Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions

Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions were first used in 1999, in the 1999 Scottish Parliament election of the Scottish Parliament , created by the Scotland Act 1998....
, which elects seven additional members, in addition to eight constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation
Proportional representation

Proportional representation , sometimes referred to as full representation, is a category of voting systems aimed at a close match between the percentage of votes that groups of candidates obtain in elections and the percentage of seats they receive ....
 for the region as a whole.

See also Highlands and Islands Scottish Parliament region


The other seven constituencies of the Highlands and Islands electoral region are Argyll and Bute
Argyll and Bute (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Argyll and Bute is a United Kingdom constituencies of the Scottish Parliament . It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament by the first past the post method of election....
, Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross is a United Kingdom constituencies of the Scottish Parliament . It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament by the first past the post method of election....
, Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber
Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber is a United Kingdom constituencies of the Scottish Parliament . It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament by the first past the post method of election....
, Orkney
Orkney (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Orkney is a united Kingdom constituencies of the Scottish Parliament . It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament by the first past the post method of election....
, Ross, Skye and Inverness West
Ross, Skye and Inverness West (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Ross, Skye and Inverness West is a United Kingdom constituencies of the Scottish Parliament . It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament by the first past the post method of election....
, Shetland
Shetland (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Shetland is a United Kingdom constituencies of the Scottish Parliament . It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament by the first past the post method of election....
 and the Western Isles
Western Isles (Scottish Parliament constituency)

The Western Isles is a United Kingdom constituencies of the Scottish Parliament . It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament by the first past the post method of election....
.

The region covers most of Argyll and Bute council area
Argyll and Bute

Argyll and Bute is both one of 32 Council areas of Scotland; and a Lieutenancy areas of Scotland in Scotland. The administrative centre for the council area is located in Lochgilphead....
, all of the Highland council area
Highland (council area)

The Highland Council areas of Scotland area is a local government area in the Scottish Highlands and the largest local government area in both Scotland and the United Kingdom as a whole....
, most of the Moray council area
Moray

Moray is one of the 32 Council areas of Scotland of Scotland. It lies in the north-east of the country, with coastline on the Moray Firth, and borders the council areas of Aberdeenshire and Highland ....
, all of the Orkney council area, all of the Shetland council area and all of Na h-Eileanan Siar.

Moray constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999
Scottish Parliament election, 1999

The Scottish Parliament election, 1999 was the first general election of the Scottish Parliament, with voting taking place on 6 May 1999. Following the election, the Scottish Labour Party and the Scottish Liberal Democrats formed the Scottish Executive, with Labour Member of the Scottish Parliament Donald Dewar becoming First Minister....
, with the name and boundaries of an existing Westminster constituency
Moray (UK Parliament constituency)

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






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Moray is a constituency
United Kingdom constituencies

In the United Kingdom , each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly....
 of the Scottish Parliament
Scottish Parliament

The Scottish Parliament is the Devolution national, Unicameralism legislature of Scotland, located in the Holyrood, Edinburgh area of the capital Edinburgh....
 (Holyrood
Scottish Parliament Building

The Scottish Parliament Building is the home of the Scotland Scottish Parliament at Holyrood, Edinburgh, within the World Heritage Site in central Edinburgh....
). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP)
Member of the Scottish Parliament

Member of the Scottish Parliament is the title given to any one of the 129 individuals elected to serve in the Scottish Parliament....
 by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of eight constituencies in the Highlands and Islands electoral region
Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions

Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions were first used in 1999, in the 1999 Scottish Parliament election of the Scottish Parliament , created by the Scotland Act 1998....
, which elects seven additional members, in addition to eight constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation
Proportional representation

Proportional representation , sometimes referred to as full representation, is a category of voting systems aimed at a close match between the percentage of votes that groups of candidates obtain in elections and the percentage of seats they receive ....
 for the region as a whole.

Electoral region

See also Highlands and Islands Scottish Parliament region


The other seven constituencies of the Highlands and Islands electoral region are Argyll and Bute
Argyll and Bute (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Argyll and Bute is a United Kingdom constituencies of the Scottish Parliament . It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament by the first past the post method of election....
, Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross is a United Kingdom constituencies of the Scottish Parliament . It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament by the first past the post method of election....
, Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber
Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber is a United Kingdom constituencies of the Scottish Parliament . It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament by the first past the post method of election....
, Orkney
Orkney (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Orkney is a united Kingdom constituencies of the Scottish Parliament . It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament by the first past the post method of election....
, Ross, Skye and Inverness West
Ross, Skye and Inverness West (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Ross, Skye and Inverness West is a United Kingdom constituencies of the Scottish Parliament . It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament by the first past the post method of election....
, Shetland
Shetland (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Shetland is a United Kingdom constituencies of the Scottish Parliament . It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament by the first past the post method of election....
 and the Western Isles
Western Isles (Scottish Parliament constituency)

The Western Isles is a United Kingdom constituencies of the Scottish Parliament . It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament by the first past the post method of election....
.

The region covers most of Argyll and Bute council area
Argyll and Bute

Argyll and Bute is both one of 32 Council areas of Scotland; and a Lieutenancy areas of Scotland in Scotland. The administrative centre for the council area is located in Lochgilphead....
, all of the Highland council area
Highland (council area)

The Highland Council areas of Scotland area is a local government area in the Scottish Highlands and the largest local government area in both Scotland and the United Kingdom as a whole....
, most of the Moray council area
Moray

Moray is one of the 32 Council areas of Scotland of Scotland. It lies in the north-east of the country, with coastline on the Moray Firth, and borders the council areas of Aberdeenshire and Highland ....
, all of the Orkney council area, all of the Shetland council area and all of Na h-Eileanan Siar.

Constituency boundaries

The Moray constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999
Scottish Parliament election, 1999

The Scottish Parliament election, 1999 was the first general election of the Scottish Parliament, with voting taking place on 6 May 1999. Following the election, the Scottish Labour Party and the Scottish Liberal Democrats formed the Scottish Executive, with Labour Member of the Scottish Parliament Donald Dewar becoming First Minister....
, with the name and boundaries of an existing Westminster constituency
Moray (UK Parliament constituency)

Moray is a constituency of the British House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....
. In 2005
United Kingdom general election, 2005

The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005 to elect members to the British House of Commons. The Labour Party under Tony Blair won its third consecutive victory, with a reduced Majority government of 66....
, however, the Westminster (House of Commons) constituency was enlarged slightly..

The Moray constituency is bordered by the constituencies of:

  • Banff and Buchan
    Banff and Buchan (Scottish Parliament constituency)

    Banff and Buchan is a United Kingdom constituencies of the Scottish Parliament . It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament by the first past the post method of election....
  • Gordon
    Gordon (Scottish Parliament constituency)

    Gordon is a United Kingdom constituencies of the Scottish Parliament. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament by the first past the post method of election....
  • West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
    West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine (Scottish Parliament constituency)

    West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine is a United Kingdom constituencies of the Scottish Parliament . It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament by the first past the post method of election....
  • Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber
    Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber (Scottish Parliament constituency)

    Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber is a United Kingdom constituencies of the Scottish Parliament . It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament by the first past the post method of election....


Council area


The Holyrood constituency covers most of the Moray council area
Moray

Moray is one of the 32 Council areas of Scotland of Scotland. It lies in the north-east of the country, with coastline on the Moray Firth, and borders the council areas of Aberdeenshire and Highland ....
. The rest of the council area is covered by the Gordon
Gordon (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Gordon is a United Kingdom constituencies of the Scottish Parliament. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament by the first past the post method of election....
 constituency, which is in the North East Scotland electoral region. The Moray Westminster constituency has covered the whole of the council area since 2005.

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election Member Party
  1999
Scottish Parliament election, 1999

The Scottish Parliament election, 1999 was the first general election of the Scottish Parliament, with voting taking place on 6 May 1999. Following the election, the Scottish Labour Party and the Scottish Liberal Democrats formed the Scottish Executive, with Labour Member of the Scottish Parliament Donald Dewar becoming First Minister....
Margaret Ewing
Margaret Ewing

Margaret Bain Ewing was a Scottish National Party Member of the Scottish Parliament.She was born as Margaret Anne McAdam, she attended the University of Glasgow and the University of Strathclyde, and was a teacher before being elected as Member of Parliament for Dunbartonshire at the United Kingdom general election, 1974 , by just...
Scottish National Party
Scottish National Party

The Scottish National Party is a centre-left List of Scottish political parties which campaigns for Scottish independence. In the last few decades, the SNP has normally polled the second highest number of votes for a Scottish political parties in Scotland....
  2003
Scottish Parliament election, 2003

The Scottish Parliament election, 2003, was the second general election of the Scottish Parliament. It was held on 1 May 2003 and it brought no change in terms of control of the Scottish Executive....
  2006
Moray by-election, 2006

A List of Scottish parliamentary by-elections in the Moray of the Scottish Parliament was held on 27 April, 2006 following the death of the Scottish National Party Member of the Scottish Parliament Margaret Ewing on 21 March, 2006, from breast cancer....
Richard Lochhead
Richard Lochhead

Richard Neilson Lochhead is a Scottish National Party politician, Scottish Executive and Member of the Scottish Parliament of the Scottish Parliament for Moray ....
  2007
Scottish Parliament election, 2007

The 2007 Scottish Parliament election was held on Thursday 3 May 2007 to elect members to the Scottish Parliament. It was the third general election to the devolved Scottish Parliament since it was created in 1999....


Election results






See also