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Moray (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Constituency for the Scottish Parliament

Field	Value
name	Moray
type	county
constituency_link	Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions
parl_name	Scottish Parliament
image	[[File:Moray (Scottish Parliament constituency).svg	150px]]
image2	[[File:Highlands and Islands (Scottish Parliament electoral region).svg	150px]]
caption2	Moray shown within the Highlands and Islands electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
year	1999
party_label	Party
party	Scottish National Party
member_label	MSP
member	Richard Lochhead
local_council_label	Council area
local_council	Moray
electorate	63,123 (2022)

Moray ( ; ; or Moireabh) is a county constituency of the Scottish Parliament covering most of the council area of Moray. The seat was first created for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, and covers parts of the former seats of Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber and Ross, Skye & Inverness West.

The seat has been held since 2006 by Richard Lochhead of the Scottish National Party. Lochhead won the seat in a by-election held following death of the previous incumbent, Margaret Ewing of the SNP, from breast cancer.

Electoral region

The Moray constituency is part of the Highlands and Islands electoral region; the other seven constituencies are Argyll and Bute, Caithness, Sutherland and Ross, Inverness and Nairn, Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Orkney, Shetland and Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch.

Constituency boundaries and council area

The Moray constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the existing Moray constituency in the UK House of Commons. Ahead of the 2005, however, the House of Commons constituency was enlarged slightly. The House of Commons seat was succeeded for the 2024 United Kingdom general election by Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey, which includes most of the council area (but less than the Scottish Parliament constituency), and Aberdeenshire North and Moray East, which includes some north-eastern parts (Keith and Cullen, Buckie, and part of Fochabers Lhanbryde).

In the Scottish Parliament, the Moray constituency covers most of the Moray council area; the rest of the council area is covered by the Banffshire and Buchan Coast constituency, which is in the North East Scotland electoral region.

The electoral wards used in the creation of the Moray constituency are:

In full: Elgin City North, Elgin City South, Fochabers Lhanbryde, Forres, Heldon & Laich, Speyside Glenlivet
In part: Keith and Cullen (shared with Banffshire and Buchan Coast)

At the second periodic review of Scottish Parliament boundaries in 2025 the seat was altered very slightly, with the boundary being ammended in the Arradoul area to reflect a change in ward boundaries. This change led to a removal of 10 electors from the constituency compared to the previous boundaries.

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election	Member	Party	Scottish National Party}};" rowspan="2"
1999	Margaret Ewing	SNP
2006 by-election	Richard Lochhead

Election results

2020s

2010s

1990s

References

Citations

Bibliography

References

Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 26.
It elects one [[Member of the Scottish Parliament]] (MSP) by the [[first past the post]] method of election. Under the [[Additional-member system. additional-member electoral system]] used for elections to the Scottish Parliament, it is also one of eight constituencies in the [[Highlands and Islands (Scottish Parliament electoral region). Highlands and Islands]] [[Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions
The region covers most of [[Argyll and Bute. Argyll and Bute council area]], all of the [[Highland (council area). Highland council area]], most of the [[Moray. Moray council area]], all of the [[Orkney. Orkney Islands council area]], all of the [[Shetland. Shetland Islands council area]] and all of [[Na h-Eileanan Siar]].Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 143.
See ''[http://www.bcomm-scotland.gov.uk/ The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland] {{webarchive. link. (21 September 2007 '')
Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 142.
Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 48-53.
(16 September 2016). "Scottish Parliamentary Election 2021 - Results". Moray Council.
(16 September 2016). "Scottish Parliamentary Election 2016 - Results". Moray Council.
(3 May 2011). "Scottish Parliamentary Election 2011 - Results". Moray Council.

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