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((Short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1983 onwards))
((Distinguish|Gordon (Scottish Parliament constituency)))
((Use dmy dates|date=May 2017))
((Use British English|date=May 2017))
((Infobox UK constituency main
 |name        = Gordon
 |parliament  = uk
 |map1        = Gordon
 |map2        = 
 |map_size    = 250px
 |map_entity  = [[Scotland]]
 |map_year    = 
 |year        = 1983
 |abolished   = 
 |type        = County
 |elects_howmany =
 |previous    = [[East Aberdeenshire (UK Parliament constituency)|East Aberdeenshire]] and [[West Aberdeenshire (UK Parliament constituency)|West Aberdeenshire]]<ref name="ElectionWeb83">((cite web|title='Gordon', June 1983 up to May 1997 |url=http://electionweb.co.uk/Bp/P83272.htm |website=ElectionWeb Project |publisher=Cognitive Computing Limited |access-date=11 March 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312064828/http://electionweb.co.uk/Bp/P83272.htm |archive-date=12 March 2016 ))</ref>
 |next        =[[Gordon and Buchan (UK Parliament constituency)|Gordon and Buchan]] 
 |electorate  = 
 |mp          = [[Richard Thomson (politician)|Richard Thomson]]
 |party       = [[Scottish National Party|SNP]]
 |towns       = [[Dyce]], [[Huntly]], [[Insch]], [[Inverurie]]
 |region      = Scotland
 |county      = [[Aberdeenshire]] and [[Aberdeen City (council area)|Aberdeen City]]
 |european    = Scotland
))

'''Gordon''' is a [[county constituency]] of the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] of the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]] ([[Palace of Westminster|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 United Kingdom general election|1983 general election]], but has undergone boundary changes since that date.

The constituency has been represented since [[2019 United Kingdom general election|12 December 2019]] by [[Richard Thomson (politician)|Richard Thomson]] of the [[Scottish National Party]].

Further to the completion of the [[2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies]], the seat will be subject to boundary changes, losing the parts in the [[Aberdeen City council area]], partly offset by the addition of part of the (to be abolished) constituency of [[Banff and Buchan (UK Parliament constituency)|Banff and Buchan]]. As a consequence, it will be renamed [[Gordon and Buchan (UK Parliament constituency)|Gordon and Buchan]], to be first contested at the [[Next United Kingdom general election|next general election.]]<ref>[https://www.bcomm-scotland.independent.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2023_review_final/bcs_2023_review_report_web_version.pdf Boundary Commission Scotland 2023 Review Report]</ref>

==Boundaries==
((maplink|raw=((Wikipedia:Map data/Gordon (UK Parliament constituency)))|frame=yes|text=Map of current boundaries))
'''1983–1997''': [[Gordon District]], and the [[Aberdeen (district)|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 United Kingdom general election|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]],<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.bcomm-scotland.gov.uk/5th%20report/index.htm |title=Fifth Periodical Review |website=[[Boundary Commission for Scotland]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071009160559fw_/http://www.bcomm-scotland.gov.uk/5th%20report/index.htm |archive-date=9 October 2007))</ref> 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 council area. Entirely within the Aberdeenshire council area, there is also [[Banff and Buchan (UK Parliament constituency)|Banff and Buchan]], to the north of Gordon, and [[West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine (UK Parliament constituency)|West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine]], to the south. Entirely within the Aberdeen City council area, there is also [[Aberdeen North (UK Parliament constituency)|Aberdeen North]], to the south of Gordon, and [[Aberdeen South (UK Parliament constituency)|Aberdeen South]], further south.

The towns of [[Ellon, Aberdeenshire|Ellon]], [[Huntly, Scotland|Huntly]] and [[Inverurie]] remain within the constituency.

[[Keith, Scotland|Keith]] (within the Moray council area) was transferred to the [[Moray (UK Parliament constituency)|Moray]] constituency, [[Turriff]] was transferred to the Banff and Buchan constituency, and [[Kemnay, Aberdeenshire|Kemnay]] and [[Westhill, Aberdeenshire|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.

==Constituency profile and voting patterns==
[[File:Gordon Square, Huntly.jpg|thumb|300px|Gordon Square, Huntly.]]

===Constituency profile===
((more citations needed|section|date=January 2021))
An affluent, semi-rural constituency spanning across central [[Aberdeenshire]] and northern [[Aberdeen]], the Gordon constituency is among the least deprived and highest-earning seats in Scotland,<ref>((cite web|url=http://simd.scot|title=SIMD (Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation) 2016))</ref><ref>((cite web |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/HTMLDocs/dvc174/index.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2017-07-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161129045048/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/HTMLDocs/dvc174/index.html |archive-date=29 November 2016 |df=dmy-all ))</ref> with a high proportion of skilled and professional workers.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/ods-web/area.html|title=Area Profiles - Census Data Explorer - Scotland's Census|last=GROS|website=www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk))</ref>

The constituency covers the [[A90 road|A90]] and [[A96 road|A96]] corridors in Aberdeenshire north of Aberdeen, covering the towns of [[Huntly]], [[Inverurie]] and [[Kintore, Aberdeenshire|Kintore]] situated along the Valleys of the [[River Don, Aberdeenshire|River Don]] in the region of [[Garioch]], and the towns of [[Ellon, Aberdeenshire|Ellon]] and [[Oldmeldrum]] in [[Formartine]]. The boundaries of the constituency stretch south into Aberdeen to the south-east, to cover the city's northern suburbs of Bankhead, [[Bridge of Don]], [[Danestone]] and [[Dyce]].

Oil, agriculture and tourism form an important part of the local economy, with most of the constituency's settlements around Aberdeen serving as commuter territory for the city, including the towns of Inverurie and Kintore and the villages of [[Balmedie]] and [[Newmachar]], where there is rapid population growth, with many areas seeing their population double within the last decade. Various energy companies have representations in Dyce and Bridge of Don, among which are [[EMS Technologies|EMS Oil]] and [[GE Oil and Gas]]. The constituency also covers [[Aberdeen Airport|Aberdeen International Airport]] in Dyce, Scotland's third-busiest airport by passenger numbers. [[Huntly]], approximately 40 miles north-west of Aberdeen, is the historic home of the [[Gordon Highlanders]] regiment and is the site of [[Huntly Castle]], the ancestral home of the chief of [[Clan Gordon]]. Huntly is also the headquarters of Dean's bakers, who produce shortbread. Ellon, approximately 16 miles north of Aberdeen, is a coastal resort sitting on the mouth of the [[River Ythan]]. On the outskirts of the town is a brewery owned by [[BrewDog]].

===Voting patterns===
In the UK Parliament, Gordon was traditionally a [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]-[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] marginal. The constituency's predecessor seats of [[East Aberdeenshire (UK Parliament constituency)|East Aberdeenshire]] and [[West Aberdeenshire (UK Parliament constituency)|West Aberdeenshire]] were previously represented by the Conservatives. When Gordon was first formed in [[1983 United Kingdom general election|1983]], it was narrowly won by [[Malcolm Bruce]] of the Liberals, with a slender majority of 850 votes. Bruce subsequently increased his majority tenfold in [[1987 United Kingdom general election|1987]], before seeing it cut to just 274 in [[1992 United Kingdom general election|1992]], in new boundaries which benefited the Conservative Party. Since the Conservatives' landslide defeat in [[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997]], Gordon had returned Bruce of the Liberal Democrats with an increasing strong majority until [[Richard Thomson (politician)|Richard Thomson]] of the [[Scottish National Party]] cut his majority down by nearly 4,000 votes in [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010]]. In the nationwide SNP landslide victory in [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015]], Salmond, former [[First Minister of Scotland]] and SNP Leader, gained the seat for the SNP with a majority of 8,687 votes ahead of the Liberal Democrats; with Bruce standing down. Salmond previously represented the coterminous [[Gordon (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Gordon constituency in the Scottish Parliament]] from [[2007 Scottish Parliament election|2007]] until his retirement from the Scottish Parliament in [[2016 Scottish Parliament election|2016]].

In the Scottish Parliament, Gordon was first represented by [[Nora Radcliffe]] of the Liberal Democrats in 1999. The constituency was a three-way marginal between the Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and SNP. Alex Salmond gained the constituency in 2007 with a 2,000 majority, increasing it to over 15,000 votes in [[2011 Scottish Parliament election|2011]]. More recently the Conservatives have made a strong comeback in Gordon, gaining the overlapping [[Aberdeenshire West (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Aberdeenshire West]] constituency in 2016, and coming second behind the SNP in the overlapping constituencies of [[Aberdeen Donside (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Aberdeen Donside]] and [[Aberdeenshire East (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Aberdeenshire East]].

At the [[2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum|2016 European Union membership referendum]], the Gordon constituency is estimated to have voted to Remain within the European Union on a margin of 55.5% Remain 44.5% Leave, an above-average Leave vote relative to the rest of Scotland.

The Scottish Conservatives took the most votes in the area at the [[2017 Scottish local elections|2017 local council elections]], prompting party leader [[Ruth Davidson]] to say on a visit to Inverurie that "We won the local government election in Gordon this week, beating the SNP into second place. It means that in this seat, as in many others, it is a two-horse race between us and the [Scottish] Nationalists."<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.scottishconservatives.com/2017/05/ruth-takes-fightback-to-gordon-constituency/|title=Ruth takes fightback to Gordon constituency - Scottish Conservatives|first=Marc -|last=icebomb.co.uk|date=6 May 2017))</ref> In response to Davidson's comments, the SNP MP for Gordon at the time, Alex Salmond said: “It’s just arrogance, for Ruth Davidson to continue the line of ‘we’re going to take this seat, and we’re going to take that seat’. Once it doesn't happen, it's very bad news for Ruth Davidson's credibility.”<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/alex-salmond-arrogant-ruth-davidson-s-bubble-has-burst-1-4464452|title=Alex Salmond: 'arrogant' Ruth Davidson's bubble has burst|website=www.scotsman.com))</ref>

Salmond was later unseated by Conservative [[Colin Clark (politician)|Colin Clark]] at the [[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017 snap election]] on 8 June. The swing to the Conservatives was 20.4%, the party's largest swing in the whole of Britain. The defeat of Salmond was a bitter blow to SNP activists in the North East who characterised it to ''[[The Guardian]]'' as,  “So disrespectful”, “How could local people do that to him?”<ref>((Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jun/27/moray-fed-up-with-snp-simple-as-that-scotland-election|title=Moray: 'We are fed up with the SNP. It's as simple as that'|newspaper=The Guardian|date=27 June 2017|last1=Carrell|first1=Severin))</ref>

However, in the [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019 election]], Richard Thomson narrowly regained the seat for the SNP with a majority of 819 (1.4%), meaning the seat remains an SNP-Conservative marginal.

==Members of Parliament==
{|class="wikitable"
!colspan="2"|Election!!Member<ref name="rayment">((Rayment-hc|g|2|date=March 2012))</ref>
!Party
|-
| style="background-color: ((party color|Liberal Party (UK)))" |
| [[1983 United Kingdom general election|1983]]
|rowspan=2 | Sir [[Malcolm Bruce]]
| [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]
|-
| style="background-color: ((party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)))" |
| ''1988''
| [[Scottish Liberal Democrats|Liberal Democrat]]
|-
| style="background-color: ((party color|Scottish National Party))" |
|[[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015]] || [[Alex Salmond]] || [[Scottish National Party|SNP]]
|-
| style="background-color: ((party color|Conservative Party (UK)))" |
|[[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017]] || [[Colin Clark (politician)|Colin Clark]] || [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|-
| style="background-color: ((party color|Scottish National Party))" |
|[[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019]] || [[Richard Thomson (politician)|Richard Thomson]] || [[Scottish National Party|SNP]]
|}

== Election results ==
[[File:Gordon election results.png|center|thumb|720x720px|Gordon election results]]

===Elections in the 2010s===
((Election box begin||title=[[2019 United Kingdom general election|General election 2019]]: Gordon<ref>((cite web |title=General Election 2019 |url=https://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/council-and-democracy/elections/uk-parliamentary-election-2019/ |website=Aberdeenshire Council |publisher=Aberdeenshire Council |access-date=15 November 2019))</ref><ref>((Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/politics/constituencies/S14000037|title=Gordon parliamentary constituency - Election 2019|access-date=2019-12-15|language=en-GB))</ref><ref>((cite web |title=UK Parliamentary Election: Declaration of Results: GORDON Constituency |url=https://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/media/24905/declaration-of-result-gordon.pdf |date=12 December 2019 |website=[[Aberdeenshire Council]] |first=Jim |last=Savege |access-date=30 May 2019  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410160636/https://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/media/24905/declaration-of-result-gordon.pdf |archive-date=10 April 2021))</ref><ref name="CBP-8749">((cite web |url=https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-8749/CBP-8749.pdf |date=28 January 2020 |title=Commons Briefing Paper 8749. General Election 2019: results and analysis |publisher=[[House of Commons Library]] |location=London |access-date=19 January 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211118043715/https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-8749/CBP-8749.pdf |archive-date=18 November 2021))</ref>
))
((Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = [[Richard Thomson (politician)|Richard Thomson]]
|votes = 23,885
|percentage = 42.7
|change = +6.8
))
((Election box candidate with party link
|party = Scottish Conservatives
|candidate = [[Colin Clark (politician)|Colin Clark]]
|votes = 23,066
|percentage = 41.3
|change = +0.6
))
((Election box candidate with party link
|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
|candidate = James Oates
|votes = 	5,913
|percentage = 10.6
|change = −1.0
))
((Election box candidate with party link
|party = Scottish Labour
|candidate = Heather Herbert
|votes = 3,052
|percentage = 5.5
|change = −6.3
))
((Election box majority
  |votes      = 819
  |percentage = 1.4
  |change     = ''N/A''
))
((Election box turnout
  |votes      = 55,916
  |percentage = 70.2
  |change     = +1.8
))
((Election box gain with party link
  | winner     = Scottish National Party
  | loser      = Scottish Conservatives
  | swing      = +3.2
))
((Election box end))
((Election box begin|title=[[2017 United Kingdom general election|General election 2017]]: Gordon<ref name="CBP-7979">((cite web |url=https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7979/CBP-7979.pdf |title=Commons Briefing Paper 7979. General Election 2017: results and analysis |edition=Second |date=29 January 2019 |orig-date=7 April 2018 |publisher=[[House of Commons Library]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112183438/https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7979/CBP-7979.pdf |archive-date=12 November 2019))</ref>
))
((Election box winning candidate with party link
  |party      = Scottish Conservatives
  |candidate  = [[Colin Clark (politician)|Colin Clark]]
  |votes      = 21,861
  |percentage = 40.7
  |change     = +29.0
))
((Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Scottish National Party
  |candidate  = [[Alex Salmond]]<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/general-election-snp-reselects-54-mps-1-4426658|title=General Election: SNP reselects 54 MPs|website=www.scotsman.com|access-date=23 April 2017|archive-date=25 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170425185140/http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/general-election-snp-reselects-54-mps-1-4426658|url-status=dead))</ref>
  |votes      = 19,254
  |percentage = 35.9
  |change     = −11.8
))
((Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Scottish Labour 
  |candidate  = Kirsten Muat<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.scottishlabour.org.uk/blog/entry/general-election-2017-candidates1|title=General Election 2017 Candidates|website=www.scottishlabour.org.uk|access-date=8 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170508190636/http://www.scottishlabour.org.uk/blog/entry/general-election-2017-candidates1|archive-date=8 May 2017|url-status=dead))</ref>
  |votes      = 6,340
  |percentage = 11.8
  |change     = +5.9
))
((Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Scottish Liberal Democrats
  |candidate  = David Evans<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/politics/westminster/general-election/1234038/lib-dems-announce-candidates-for-gordon-and-west-aberdeenshire-and-kincardine/|title=Lib Dems announce candidate to stand against Alex Salmond|work=Press and Journal))</ref>
  |votes      = 6,230
  |percentage = 11.6
  |change     = −21.1
))
((Election box majority
  |votes      = 2,607
  |percentage = 4.8
  |change     = ''N/A''
))
((Election box turnout
  |votes      = 53,740
  |percentage = 68.4
  |change     = −4.9
))
((Election box gain with party link
  | winner     = Scottish Conservatives
  | loser      = Scottish National Party
  | swing      = +20.4
))
((Election box end))
This was the largest swing towards the Conservatives within the United Kingdom at the 2017 general election.

((See also|Opinion polling in United Kingdom constituencies, 2010–15#Gordon))
((Election box begin | title=[[2015 United Kingdom general election|General election 2015]]: Gordon<ref name=electoralcalculus>((cite web|title=Election Data 2015|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017112223/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|archive-date=17 October 2015))</ref>))
((Election box winning candidate with party link
 |party = Scottish National Party
 |candidate = [[Alex Salmond]]<ref>((cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-30364575|title=Ex-SNP leader Alex Salmond announces he is to stand for UK Parliament|work=BBC News|date=7 December 2014))</ref>
 |votes = 27,717
 |percentage = 47.7
 |change = +25.5
))
((Election box candidate with party link
 |party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
 |candidate = [[Christine Jardine]]
 |votes = 19,030
 |percentage = 32.7
 |change = −3.3
))
((Election box candidate with party link
 |party = Scottish Conservatives
 |candidate = [[Colin Clark (politician)|Colin Clark]]
 |votes = 6,807
 |percentage = 11.7
 |change = −7.0
))
((Election box candidate with party link
 |party = Scottish Labour 
 |candidate = [[Braden Davy]]
 |votes = 3,441
 |percentage = 5.9
 |change = −14.2
))
((Election box candidate with party link
 |party = UK Independence Party
 |candidate = Emily Santos<ref>((cite web|url=http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/gordon/|title=UK Polling Report|website=ukpollingreport.co.uk))</ref>
 |votes = 1,166
 |percentage = 2.0
 |change = ''New''
))
((Election box majority
  |votes      = 8,687
  |percentage = 15.0
  |change     = ''N/A''
))
((Election box turnout
  |votes      = 58,161
  |percentage = 73.3
  |change     = +6.9
))
((Election box gain with party link
  |winner     = Scottish National Party
  |loser      = Scottish Liberal Democrats
  |swing      = +14.4
))
((Election box end))

((Election box begin|title=[[2010 United Kingdom general election|General election 2010]]: Gordon<ref name=electoralcalculus2010>((cite web|title=Election Data 2010|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726162034/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|archive-date=26 July 2013))</ref>))
((Election box winning candidate with party link
 |party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
 |candidate = [[Malcolm Bruce]]
 |votes = 17,575
 |percentage = 36.0
 |change = −9.0
))
((Election box candidate with party link
 |party = Scottish National Party
 |candidate = [[Richard Thomson (politician)|Richard Thomson]]
 |votes = 10,827
 |percentage = 22.2
 |change = +6.2
))
((Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Scottish Labour
  |candidate  = Barney Crockett
  |votes      = 9,811
  |percentage = 20.1
  |change     = −0.1
)) 
((Election box candidate with party link
|party= Scottish Conservatives
|candidate = [[Ross Thomson]]
|votes = 9,111
|percentage = 18.7
|change = +1.1
))
((Election box candidate with party link
 |party      = Scottish Greens
  |candidate  = Sue Edwards
  |votes      = 752
  |percentage = 1.5
  |change     = ''New''
))
((Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = British National Party 
  |candidate  = Elise Jones
  |votes      = 699
  |percentage = 1.4
  |change     = ''New''
)) 
((Election box majority
  |votes      = 6,748
  |percentage = 13.8
  |change     = −9.0
))
((Election box turnout
  |votes      = 48,755
  |percentage = 66.4
  |change     = +4.6 
))
((Election box hold with party link
  |winner     = Scottish Liberal Democrats
  |swing      = −7.6
))
((Election box end))

===Elections of the 2000s===
((Election box begin|title=[[2005 United Kingdom general election|General election 2005]]: Gordon<ref name=electoralcalculus2005>((cite web|title=Election Data 2005|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054249/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011))</ref>))
((Election box winning candidate with party link
  |party      = Scottish Liberal Democrats
  |candidate  = [[Malcolm Bruce]]
  |votes      = 20,008
  |percentage = 45.0
  |change     = +6.2
))
((Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Labour Party (UK)
  |candidate  = Iain Brotchie
  |votes      = 8,982
  |percentage = 20.2
  |change     = −1.3
))
((Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Conservative Party (UK)
  |candidate  = Philip Atkinson
  |votes      = 7,842
  |percentage = 17.6
  |change     = −1.4
))
((Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Scottish National Party
  |candidate  = [[Joanna Strathdee]]
  |votes      = 7,098
  |percentage = 16.0
  |change     = −3.3
))
((Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Scottish Socialist Party
  |candidate  = Tommy Paterson
  |votes      = 508
  |percentage = 1.1
  |change     = −0.4
))
((Election box majority
  |votes      = 11,026
  |percentage = 24.8
  |change     = +19.9
))
((Election box turnout
  |votes      = 44,438
  |percentage = 61.8
  |change     = +5.2
))
((Election box hold with party link
  |winner     = Scottish Liberal Democrats
  |swing      = +3.8
))
((Election box end))
Before the 2005 general election, Scotland went through major boundary changes. 
((Election box begin|title=[[2001 United Kingdom general election|General election 2001]]: Gordon<ref name=electoralcalculus2001>((cite web|title=Election Data 2001|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054450/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011))</ref>))
((Election box winning candidate with party link
  |party      = Scottish Liberal Democrats
  |candidate  = [[Malcolm Bruce]]
  |votes      = 17,928
  |percentage = 48.5
  |change     = +5.9
))
((Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Conservative Party (UK)
  |candidate  = [[Nanette Milne]]
  |votes      = 8,049
  |percentage = 21.8
  |change     = −4.2
))
((Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Scottish National Party
  |candidate  = Rhona Kemp
  |votes      = 5,760
  |percentage = 15.6
  |change     = −4.4
))
((Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Labour Party (UK)
  |candidate  = Ellis Thorpe
  |votes      = 4,730
  |percentage = 12.8
  |change     = +2.5
))
((Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Scottish Socialist Party
  |candidate  = John Sangster
  |votes      = 534
  |percentage = 1.4
  |change     = ''New''
))
((Election box majority
  |votes      = 9,879
  |percentage = 27.7
  |change     = +11.1
))
((Election box turnout
  |votes      = 35,001
  |percentage = 58.3
  |change     = −13.6
))
((Election box hold with party link
  |winner     = Scottish Liberal Democrats
  |swing      = 
))
((Election box end))

===Elections of the 1990s===
((Election box begin|title=[[1997 United Kingdom general election|General election 1997]]: Gordon<ref name=electoralcalculus1997>((cite web|title=Election Data 1997|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054424/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011))</ref>))
((Election box winning candidate with party link
  |party      = Scottish Liberal Democrats
  |candidate  = [[Malcolm Bruce]]
  |votes      = 17,999
  |percentage = 42.6
  |change     = +15.4 <ref name="HCL-GE97">((cite web |url=https://www.parliament.uk/globalassets/documents/commons-information-office/m15.pdf |title=General Election Results, 1 May 1997 |date=1998 |publisher=[[House of Commons Library]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021051154/https://www.parliament.uk/globalassets/documents/commons-information-office/m15.pdf |archive-date=21 October 2020))</ref>
))
((Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Conservative Party (UK)
  |candidate  = John Porter
  |votes      = 11,002
  |percentage = 26.0
  |change     = −22.0
))
((Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Scottish National Party
  |candidate  = [[Richard Lochhead]]
  |votes      = 8,435
  |percentage = 20.0
  |change     = +1.4
))
((Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Labour Party (UK)
  |candidate  = Lindsey Kirkhill
  |votes      = 4,350
  |percentage = 10.3
  |change     = +4.0
))
((Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Referendum Party
  |candidate  = Fred Pidcock
  |votes      = 459
  |percentage = 1.1
  |change     = ''New''
))
((Election box majority
  |votes      = 6,997
  |percentage = 16.6
  |change     = +16.1
))
((Election box turnout
  |votes      = 42,245
  |percentage = 71.9
  |change     = −2.4
))
((Election box win
  |winner     = Scottish Liberal Democrats
  |swing      = 
))
((Election box end))

((Election box begin|title=Notional general election of 1992<ref>"Media Guide to the New Parliament Constituencies", compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher, Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre, 1995, p. 87</ref>))
((Election box winning candidate with party link
  |party      = Conservative Party (UK)
  |candidate  = 
  |votes      = 19,596
  |percentage = 48.0
  |change     = 
))
((Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Scottish Liberal Democrats
  |candidate  = 
  |votes      = 11,110
  |percentage = 27.2
  |change     =
))
((Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Scottish National Party
  |candidate  = 
  |votes      = 7,593
  |percentage = 18.6
  |change     = 
))
((Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Labour Party (UK)
  |candidate  = 
  |votes      = 2,561
  |percentage = 6.3
  |change     = 
))
((Election box majority
  |votes      = 8,486
  |percentage = 20.8
  |change     =
))
((Election box end))

((Election box begin|title=[[1992 United Kingdom general election|General election 1992]]: Gordon<ref name=electoralcalculus1992>((cite web|title=Election Data 1992|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054418/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011))</ref>))
((Election box winning candidate with party link
  |party      = Scottish Liberal Democrats
  |candidate  = [[Malcolm Bruce]]
  |votes      = 22,158  
  |percentage = 37.4
  |change     = −12.0
))
((Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Conservative Party (UK)
  |candidate  = John Porter
  |votes      = 21,884  
  |percentage = 37.0
  |change     = +5.1
))
((Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Scottish National Party
  |candidate  = [[Brian Adam]]
  |votes      = 8,445  
  |percentage = 14.3
  |change     = +7.1
))
((Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Labour Party (UK)
  |candidate  = Peter Morrell
  |votes      = 6,682  
  |percentage = 11.3
  |change     = −0.2
))
((Election box majority
  |votes      = 274   
  |percentage = 0.4
  |change     = -17.1
))
((Election box turnout
  |votes      = 59,169
  |percentage = 74.3
  |change     = +0.6
))
((Election box hold with party link
  |winner     = Scottish Liberal Democrats
  |swing      = 
))
((Election box end))

===Elections of the 1980s===
((Election box begin|title=[[1987 United Kingdom general election|General election 1987]]: Gordon<ref name=electoralcalculus1987>((cite web|title=Election Data 1987|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054243/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011))</ref>))
((Election box winning candidate with party link
  |party      = Liberal Party (UK)
  |candidate  = [[Malcolm Bruce]]
  |votes      = 26,770    
  |percentage = 49.4
  |change     = +5.6
))
((Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Conservative Party (UK)
  |candidate  = Peter Leckie
  |votes      = 17,251    
  |percentage = 31.9
  |change     = −10.1
))
((Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Labour Party (UK)
  |candidate  = Morag Morrell
  |votes      = 6,228    
  |percentage = 11.5
  |change     = +3.0
))
((Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Scottish National Party
  |candidate  = George Wright
  |votes      = 3,876     
  |percentage = 7.2
  |change     = +1.5
))
((Election box majority
  |votes      = 9,519     
  |percentage = 17.5
  |change     = +15.7
))
((Election box turnout
  |votes      = 54,125
  |percentage = 73.7
  |change     = +3.6
))
((Election box hold with party link
  |winner     = Liberal Party (UK)
  |swing      = 
))
((Election box end))

((Election box begin|title=[[1983 United Kingdom general election|General election 1983]]: Gordon<ref name=electoralcalculus1983>((cite web|title=Election Data 1983|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054231/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011))</ref>))
((Election box winning candidate with party link
  |party      = Liberal Party (UK)
  |candidate  = [[Malcolm Bruce]]
  |votes      = 20,134      
  |percentage = 43.8
  |change     = +13.1
))
((Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Conservative Party (UK)
  |candidate  = [[James Cran]]
  |votes      = 19,284      
  |percentage = 42.0
  |change     = +0.2
))
((Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Labour Party (UK)
  |candidate  = George Grant
  |votes      = 3,899      
  |percentage = 8.5
  |change     = −5.7
))
((Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Scottish National Party
  |candidate  = Kenneth Guild
  |votes      = 2,636  
  |percentage = 5.7
  |change     = −7.6
))
((Election box majority
  |votes      = 850        
  |percentage = 1.8
  |change     = ''N/A''
))
((Election box turnout
  |votes      = 45,953
  |percentage = 70.1
  |change     = 
))
((Election box new seat win
  |winner     = Liberal Party (UK)
))
((Election box end))

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