Gordon (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Scottish Parliament constituency infobox
Name = Gordon
Type = county


Region = North East Scotland
Year = 1999
MSP = Alex Salmond
Party = Scottish National Party
Council = Aberdeenshire (part)
Moray (part)

Gordon is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. It is one of nine constituencies in the North East Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole. The current MSP is Alex Salmond who is the First Minister of Scotland

Electoral region

:"See also "North East Scotland Scottish Parliament region

The other eight constituencies of the North East Scotland region are Aberdeen Central, Aberdeen North, Aberdeen South, Angus, Banff and Buchan, Dundee East, Dundee West and West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine

The electoral region covers the Aberdeenshire, Aberdeen City and Dundee City council areas; part of Angus; and small parts of Moray and Perth and Kinross.

Constituency boundaries

The Gordon 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 boundaries of the Westminster (House of Commons) constituency were subject to some alteration.

Council areas

The Scottish Parliament constituency of Gordon covers a central portion of the Aberdeenshire council area and a small eastern portion of the Moray council area. The rest of the Aberdeeenshire area is covered by two other constituencies, both also in the North East Scotland electoral region: Banff and Buchan to the north of the Gordon constituency, and West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine to the south. The rest of the Moray area is covered by the Moray constituency, which is in the Highlands and Islands region.

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Alex Salmond
votes = 14,650
percentage = 41.4
change = +18.8 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Nora Radcliffe
votes = 12,588
percentage = 35.6
change = -2.5 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Conservative Party
candidate = Nanette Milne
votes = 5,348
percentage = 15.1
change = -8.8 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Neil Cardwell
votes = 2,276
percentage = 6.4
change = -3.9 Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Donald Marr
votes = 199
percentage = 0.6
change = "N/A"

Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Dave Mathers
votes = 185
percentage = 0.5
change = "N/A" Election box candidate
party = Scottish Enterprise Party
candidate = Bob Ingram
votes = 117
percentage = 0.3
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 2,062
percentage = 5.8
change = Election box turnout
votes = 35,363
percentage = 54.1
change = +6.6Election box gain with party link
winner = Scottish National Party
loser = Scottish Liberal Democrats
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Nora Radcliffe
votes = 10,963
percentage = 38.1
change = +1.4 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Conservative Party
candidate = Nanette Milne
votes = 6,892
percentage = 24.0
change = -0.3 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Alasdair Allan
votes = 6,501
percentage = 22.6
change = -1.7 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Ellis Thorpe
votes = 2,973
percentage = 10.3
change = -1.4 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Socialist Party
candidate = John Sangster
votes = 730
percentage = 2.5
change = +2.5 Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Steven Mathers
votes = 689
percentage = 2.4
change = N/A Election box majority
votes = 4071
percentage = 14.1
change = +1.7Election box turnout
votes = 28748
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Scottish Liberal Democrats
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Nora Radcliffe
votes = 12,353
percentage = 36.7
change = N/A Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Sandy Stronach
votes = 8,158
percentage = 24.3
change = N/A Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Conservative Party
candidate = Alex Johnstone
votes = 6,602
percentage = 19.6
change = N/A Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Gillian Carlin-Kulwicki
votes = 3,950
percentage = 11.7
change = N/A Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Hamish Watt
votes = 2,559
percentage = 7.6
change = N/AElection box majority
votes = 4,195
percentage = 12.4
change = N/AElection box turnout
votes = 33,622
percentage =
change =

Members of Scottish Youth Parliament

The members of the Scottish Youth Parliament for this constituency are Millie Fawcett and Conor Mckay who were elected in June 2006.