Gordon (UK Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Gordon (Scottish Parliament constituency).

Gordon
County constituency for the House of Commons
120px Boundary of Gordon in Scotland.
Subdivisions of Scotland	Aberdeenshire and City of Aberdeen
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of parliament	Alex Salmond (SNP)
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	Scotland

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. The constituency first returned a member in the 1983 general election, but has undergone boundary changes since that date.

Boundaries

1983–1997: Gordon District; and the City of Aberdeen District electoral divisions of East Don and West Don.

1997–2005: The Gordon District electoral divisions of East Gordon, Formartine, Garioch, Inverurie, Kintore and Newmachar, and West Gordon; the Banff and Buchan District electoral division of Lower Deveron and Upper Ythan; and the Moray District electoral division of Keith-Strathisla.

2005–present: The Aberdeenshire Council wards of Tarves, Ythan, Ellon Town, Logie Buchan, Meldrum, Udny-Slains, Belhelvie, Insch, Chapel and Gadie, Inverurie North, Inverurie Central, Inverurie South and Port Elphinstone, Kintore and Keithhall, Newmachar and Fintray, Huntly West, Huntly East, and Strathbogie; and the Aberdeen City Council wards of Pitmedden, Bankhead/Stoneywood, Danestone, Jesmond, Oldmachar, and Bridge of Don.

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, Huntly and Inverurie 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 Kemnay and Westhill were transferred to the West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine constituency.

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

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1983	Malcolm Bruce	Liberal
	1988		Liberal Democrat
	2015	Alex Salmond	SNP

Election results

Elections of the 2010s

See also: Opinion polling in United Kingdom constituencies, 2010–15 § Gordon

General Election 2015: Gordon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Alex Salmond	27,717	47.7	+25.5
	Liberal Democrat	Christine Anne Jardine	19,030	32.7	-3.3
	Conservative	Colin Clark	6,807	11.7	-7.0
	Labour	Braden Davy	3,441	5.9	-14.2
	UKIP	Emily Santos	1,166	2.0	N/A
Majority			8,687	14.9
Turnout			58,161	73.3	+6.9
	SNP gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing	+14.4

General Election 2010: Gordon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Malcolm Bruce	17,575	36.0	−9.0
	SNP	Richard Thomson	10,827	22.2	+6.2
	Labour	Barney Crockett	9,811	20.1	−0.1
	Conservative	Ross Thomson	9,111	18.7	+1.1
	Scottish Green	Sue Edwards	752	1.5	N/A
	BNP	Elise Jones	699	1.4	N/A
Majority			6,748	13.8
Turnout			48,755	66.4	+4.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	−7.6

Elections of the 2000s

General Election 2005: Gordon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	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	+0.4
	Scottish Socialist	Tommy Paterson	508	1.1	−0.3
Majority			11,026	24.8
Turnout			44,438	61.8	+5.2
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	+3.8

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

General Election 2001: Gordon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	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			9,879	22.5
Turnout			35,001	58.3	−13.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Elections of the 1990s

General Election 1997: Gordon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Malcolm Bruce	17,999	42.6	+15.4
	Conservative	John Porter	11,002	26.0	−22.0
	SNP	Richard Lochhead	8,435	20.0	+1.4
	Labour	Lindsey Kirkhill	4,350	10.3	+4.0
	Referendum	Fred Pidcock	459	1.1	N/A
Majority			6,997	16.6	+16.1
Turnout			42,245	71.9	−2
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Notional general election of 1992

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		19,596	48.0
	Liberal Democrat		11,110	27.2
	SNP		7,593	18.6
	Labour		2,561	6.3
Majority			8,486	20.8

General Election 1992: Gordon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat hold		Swing

Elections of the 1980s

General Election 1987: Gordon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Malcolm Bruce	26,770	49.4	+5.6
	Conservative	Peter Ross Leckie	17,251	31.9	−10.1
	Labour	Mrs. Morag Carmichael Morrell	6,228	11.5	+3.0
	SNP	George Easton Wright	3,876	7.2	+1.5
Majority			9,519	17.5
Turnout			54,125	73.7
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Gordon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Malcolm Bruce	20,134	43.8	N/A
	Conservative	James Cran	19,284	42.0	N/A
	Labour	George Grant	3,899	8.5	N/A
	SNP	Kenneth James Nicolson Guild	2,636	5.7	N/A
Majority			850	1.8	N/A
Turnout			45,953	70.1	N/A
	Liberal win (new seat)