Gordon (UK Parliament constituency)

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**Gordon**
County constituency

Gordon shown within Scotland
Created:	1983
MP:	Malcolm Bruce
Party:	Liberal Democrats
Type:	House of Commons
Council areas:	Aberdeenshire/City of Aberdeen
EP constituency:	Scotland

Gordon is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster). It was first used in the 1983 general election, but has undergone boundary changes since that date.

There is also a Gordon Holyrood constituencyThe Holyrood constituency is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament. The boundaries of Holyrood constituencies remain as when the constituencies were created in 1999. See also Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions., which was created in 1999, with the boundaries which the Westminster constituency had at that time.

Contents

1 Boundaries
2 Members of Parliament
3 Election results
4 Footnotes

4.1 See also

Boundaries

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 changes2005 boundary changes were in accordance with [The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland]. the constituency now covers a central portion of the Aberdeenshire council area, south of the Banff and Buchan constituency and north of West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine constituency, plus a northern portion of the City of Aberdeen council area, north of the Aberdeen North constituency.

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

Malcolm Bruce, Liberal Democrat (1983–present)

Election results

Footnotes

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Liberal Democrat	Argyll and Bute \| Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk \| Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross \| Dunfermline and West Fife \| East Dunbartonshire \| Edinburgh West \| Gordon \| Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey \| North East Fife \| Orkney and Shetland \| Ross, Skye and Lochaber \| West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
SNP	Angus \| Banff and Buchan \| Dundee East \| Moray \| Na h-Eileanan an Iar \| Perth and North Perthshire
Conservative and Unionist	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
Speaker	Glasgow North East
Scotland European constituency: Labour (2) \| SNP (2) \| Conservative and Unionist (1) \| Liberal Democrats (1)