Moray (UK Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Moray (Scottish Parliament constituency).

Moray
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Moray in Scotland.
Subdivisions of Scotland	Moray
Current constituency
Member of parliament	Angus Robertson (SNP)
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	Scotland

Moray is a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

A rural constituency, Elgin is the main town, with the rest of the population sprinkled across several small fishing and farming communities.

Boundaries

1983-1997: Moray District.

1997-2005: The Moray District electoral divisions of Buckie, Burghsea, Elgin North East, Elgin South West, Ernedal, Innes-Heldon, Rathford-Lennox, and Speyside-Glenlivet.

2005–present: The Moray Council area.

The constituency covers the whole of the Moray council area. Between 1997 and 2005, it covered a slightly smaller area. A similar constituency, also called Moray, is used for elections to the Scottish Parliament.

The seat is bordered by the constituencies of Aberdeenshire West and Kincardine, Banff and Buchan, Gordon, and Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey.

History

The constituency was created in 1983 from parts of the former seats of Moray and Nairn, and Banff.

Member of Parliament

The MP since 2001 is Angus Robertson, who leads the Scottish National Party in the House of Commons.

Election		Member	Party
	1983	Alex Pollock	Conservative
	1987	Margaret Ewing	SNP
	2001	Angus Robertson	SNP

Election results

Elections of the 2010s

General Election 2015: Moray

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Angus Robertson	24,384	49.5	+9.8
	Conservative	Douglas Ross	15,319	31.1	+5.0
	Labour	Sean Morton	4,898	9.9	-7.1
	UKIP	Robert Scorer	1,939	3.9	+1.3
	Liberal Democrat	Jamie Paterson	1,395	2.8	-11.7
	Scottish Green	James MacKessack-Leitch	1,345	2.7	n/a
Majority			9,065	18.4	+4.8
Turnout			49,280	68.7	+6.5
	SNP hold		Swing	+2.4

General Election 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Angus Robertson	16,273	39.7	+3.1
	Conservative	Douglas Ross	10,683	26.1	+4.1
	Labour	Kieron Green	7,007	17.1	−3.3
	Liberal Democrat	James Paterson	5,965	14.5	−4.7
	UKIP	Donald Gatt	1,085	2.6	+2.6
Majority			5,590	13.6
Turnout			41,004	62.2	+3.0
	SNP hold		Swing	−0.5

On 9 April 2010 the prospective Labour candidate Stuart MacLennan was sacked by the Labour party following offensive comments MacLennan had made on the social networking service Twitter, calling elderly voters "coffin dodgers" and referring to leaders of other political parties (and other candidates from his own party) in four letter terms.

Elections of the 2000s

General Election 2005: Moray

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Angus Robertson	14,196	36.6	+7.2
	Conservative	Jamie Halcro-Johnston	8,520	22.0	−0.9
	Labour	Kevin Hutchens	7,919	20.4	−3.9
	Liberal Democrat	Mrs. Linda J. Gorn	7,460	19.2	+1.2
	Scottish Socialist	Norma Anderson	698	1.8	−0.6
Majority			5,676	14.6
Turnout			38,793	58.4	+1.2
	SNP hold		Swing	+4.1

General Election 2001: Moray

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Angus Robertson	10,076	30.3	−11.2
	Labour	Miss Catriona M. Munro	8,332	25.1	+5.2
	Conservative	Frank Spencer-Nairn	7,677	23.1	−4.5
	Liberal Democrat	Mrs. Linda J. Gorn	5,224	15.7	+6.8
	Scottish Socialist	Mrs. Norma C. Anderson	821	2.5	N/A
	Independent	Bill Jappy	802	2.4	N/A
	UKIP	Nigel Kenyon	291	0.9	N/A
Majority			1,744	5.2
Turnout			33,223	57.4	−10.8
	SNP hold		Swing

Elections of the 1990s

General Election 1997: Moray

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Margaret Ewing	16,529	41.6
	Conservative	Andrew J. Findlay	10,963	27.6
	Labour	Lewis Macdonald	7,886	19.8
	Liberal Democrat	Miss Debra M. Storr	3,548	8.90
	Referendum	Paddy Mieklejohn	840	2.1
Majority			5,566	14.0
Turnout			39,766	68.2	-4.5
	SNP hold		Swing	3.5% Con to SNP

General Election 1992: Moray

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Margaret Ewing	20,299	44.3	+1.2
	Conservative	Mrs. Roma L. Hossack	17,455	38.1	+3.1
	Labour	Conal Robertson Cumming Smith	5,448	11.9	+0.6
	Liberal Democrat	Brinsley Sheridan	2,634	5.7	−4.8
Majority			2,844	6.2
Turnout			45,836	73.2
	SNP hold		Swing

Elections of the 1980s

General Election 1987: Moray

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Margaret Ewing	19,510	43.2	+8.0
	Conservative	Alexander Pollock	15,825	35.0	−4.2
	Labour	Conal Robertson Cumming Smith	5,118	11.3	+4.0
	Liberal	Danus George Moncreiff Skene	4,724	10.5	−7.8
Majority			3,685	8.2
Turnout			45,177	72.6
	SNP gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1983: Moray

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alexander Pollock	16,944	39.2	N/A
	SNP	Hamish Watt	15,231	35.2	N/A
	Liberal	M.R. Burnett	7,901	18.3	N/A
	Labour	Jim Kiddie	3,139	7.3	N/A
Majority			1,713	4.0	N/A
Turnout			43,215	71.1	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)

External links

• Election result, 2010 (BBC)
• Election result, 2005 (BBC)
• Election results, 1997 - 2001 (BBC)
• Election results, 1997 - 2001 (Election Demon)
• Election results, 1983 - 1992 (Election Demon)
• Election results, 1992 - 2005 (Guardian)