Subdivisions of Scotland Moray European Parliament constituency Scotland | Created 1983 Member of parliament Angus Robertson | |
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Created from Moray & Nairn and Banffshire Replaced by Moray and Nairn, Banffshire | ||
Moray is a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
Contents
A rural constituency, Elgin is the main town, with the rest of the population sprinkled across several small fishing and farming communities.
Boundaries
1983-1997: Moray District.
1997-2005: The Moray District electoral divisions of Buckie, Burghsea, Elgin North East, Elgin South West, Ernedal, Innes-Heldon, Rathford-Lennox, and Speyside-Glenlivet.
2005-present: The Moray Council area.
The constituency covers the whole of the Moray council area. Between 1997 and 2005, it covered a slightly smaller area. A similar constituency, also called Moray, is used for elections to the Scottish Parliament.
The seat is bordered by the constituencies of Aberdeenshire West and Kincardine, Banff and Buchan, Gordon, and Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey.
History
The constituency was created in 1983 from parts of the former seats of Moray and Nairn, and Banff.
Member of Parliament
The MP since 2001 is Angus Robertson, the SNP Deputy Leader who also leads the Scottish National Party in the House of Commons.
Elections of the 2010s
On 9 April 2010 the prospective Labour candidate Stuart MacLennan was sacked by the Labour party following offensive comments MacLennan had made on the social networking service Twitter, calling elderly voters "coffin dodgers" and referring to leaders of other political parties (and other candidates from his own party) in four letter terms.