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Gordon And Buchan (UK Parliament Constituency)
Gordon and Buchan is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election. The constituency name refers to the former Scottish districts of Gordon and Buchan. Contents The constituency comprises the following wards of Aberdeenshire Aberdeenshire ( sco, Aiberdeenshire; gd, Siorrachd Obar Dheathain) is one of the 32 Subdivisions of Scotland#council areas of Scotland, council areas of Scotland. It takes its name from the County of Aberdeen which has substantially differe ...: * East Garioch, Ellon and District, Huntly, Strathbogie and Howe of Alford, Inverurie and District, Mid-Formartine, Turriff and District, West Garioch from the former Gordon constituency * Central Buchan and Turriff and District from the former Banff and Buchan constituency Members of Parliament Elections in the 2020s Reference ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Garioch (ward)
East Garioch is one of the nineteen wards used to elect members of the Aberdeenshire Council. Until 2017 three councillors were elected in this ward following the fifth statutory Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland review 2016, now East Garioch elects four Councillors. Councillors Election Results 2022 Election 2022 Aberdeenshire Council election 2017 Election 2017 Aberdeenshire Council election 2012 Election 2012 Aberdeenshire Council election 2007 Election 2007 Aberdeenshire Council election Elections to Aberdeenshire Council were held on 3 May 2007 the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election. The election was the first one using 19 new wards created as a result of th ... By-election The by-election was held on 17 June 2021, following the death of Councillor Fergus Hood following a prolonged illness. 2021 By-election East Garioch By-election 2021 - Aberdeenshir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Thomson (politician)
Richard Gordon Thomson (born 16 June 1976) is a Scottish politician. He is a member of the Scottish National Party (SNP) He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Gordon since the 2019 general election, having previously the leader of the SNP group on Aberdeenshire Council. He has been serving as SNP Spokesperson for International Trade since 2022, and SNP Spokesperson for Wales and Northern Ireland since 2021. Early life and education Thomson was born in Edinburgh in 1976, the son of Alexander and Ethel Thomson. He was educated at Tynecastle High School, Edinburgh, before going to the University of Stirling to study History and Politics. He gained a BA (Hons) in 1998. He is presently studying part-time for an MBA from the Edinburgh Business School at Heriot-Watt University. Career He worked for Scottish Widows in Edinburgh from 1999 to 2004, firstly as an Assistant Manager in their Customer Relations Department, and latterly as an Account Manager in Corporate Pensions. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish Conservatives
The Scottish Conservative & Unionist Party (Scottish Gaelic language, Scottish Gaelic: ''Pà rtaidh Tòraidheach na h-Alba'', Scots language, Scots: ''Scots Tory an Unionist Pairty'', often known simply as the Scottish Conservatives and colloquially as the Scottish Tories) is part of the UK Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party active in Scotland. It holds 5 of the 57 Scottish seats in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons, 31 of the 129 seats in the Scottish Parliament, and comprises 209 of Scotland's 1,227 local councilors. The party's policies in Scotland usually promote conservatism and the continuation of Scotland's role as part of the United Kingdom. Douglas Ross (Scottish politician), Douglas Ross is the Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party. He replaced Jackson Carlaw, who briefly served from February to July 2020; Carlaw had in turn taken over from Ruth Davidson, who held the post from 2011 Scottish Conservatives leadership election, 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
