BBC Profile:
Before 1983 this seat was known as Moray and Nairn and until 1974 it returned Conservative MPs. When Tory Gordon Campbell was elevated to the peerage in 1974 Winnie Ewing won the seat for the SNP, but lost it by 420 votes to Alexander Pollock in the Conservative victory of 1979. Her daughter-in-law Margaret Ewing recaptured Moray in 1987.

Margaret Ewing stood down from the House of Commons in 2001 and her successor, Angus Robertson, had his majority reduced by two-thirds.

In 2005, Robertson increased his share of the vote for the SNP by 7%, returning to Westminster with a majority of 5,676.

There are no boundary changes affecting this seat.

This constituency covers the Moray council area between Aberdeenshire and Highland in north east Scotland. It has spectacular coastline on the Moray Firth.

The population is sprinkled between numerous small fishing and farming towns, of which Elgin, New Elgin, Keith and Buckie are the largest.

The area is home to some of the finest distilleries in Scotland, producing well-known labels such as Glenlivet and Glenfiddich. Whisky represents a quarter of all the UK's food and drink exports and is vital to the local economy.

The largest single employer is the RAF, which has bases at Lossiemouth and Kinloss. Both bases have faced closure threats. However, the bases' future has been secured since Kinloss became the base for the new Nimrod MRA4 and Lossiemouth hosts the 10bn joint strike fighter jet.

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BBC Profile:
Before 1983 this seat was known as Moray and Nairn and until 1974 it returned Conservative MPs. When Tory Gordon Campbell was elevated to the peerage in 1974 Winnie Ewing won the seat for the SNP, but lost it by 420 votes to Alexander Pollock in the Conservative victory of 1979. Her daughter-in-law Margaret Ewing recaptured Moray in 1987.

Margaret Ewing stood down from the House of Commons in 2001 and her successor, Angus Robertson, had his majority reduced by two-thirds.

In 2005, Robertson increased his share of the vote for the SNP by 7%, returning to Westminster with a majority of 5,676.

There are no boundary changes affecting this seat.

This constituency covers the Moray council area between Aberdeenshire and Highland in north east Scotland. It has spectacular coastline on the Moray Firth.

The population is sprinkled between numerous small fishing and farming towns, of which Elgin, New Elgin, Keith and Buckie are the largest.

The area is home to some of the finest distilleries in Scotland, producing well-known labels such as Glenlivet and Glenfiddich. Whisky represents a quarter of all the UK's food and drink exports and is vital to the local economy.

The largest single employer is the RAF, which has bases at Lossiemouth and Kinloss. Both bases have faced closure threats. However, the bases' future has been secured since Kinloss became the base for the new Nimrod MRA4 and Lossiemouth hosts the 10bn joint strike fighter jet.

Tourist attractions include the ruined Elgin Cathedral and the monastery at Pluscarden.

The local geography lends itself to renewable energy. Windfarm developments, while controversial, are a key plank of the Scottish Government's aims to expand the renewable energy capacity in Scotland. One of the largest proposed schemes is the sitting of many turbines in the Moray Firth.

Rallings & Thrasher Notional:
No Boundary Changes

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