Moray (Scottish Parliament constituency)
Moray | |
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county constituency for the Scottish Parliament | |
Population | 80,367 (2019)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1999 |
Party | Scottish National Party |
MSP | Richard Lochhead |
Council area | Moray |
Moray (/ˈmʌri/ MURR-ee; Scots: Moray; Scottish Gaelic: Moireibh or Moireabh) is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. It is also one of eight constituencies within the Highlands and Islands electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to the eight constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
Electoral region[]
The Moray constituency is part of the Highlands and Islands electoral region; the other seven constituencies are Argyll and Bute, Caithness, Sutherland and Ross, Inverness and Nairn, Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Orkney, Shetland and Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch.
The region covers most of Argyll and Bute council area, all of the Highland council area, most of the Moray council area, all of the Orkney Islands council area, all of the Shetland Islands council area and all of Na h-Eileanan Siar.
Constituency boundaries and council area[]
The Moray 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 Westminster (House of Commons) constituency was enlarged slightly.[2]
The Holyrood constituency covers most of the Moray council area; the rest of the council area is covered by the Banffshire and Buchan Coast constituency, which is in the North East Scotland electoral region. The Moray Westminster constituency has covered the whole of the council area since 2005.
The electoral wards used in the creation of the Moray constituency are:
- In full: Elgin City North, Elgin City South, Fochabers Lhanbryde, Forres, Heldon & Laich,
- In part: (shared with Banffshire and Buchan Coast)
Member of the Scottish Parliament[]
Election | Member | Party | |
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1999 | Margaret Ewing[a] | SNP | |
2006 by-election | Richard Lochhead |
- ^ Died March 2006
Election results[]
2020s[]
Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
SNP | Richard Lochhead[a] | 19,987 | 48.6 | 1.5 | 16,600 | 40.3 | 0.9 | |
Conservative | Tim Eagle | 16,823 | 40.9 | 2.4 | 15,890 | 38.6 | 4.0 | |
Labour | Jo Kirby | 2,972 | 7.2 | 3.4 | 3,207 | 7.8 | 2.3 | |
Green | 2,531 | 6.1 | 0.0 | |||||
Liberal Democrats | Sheila Ritchie | 1,165 | 2.8 | 1.0 | 1,133 | 2.8 | 0.3 | |
Alba | 538 | 1.3 | New | |||||
All for Unity | 238 | 0.6 | New | |||||
Independent | Andy Wightman[b] | 204 | 0.5 | New | ||||
Scottish Family | 191 | 0.5 | New | |||||
Freedom Alliance | 151 | 0.4 | New | |||||
Abolish the Scottish Parliament | 148 | 0.4 | N/A | |||||
Reform UK | 83 | 0.2 | New | |||||
UKIP | Robert Stephenson | 188 | 0.5 | New | 77 | 0.2 | 2.8 | |
Restore Scotland | 67 | 0.2 | New | |||||
Libertarian | 42 | 0.1 | New | |||||
Independent | Hazel Mansfield | 33 | 0.1 | New | ||||
TUSC | 29 | 0.1 | New | |||||
Majority | 3,164 | 7.7 | 0.9 | |||||
Valid Votes | 41,135 | 41,162 | ||||||
Invalid Votes | 122 | 65 | ||||||
Turnout | 41,257 | 65.2 | 11.1 | 41,227 | 65.1 | 11.0 | ||
SNP hold | Swing | 0.5 | ||||||
Notes
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2010s[]
Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
SNP | Richard Lochhead[a] | 15,742 | 47.1 | 11.7 | 13,809 | 41.2 | 12.0 | |
Conservative | Douglas Ross | 12,867 | 38.5 | 18.0 | 11,571 | 34.6 | 16.0 | |
Labour | Sean Morton | 3,547 | 10.6 | 1.9 | 3,376 | 10.1 | 1.8 | |
Green | 2,053 | 6.1 | 1.8 | |||||
Liberal Democrats | Jamie Paterson | 1,265 | 3.8 | 0.9 | 1,043 | 3.1 | 1.2 | |
UKIP | 1,006 | 3.0 | 0.4 | |||||
Scottish Christian | 223 | 0.7 | 0.1 | |||||
Independent | James Stockan | 164 | 0.5 | New | ||||
Solidarity | 136 | 0.4 | 0.3 | |||||
RISE | 105 | 0.3 | New | |||||
Majority | 2,875 | 8.6 | 29.7 | |||||
Valid Votes | 33,421 | 33,486 | ||||||
Invalid Votes | 123 | 62 | ||||||
Turnout | 33,544 | 54.1 | 3.1 | 33,548 | 54.1 | 3.1 | ||
SNP hold | Swing | 14.9 | ||||||
Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
SNP | Richard Lochhead[a] | 16,817 | 58.8 | N/A | 15,226 | 53.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | Douglas Ross | 5,873 | 20.5 | N/A | 5,302 | 18.5 | N/A | |
Labour | Kieron Green | 3,580 | 12.5 | N/A | 3,411 | 11.9 | N/A | |
Green | 1,244 | 4.3 | N/A | |||||
Liberal Democrats | Jamie Paterson | 1,327 | 4.6 | N/A | 1,220 | 4.3 | N/A | |
UKIP | Donald Gatt | 999 | 3.5 | N/A | 732 | 2.6 | N/A | |
All-Scotland Pensioners Party | 445 | 1.6 | N/A | |||||
Ban Bankers Bonuses | 278 | 1.0 | N/A | |||||
BNP | 229 | 0.8 | N/A | |||||
Scottish Christian | 208 | 0.7 | N/A | |||||
Socialist Labour | 118 | 0.4 | N/A | |||||
Liberal | 99 | 0.3 | N/A | |||||
Scottish Socialist | 59 | 0.2 | N/A | |||||
Solidarity | 28 | 0.1 | N/A | |||||
Majority | 10,944 | 38.3 | N/A | |||||
Valid Votes | 28,596 | 28,599 | ||||||
Invalid Votes | 112 | 114 | ||||||
Turnout | 28,708 | 51.1 | N/A | 28,703 | 51.1 | N/A | ||
SNP win (new boundaries) | ||||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | Richard Lochhead | 15,045 | 49.7 | +7.5 | |
Conservative | Mary Scanlon | 7,121 | 23.5 | +1.0 | |
Labour | Lee Butcher | 4,580 | 15.1 | -4.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Dominique Rommel | 3,528 | 11.6 | -0.6 | |
Majority | 7,924 | 26.2 | +6.5 | ||
Turnout | 30,274 | 50.1 | +3.8 | ||
SNP hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | Richard Lochhead | 12,653 | 46.1 | +3.9 | |
Conservative | Mary Scanlon | 6,268 | 22.8 | +0.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Linda Gorn | 5,310 | 19.3 | +7.1 | |
Labour | Sandy Keith | 2,696 | 9.9 | -9.2 | |
NHS First Party | Melville Brown | 493 | 1.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 6385 | 23.3 | +3.6 | ||
Turnout | 27,420 | 45.5 | -0.8 | ||
SNP hold | Swing | +1.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | Margaret Ewing | 11,384 | 42.2 | +4.4 | |
Conservative | Tim Wood | 6,072 | 22.5 | -3.1 | |
Labour | Peter Peacock | 5,157 | 19.1 | -6.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Linda Gorn | 3,283 | 12.2 | +3.1 | |
Scottish Socialist | Norma Anderson | 1,015 | 4.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 5,312 | 19.7 | +7.4 | ||
Turnout | 26,911 | 46.3 | |||
SNP hold | Swing |
1990s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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SNP | Margaret Ewing | 13,027 | 38.8 | ||
Labour | Ali Farquharson | 8,898 | 26.5 | ||
Conservative | Andrew Findlay | 8,595 | 25.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Patsy Kenton | 3,056 | 9.1 | ||
Majority | 4,129 | 12.3 | |||
Turnout | 33,576 | ||||
SNP win (new seat) |
Notes[]
- ^ Scottish Parliamentary Constituency (SPC) Population Estimates (2011 Data Zone based), National Records of Scotland; retrieved 6 May 2021 (accompanying summary notes)
- ^ See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland Archived 21 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Scottish Parliamentary Election 2021 - Results". Moray Council. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
- ^ "Scottish Parliamentary Election 2016 - Results". Moray Council. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
- ^ "Scottish Parliamentary Election 2011 - Results". Moray Council. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
External links[]
- "Moray constituency map" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
- Constituencies of the Scottish Parliament
- Politics of Moray
- 1999 establishments in Scotland
- Constituencies established in 1999
- Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions 1999–2011
- Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions from 2011
- Keith, Moray
- Elgin, Moray
- Dufftown
- Forres
- Lossiemouth