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The
Scottish Parliament constituency of Gordon covered a central portion of the Aberdeenshire council area and a small eastern portion of the Moray council area. The rest of the Aberdeenshire area was covered by two other constituencies, both also in the North East Scotland electoral region:
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At the time of this constituency the other eight constituencies of the North East
Scotland region were;
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Following their First
Periodic review of constituencies to the Scottish Parliament, the
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The Gordon constituency was created at the same time as the
Scottish Parliament, in
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method of election. It was one of nine constituencies in the
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to the south. The rest of the Moray area was covered by the
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North East
Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)
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from 1987 until retiring from the UK Parliament in 2010.
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Scottish
Parliament constituencies and regions 1999–2011
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Parliament constituencies and regions from 2011
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from 1999 until resigning in 2001; he also represented
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The seat was represented since the 2007 election by
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356:the Westminster seat of Banff and Buchan
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172:Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP)
1747:Constituencies disestablished in 2011
1376:Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
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332:replaced Gordon with the seat called
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1215:Electoral regions and constituencies
66:North East Scotland electoral region
21:Gordon (UK Parliament constituency)
1742:2011 disestablishments in Scotland
1737:Constituencies established in 1999
1381:Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber
14:
1638:Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale
1580:West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
928:1999 Scottish Parliament election
702:2003 Scottish Parliament election
446:2007 Scottish Parliament election
342:Member of the Scottish Parliament
304:West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
237:West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
1603:Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley
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1429:Edinburgh East and Musselburgh
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1401:Ross, Skye and Inverness West
241:The electoral region covered
1628:Galloway and Upper Nithsdale
1275:Hamilton North and Bellshill
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191:proportional representation
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1691:Strathkelvin and Bearsden
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279:Westminster constituency
64:Gordon shown within the
19:Not to be confused with
1676:Greenock and Inverclyde
1656:Clydebank and Milngavie
1255:Cumbernauld and Kilsyth
1250:Coatbridge and Chryston
269:Constituency boundaries
1285:Kilmarnock and Loudoun
185:, which elected seven
1474:Mid Scotland and Fife
1363:Highlands and Islands
1290:Motherwell and Wishaw
1161:Motherwell and Wishaw
312:Highlands and Islands
257:; and small parts of
1752:Ellon, Aberdeenshire
1391:Na h-Eileanan an Iar
1532:North East Scotland
1439:Edinburgh Pentlands
1348:Glasgow Shettleston
1313:Glasgow Baillieston
1219:Scottish Parliament
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621:Scottish Enterprise
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180:North East Scotland
176:first past the post
168:Scottish Parliament
77:Former constituency
43:Scottish Parliament
1353:Glasgow Springburn
1343:Glasgow Rutherglen
1308:Glasgow Anniesland
1245:Airdrie and Shotts
1221:(1999–2011)
1176:Aberdeenshire East
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831:Scottish Socialist
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423:Aberdeenshire East
335:Aberdeenshire East
187:additional members
147:Aberdeenshire West
142:Aberdeenshire East
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1661:Cunninghame North
1613:Cunninghame South
1590:South of Scotland
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263:Perth and Kinross
170:. It elected one
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1560:Banff and Buchan
1540:Aberdeen Central
1492:Dunfermline West
1487:Dunfermline East
1333:Glasgow Maryhill
1318:Glasgow Cathcart
1237:Central Scotland
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352:Banff and Buchan
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209:Aberdeen Central
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1772:Keith, Moray
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1270:Falkirk West
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164:constituency
159:
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121:Council area
38:constituency
25:
1570:Dundee West
1565:Dundee East
1226:2011–
1126:(new seat)
1068:Hamish Watt
1063:Independent
854:Independent
625:Bob Ingram
598:Independent
575:Independent
251:Dundee City
233:Dundee West
229:Dundee East
138:Replaced by
1711:Categories
1608:Clydesdale
1464:Midlothian
1459:Livingston
1454:Linlithgow
1133:References
938:Candidate
712:Candidate
456:Candidate
322:See also:
253:; part of
201:See also:
1767:Inverurie
1666:Dumbarton
1497:Kirkcaldy
1085:Majority
930:: Gordon
874:Majority
704:: Gordon
641:Majority
448:: Gordon
102:Abolished
1671:Eastwood
1618:Dumfries
1522:Stirling
1416:Lothians
1406:Shetland
364:Election
314:region.
70:Scotland
41:for the
1757:Turriff
1300:Glasgow
1223:»
1217:of the
1106:33,622
1102:Turnout
971:12,353
893:28,748
889:Turnout
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1575:Gordon
1396:Orkney
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1088:4,195
1072:2,559
1047:3,950
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1024:6,602
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941:Votes
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561:2,276
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540:5,348
499:+18.8
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31:Gordon
1555:Angus
1517:Perth
1512:Ochil
1386:Moray
1091:12.4
1050:11.7
1027:19.6
1002:24.3
976:36.7
918:-1.5
914:Swing
896:47.5
883:+1.7
880:14.1
877:4071
823:−1.4
820:10.3
802:−1.7
799:22.6
779:+4.4
776:24.0
755:+1.4
750:38.1
688:Swing
681:from
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665:54.1
567:−3.9
546:−8.8
543:15.1
523:−2.5
520:35.6
494:41.4
431:Moray
308:Moray
281:. In
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255:Angus
221:Angus
152:Moray
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1075:7.6
909:hold
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861:689
841:2.5
838:730
679:gain
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631:0.3
628:117
608:0.5
605:185
585:0.6
582:199
564:6.4
429:and
416:2011
397:2007
378:1999
283:2005
275:1999
261:and
235:and
112:2011
105:2011
93:1999
86:1999
1598:Ayr
1148:BCS
1124:win
1112:N/A
1095:N/A
1079:N/A
1054:N/A
1031:N/A
1006:N/A
992:SNP
982:N/A
868:New
845:New
787:SNP
676:SNP
651:N/A
635:New
612:New
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