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 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 .
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.
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.
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Scottish Labour Party
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Neil Cardwell
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2,276
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64
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-39
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Independent (politician)
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Donald Marr
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199
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06
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+06
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Independent (politician)
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Dave Mathers
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185
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05
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+05
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Enterprise
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Bob Ingram
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117
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03
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+03
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Scottish National Party
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Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Scottish Labour Party
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Ellis Thorpe
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2,973
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103
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-14
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Scottish Socialist Party
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John Sangster
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730
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25
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+25
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Independent (politician)
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Steven Mathers
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689
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24
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N/A
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Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Scottish National Party
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Sandy Stronach
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8,158
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243
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N/A
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Scottish Labour Party
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Gillian Carlin-Kulwicki
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3,950
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117
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N/A
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The members of the
Scottish Youth Parliament for this constituency are Millie Fawcett and
Conor Mckay who were elected in June 2006.
