Moray (constituency, Scotland)

This article covers the constituency for the Scottish Parliament. For the constituency for the British Parliament, see Moray (constituency, United Kingdom) .

Moray
Educated
1999
MP
Richard Lochhead ( SNP )
Regions
Moray

Moray is a constituency for the Scottish Parliament . It was introduced in 1999 as one of eight constituencies in the Highlands and Islands electoral region , which was redesigned as part of the constituency revision in 2011. The borders of the constituency of Moray were redrawn. It includes most of the Council Area Moray , but not a small part in the northeast with the town of Buckie , which belongs to the constituency of Banffshire and Buchan Coast of the neighboring electoral region of North East Scotland . A representative is sent.

The constituency covers an area of ​​2029.8 km ² . In the 2011 census survey, a total of 78,539 people lived within its borders.

Election results

General election 1999

Results of the 1999 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%
SNP	Margaret Ewing	13,027	38.8
Labor	Ali Farquharson	8898	26.5
Conservative	Andrew Findlay	8595	25.6
Liberal Democrats	Patsy Kenton	3056	9.1

General election 2003

Results of the 2003 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
SNP	Margaret Ewing	11,384	42.2	+3.4
Conservative	Tim Wood	6072	22.5	−3.1
Labor	Peter Peacock	5157	19.1	−7.4
Liberal Democrats	Linda Gorn	3283	12.2	+3.1
Scottish Socialist	Norma Anderson	1085	4.0	+4.0
Turnout: 26,981 (46.33%)

New election 2006

Due to the death of the SNP MP Margaret Ewing , new elections were held on April 27, 2006 in the constituency of Moray.

Results of the 2006 election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
SNP	Richard Lochhead	12,653	46.2	+4.0
Conservative	Mary Scanlon	6268	22.9	+0.4
Liberal Democrats	Linda Gorn	5310	19.4	+7.2
Labor	Sandy Keith	2696	9.8	−9.3
NHS First	Melville Brown	493	1.8	+1.8
Turnout: 27,420 (45.70%)

General election 2007

Results of the 2007 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
SNP	Richard Lochhead	15,045	49.7	+3.5
Conservative	Mary Scanlon	7121	23.5	+0.6
Labor	Lee Butcher	4580	15.1	+5.3
Liberal Democrats	Dominique Rommel	3528	11.6	+1.8
Turnout: 30,274 (49.66%)

Parliamentary election 2011

Results of the 2011 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
SNP	Richard Lochhead	16.817	58.8	+9.1
Conservative	Douglas Ross	5873	20.5	−3.0
Labor	Kieron Green	3580	12.5	−2.6
Liberal Democrats	Jamie Paterson	1327	4.6	−7.0
UKIP	Donald Gatt	999	3.5	+3.5
Turnout: 28,596 (50.87%)

General election 2016

Results of the 2016 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
SNP	Richard Lochhead	15,742	47.1	−11.7
Conservative	Douglas Ross	12,867	38.5	+18.0
Labor	Sean Morton	3,547	10.6	−1.9
Liberal Democrats	Jamie Paterson	1,265	3.8	−0.8
Turnout: (53.9%)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Map of the constituency
2. ↑ 2011 census
3. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
4. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
5. ↑ Information on moray.gov.uk ( Memento of the original from May 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
6. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
7. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
8. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament