Gordon (constituency, Scotland)

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Gordon
Gordon

North East Scotland

Educated
1999
Abolished
2011
Regions
Aberdeenshire
Moray

Gordon was a constituency for the Scottish Parliament . It was introduced in 1999 as one of nine constituencies in the electoral region of North East Scotland , which was redesigned and expanded to ten constituencies as part of the constituencies' revision in 2011. Here the constituency of Gordon were abolished. It included areas of the Council Areas Aberdeenshire and Moray with the cities of Huntly , Inverurie and Keith . In the 2001 census survey, a total of 78,212 people lived within its borders. The areas have largely merged into the new constituencies of Aberdeenshire East and Aberdeenshire West . A western part was also added to the neighboring electoral region of the Highlands and Islands . A deputy was sent.

Election results

General election 1999

Results of the 1999 general election
Political party candidate be right %
Liberal Democrats Nora Radcliffe 12,353 36.7
SNP Sandy Stronach 8158 24.3
Conservative Alex Johnstone 6602 19.6
Labor Gillian Carlin-Kulwicki 3950 11.7
Non-party Hamish Watts 2559 7.6

General election 2003

Results of the 2003 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
Liberal Democrats Nora Radcliffe 10,963 38.1 +1.4
Conservative Nanette Milne 6892 24.0 +4.4
SNP Alasdair Allan 6501 22.6 −1.7
Labor Ellis Thorpe 2973 10.3 −1.4
Scottish Socialist John Sangster 780 2.5 +2.5
Non-party Steven Mathers 689 2.4 +2.4
Turnout: 28,798 (47.45%)

General election 2007

Results of the 2007 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
SNP Alex Salmond 14,650 41.4 +18.8
Liberal Democrats Nora Radcliffe 12,588 35.6 −2.5
Conservative Nanette Milne 5348 15.1 −8.9
Labor Neil Cardwell 2276 6.4 −3.9
Non-party Donald Marr 199 0.6 +0.6
Non-party Dave Mathers 185 0.5 −1.9
Scottish Enterprise Bob Ingram 117 0.3 +0.3
Turnout: 35,363 (54.05%)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Map of the constituency
  2. ↑ 2001 census
  3. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  4. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  5. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament