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Moray is a constituency of the Scottish
Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one
Member of the Scottish
Parliament (MSP) by the first past the
post method of election. Also, however, it is one of eight
constituencies in the Highlands and Islands electoral
region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to eight
constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation
for the region as a whole.
Electoral
region
- See also Highlands and Islands Scottish Parliament
region
The other seven constituencies of the Highlands and Islands
electoral region are Argyll
and Bute,
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross,
Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Orkney,
Ross, Skye and Inverness West, Shetland
and the Western
Isles.
The region covers most of Argyll and Bute council area, all of
the Highland council area, most of
the Moray council area, all of
the Orkney council area, all
of the Shetland council
area and all of Na h-Eileanan
Siar.
Constituency boundaries
The Moray 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 Westminster (House of
Commons) constituency was enlarged slightly.[1].
The Moray constituency is bordered by the constituencies of:
Council
area
The Holyrood constituency covers most of the Moray council area. The rest of the council area
is covered by the Gordon
constituency, which is in the North East Scotland electoral region. The
Moray Westminster constituency has covered the whole of the council
area since 2005.
Member of the Scottish
Parliament
Election
results
Notes
- ^
See The 5th Periodical Report
of the Boundary Commission for Scotland
See also
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