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 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 '', created in 1999 with the boundaries of the Westminster constituency at that time.
New boundaries were used for the .
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.
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Labour Party (UK)
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Iain Brotchie
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8,982
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202
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&minus13
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Conservative Party (UK)
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Philip Atkinson
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7,842
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176
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&minus14
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Scottish National Party
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Joanna Strathdee
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7,098
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160
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&minus33
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Scottish Socialist Party
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Tommy Paterson
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508
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11
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&minus04
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Liberal Democrats (UK)
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+38
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Before the 2005 general election, Scotland went through major boundary changes.
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Conservative Party (UK)
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Nanette Milne
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8,049
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218
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&minus42
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Scottish National Party
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Rhona Kemp
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5,760
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156
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&minus44
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Labour Party (UK)
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Ellis Thorpe
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4,730
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128
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+25
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Scottish Socialist Party
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John Sangster
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534
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14
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''N/A''
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Conservative Party (UK)
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John Porter
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11,002
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260
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&minus110
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Scottish National Party
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Richard Lochhead
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8,435
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200
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&minus57
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Labour Party (UK)
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Lindsey Kirkhill
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4,350
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103
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&minus10
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Referendum Party
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Fred Pidcock
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459
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11
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N/A
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