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Moray (UK Parliament constituency)



 
 
Moray is a constituency
Constituency

A constituency is any cohesive body of people bound by shared identity, goals, or loyalty. Constituency can be used to describe a business's customer base and shareholders, or a charity's donors or those it serves....
 of the House of Commons
British House of Commons

The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the British monarchy and the House of Lords ....
 of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom

The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislature in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories....
. It elects one Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament

A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative of the voters to a parliament. In many countries the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a unique title, such as senate, and thus also have unique titles for its members, such as senators....
 (MP) by the first past the post system of election.








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Moray is a constituency
Constituency

A constituency is any cohesive body of people bound by shared identity, goals, or loyalty. Constituency can be used to describe a business's customer base and shareholders, or a charity's donors or those it serves....
 of the House of Commons
British House of Commons

The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the British monarchy and the House of Lords ....
 of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom

The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislature in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories....
. It elects one Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament

A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative of the voters to a parliament. In many countries the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a unique title, such as senate, and thus also have unique titles for its members, such as senators....
 (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Boundaries

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

Moray 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....
, is used for elections to 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....
.

The Moray constituency is bordered by the constituencies of:

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

    Banff and Buchan is a county constituency of the United Kingdom House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom , which elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....
  • Gordon
    Gordon (UK Parliament constituency)

    Gordon is a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom , which elects one member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....
  • West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
    West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine (UK Parliament constituency)

    West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine is a county constituency of the United Kingdom House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom , which elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....
  • Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
    Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey (UK Parliament constituency)

    Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey is a United Kingdom constituencies of the 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....


History

It was created for the 1983 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1983

The 1983 UK general election was held on 9 June 1983. It gave the Conservative Party under Margaret Thatcher the most decisive election victory since United Kingdom general election, 1945....
 from parts of the former Moray and Nairn
Moray and Nairn (UK Parliament constituency)

Moray and Nairn was a county constituency of the British House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 to 1983.It was formed by the amalgamation of the county constituency Elginshire and Nairnshire with the parliamentary burghs of Elgin, Moray, previously part of Elgin Burghs , and Nairn and Forres, previously part of...
 and Banffshire
Banffshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Banffshire was a United Kingdom constituencies of the British House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1708 to 1983. It covered the county of Banffshire, Scotland, but until 1918 the county town of Banff, Scotland and the burgh of Cullen were represented as part of Elgin Burghs ....
 constituencies.

Member of Parliament

YearMemberParty
 1983
United Kingdom general election, 1983

The 1983 UK general election was held on 9 June 1983. It gave the Conservative Party under Margaret Thatcher the most decisive election victory since United Kingdom general election, 1945....
 
Albert McQuarrie
Albert McQuarrie

Sir Albert McQuarrie is a former United Kingdom Conservative Party politician.McQuarrie was educated at Greenock High School and the Royal College of Science and Technology, Glasgow....
 
Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
 1987
United Kingdom general election, 1987

The United Kingdom general election of 1987 was held on 11 June 1987 and was the third consecutive victory for the Conservative Party under the leadership of Margaret Thatcher....
 
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....
 2001
United Kingdom general election, 2001

The UK general election, 2001 was held on 7 June 2001 and was dubbed "the quiet landslide" by the media. There was little change at all - outside Northern Ireland - with 620 out of 641 seats remaining unchanged....
 
Angus Robertson
Angus Robertson

Angus Robertson is a Scottish National Party politician. In 2001, he was first elected as Member of Parliament for Moray in the north of Scotland....
 
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....


Election results



Sources

  • (BBC)
  • (BBC)
  • (Election Demon)
  • (Election Demon)
  • (Guardian)


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