Gordon (UK Parliament constituency)

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Gordon is a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster), which elects one member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It was first used in the 1983 general election, but has undergone boundary changes since that date.

There is also a Gordon Holyrood constituency, a constituency of the Scottish Parliament, created in 1999 with the boundaries of the Westminster constituency at that time. The Scottish First Minister, Alex Salmond, currently represents that seat.

Boundaries

Council areas grouped by the Fifth Review

Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire

New boundaries were used for the 2005 general election. Prior to that election the constituency covered a central portion of the Aberdeenshire council area and a small eastern portion of the Moray council area. As a result of the 2005 boundary changes, in accordance with the Fifth Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland, the Gordon constituency is now one of five covering the Aberdeenshire council area and the Aberdeen City council area.

The Gordon constituency now covers a central portion of the Aberdeenshire area and a northern portion of the Aberdeen City area. Entirely within the Aberdeenshire area, there is also Banff and Buchan, to the north of Gordon, and West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, to the south. Entirely within the Aberdeen City area, there is also Aberdeen North, to the south of Gordon, and Aberdeen South, further south.

The towns of Ellon, Inverurie and Huntly remain within the constituency.

Keith (within the Moray council area) was transferred to the Moray constituency, Turriff was transferred to the Banff and Buchan constituency, and Westhill and Kemnay were transferred to the West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine constituency.

The Bridge of Don and Dyce areas (within the City of Aberdeen council area) were transferred to the Gordon constituency from the Aberdeen North constituency.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color" |	1983	Malcolm Bruce	Liberal Democrat

Election results

Confirmed candidates for the next UK general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Bruce
	Labour	Barney Crockett
	Scottish Green	Sue Edwards
	BNP	Elise Jones
	SNP	Richard Thomson
	Conservative	Ross Thomson
Majority
Turnout

General Election 2005: Gordon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Bruce	20,008	45.0	+6.2
	Labour	Iain Brotchie	8,982	20.2	−1.3
	Conservative	Philip Atkinson	7,842	17.6	−1.4
	SNP	Joanna Strathdee	7,098	16.0	−3.3
	Scottish Socialist	Tommy Paterson	508	1.1	−0.4
Majority			11,026	24.8
Turnout			44,438	61.8	+5.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+3.8

Before the 2005 general election, Scotland went through major boundary changes.

General Election 2001: Gordon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Bruce	17,928	48.5	+5.9
	Conservative	Nanette Milne	8,049	21.8	−4.2
	SNP	Rhona Kemp	5,760	15.6	−4.4
	Labour	Ellis Thorpe	4,730	12.8	+2.5
	Scottish Socialist	John Sangster	534	1.4	N/A
Majority			7,879	22.5
Turnout			35,001	58.3	−13.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

General Election 1997: Gordon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Bruce	17,999	42.6	+5.1
	Conservative	John Porter	11,002	26.0	−11.0
	SNP	Richard Lochhead	8,435	20.0	−5.7
	Labour	Lindsey Kirkhill	4,350	10.3	−1.0
	Referendum	Fred Pidcock	459	1.1	N/A
Majority			6,997	16.6	+16.1
Turnout			42,245	71.9	−2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Gordon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Bruce	22,158	37.4
	Conservative	John Porter	21,884	37.0
	SNP	Brian Adam	8,445	14.3
	Labour	Peter Morrell	6,682	11.3
Majority			274	0.4
Turnout				74.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

General Election 1987: Gordon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Bruce	26,770	49.4
	Conservative	P.R. Leckie	17,251	31.9
	Labour	Mrs. M.C. Morrell	6,228	11.5
	SNP	G.E. Wright	3,876	7.2
Majority			9,519	17.5
Turnout				73.7

General Election 1983: Gordon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Malcolm Bruce	20,134	43.8
	Conservative	J.D. Cran	19,284	42.0
	Labour	G. Grant	3,899	8.5
	SNP	K. Guild	2,636	5.7
Majority			850	1.8
Turnout				70.1