| Gordon Scottish Parliament county constituency |
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| Gordon shown within the North East Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland |
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| Created: | 1999 |
| MSP: | Alex Salmond |
| Party: | Scottish National Party |
| Council area: | 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.
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Electoral 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 | Member | Party | |
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| 1999 | Nora Radcliffe | Liberal Democrats | |
| 2003 | |||
| 2007 | Alex Salmond | Scottish National Party | |
Election results
| Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Gordon | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Scottish National Party | Alex Salmond | 14,650 | 41.4 | +18.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Nora Radcliffe | 12,588 | 35.6 | -2.5 | |
| Conservative | Nanette Milne | 5,348 | 15.1 | -8.8 | |
| Labour Party | Neil Cardwell | 2,276 | 6.4 | -3.9 | |
| Independent | Donald Marr | 199 | 0.6 | +0.6 | |
| Independent | Dave Mathers | 185 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
| Enterprise | Bob Ingram | 117 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
| Majority | 2,062 | 5.8 | |||
| Turnout | 35,363 | 54.1 | +6.6 | ||
| Scottish National Party gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Scottish Parliament election, 2003: Gordon | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Nora Radcliffe | 10,963 | 38.1 | +1.4 | |
| Conservative | Nanette Milne | 6,892 | 24.0 | -0.3 | |
| Scottish National Party | Alasdair Allan | 6,501 | 22.6 | -1.7 | |
| Labour Party | Ellis Thorpe | 2,973 | 10.3 | -1.4 | |
| Scottish Socialist | John Sangster | 730 | 2.5 | +2.5 | |
| Independent | Steven Mathers | 689 | 2.4 | N/A | |
| Majority | 4071 | 14.1 | +1.7 | ||
| Turnout | 28748 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Scottish Parliament election, 1999: Gordon | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Nora Radcliffe | 12,353 | 36.7 | N/A | |
| Scottish National Party | Sandy Stronach | 8,158 | 24.3 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Alex Johnstone | 6,602 | 19.6 | N/A | |
| Labour Party | Gillian Carlin-Kulwicki | 3,950 | 11.7 | N/A | |
| Independent | Hamish Watt | 2,559 | 7.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 4,195 | 12.4 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 33,622 | ||||
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.
