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	Edinburgh South (UK Parliament constituency) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Edinburgh South is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
		Prior to the 2005 general election the constituency had the same boundaries as the Scottish Parliament constituency with the same name.
		The constituency covers the southern portion of Edinburgh, including the wards of Alnwickhill, Fairmilehead, Gilmerton, Kaimes, Marchmont, Merchiston, Moredun, Newington, North Morningside and the Grange, Sciennes, and South Morningside.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Edinburgh_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency) (244 words)

	Moray (UK Parliament constituency) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Moray is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
		A similar constituency, also called Moray, is used by the Scottish Parliament.
		The constituency covers the whole of the Moray council area.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Moray_%28constituency%29 (91 words)

	Scottish Parliament
		Moray is represented by 1 Constituency MSP and 7 Regional MSPs.The Scottish Parliament passes laws and scrutinises the work and policies of the Scottish Executive.
		The Scottish Executive is formed from the party or parties holding a majority of seats in the parliament.
		The first vote is for the constituency candidate and the second vote is for a political party or a candidate standing as an individual, within a Scottish Parliament Region.
	www.moray.gov.uk /moray_standard/page_40068.html (143 words)

	Encyclopedia: Moray (constituency) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Scottish Parliament (Pàrlamaid na h-Alba in Gaelic, Scots Pairlament in Scots) is the national legislature of Scotland.
		Moray, one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland, lies in the north-east of the country and borders on the regions of Aberdeenshire and Highland.
		Born on September 1, 1945, she attended the University of Glasgow and the University of Strathclyde and was a teacher before becoming an MP at the February 1974 Election.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Moray-%28constituency%29 (664 words)

	History of the SNP
		The perception that the Scottish people were being excluded from the economic benefits generated by the discovery of oil and gas in the North Sea transformed Scottish politics and gave the SNP a major boost in both membership and votes.
		The Scottish Parliament is composed of 129 MPs, 73 of whom are elected on a constituency basis using the first-past-the-post system and 56 of whom are elected as regional additional members, using a system of proportional representation.
		In the first (constituency, first past the post) ballot, the SNP increased its share of the vote in sixty five constituencies, drastically reducing Labour majorities and significantly increasing support in what used to be regarded as the party's weakest areas.
	inchbrakie.tripod.com /snpdingwall/id9.html (4490 words)

	The Scottish Parliament Elections 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Election of Members to the Scottish Parliament are for both Regional and Constituency Members.
		Orkney; Shetland; Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross; Ross, Skye and Inverness West; Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber; Moray; Western Isles (Eilean Siar); Argyll and Bute.
		One Constituency Member will be elected for each of the above Constituencies and 7 Regional Members will be allocated in accordance with the provisions of Sections 7 and 8 of the Scotland Act 1998.
	www.highland.gov.uk /landaintra/corporate_services/elections/sp.htm (161 words)

	Members of Parliament
		Scottish Parliament - The Scottish Parliament consists of 129 members (MSPs) who represent their constituents on matters which are devolved to the Scottish Parliament such as Education, Health and the Environment.
		With the first vote, voters choose between candidates standing in their constituency, with the candidate with the majority of votes gaining the seat.
		The European Parliament and MEPs are based in Brussels, where specialised committees meet to scrutinise proposals for new EU laws.
	www.moray.gov.uk /moray_standard/page_40070.html (427 words)

	Moray (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The SNP candidate is Angus Robertson, who represents the current Moray Constituency as a Scottish National Party MP in the Westminster Parliament.
		At the Scottish parliamentary election of 2003, she was third on the Lib Dems Highlands and Islands list and came fourth in Moray with 12.2 % of the vote.
		This new constituency consists of the whole of the old Moray seat, including two wards split with the old Gordon seat, plus two wards from the old Gordon seat.
	www.alba.org.uk /nextge/moray.html (523 words)

	About Scotland
		Under the terms of the Act, the Scottish Parliament is able to pass laws affecting Scotland covering a range of issues.
		The relationship between the Scottish Executive and the Scottish Parliament is similar to the relationship between the UK Government and the UK Parliament at Westminster.
		The Scottish law system is based on civil law, which is derived from ancient Roman law, whereas the other parts of Great Britain follow the common law, which originated in England with the evolution of case law and precedents.
	homepages.tesco.net /~scotlandweb/aboutscot/scot005.html (1330 words)

	Orkney Islands articles and news from Start Learning Now (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Orkney Islands are one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland, and form a Traditional counties of Scotlandtraditional county and Lieutenancy areas of ScotlandLieutenancy area, and the Orkney (Scottish Parliament constituency)Orkney constituency of the Scottish Parliament.
		Dalriadic Scottish peopleScots established a footing in the islands towards the beginning of the 6th century, their success was short-lived, and the Picts regained power and kept it until dispossessed by the Norsemen in the 9th century.
		In the Scottish Parliament the Orkney Islands are themselves the Orkney (Scottish Parliament constituency)Orkney constituency, which elects one Member of the Scottish ParliamentMember of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post system.
	www.startlearningnow.com /Orkney.htm (2793 words)

	House of Commons Hansard Debates for 29 Jan 1998 (pt 25)
		However, that does not prevent the Parliament from deciding whether and how to make provision in its Standing Orders on arrangements for inviting non-Members of the Parliament to attend Committees and participate in their deliberations, so that the benefit of their knowledge and experience is available to the Parliament.
		In the context of the Scottish Parliament, there could be an extension of that argument, on which he and I agree.
		However, it is important that the Scottish Parliament should have an opportunity for clarity and transparency with the new measures to be put in place.
	www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk /pa/cm199798/cmhansrd/vo980129/debtext/80129-25.htm (1458 words)

	Scotland Guide - Government and Politics - The Scottish Parliament
		The Parliament was elected on 6 May 1999, reconvened after a 292 year gap on 12 May 1999, and assumed its full powers after the official opening by the Queen on 1 July 1999.
		The powers of the Scottish Parliament are based on those established by the Labour led Constitutional Convention.
		Until the new Parliament building at Holyrood is constructed, the Scottish Parliament will meet in the General Assembly buildings on The Mound.
	www.siliconglen.com /scotfaq/19_12.html (754 words)

	SNP.org - Official Web Site of the Scottish National Party (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		She was MP for East Dumbartonshire from 1974-79, then MP for Moray from 1987 before going on to represent the same constituency from 1999 in the new Scottish Parliament.
		Moray is perhaps best known for its numerous whisky distillers including the Speyside malts but has many other fine food producers.
		Moray, which includes the market town of Elgin, was one of the seven ancient Celtic The Orkney Islands are separated from the Scottish mainland by a seven mile stretch of the Pentland Firth in the far north of the country.
	www.snp.org /html/election/candidates/detail.php?candidateID=29 (200 words)

	Allan Wilson MSP - Working for the people of Cunninghame North - Speeches to the Scottish Parliament - 2003
		The new session of Parliament is barely a month old, so I hope that the members of the new committees feel that we have fulfilled that commitment to Parliament promptly.
		Parliament therefore refer specifically to the European waste catalogue, which is a very broad listing of wastes.
		That the Parliament agrees that the draft Landfill (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2003 be approved.
	www.allanwilsonmsp.com /pages/speeches/2003/landfillopeningspeech.html (1178 words)

	Aspect 2003: Timothy G F Wood, Scottish Conservative & Unionist Party candidate, Moray, 2003
		Scottish Conservatives are rightly proud of the increase in the numbers of people able to go on to further education under the last Conservative government.
		The Scottish Conservatives are pledged to ensure that funding for transport is spent evenly over the whole country not just in the Central Belt.
		The Scottish Conservatives have called on the Executive to use most of the financial aid to allow our fishermen to tie up and survive the restrictions on fishing, instead of using the money to destroy the fishing fleet.
	gdl.cdlr.strath.ac.uk /aspect/aspect2003/cup/a03cupmor.htm (1908 words)

	House of Commons Hansard Debates for 9 Feb 2004 (pt 26)
		We have a system for which there is no public support: a candidate can stand for direct election to the Scottish Parliament, come last out of four or five candidates, yet walk into the Scottish Parliament by the back door and take their seat.
		The agriculture Minister of the Scottish Parliament—Captain Mainwaring himself—little Ross Finney, stands for election in Greenock year after year and always gets trounced; indeed, he was trounced in the last two Scottish parliamentary elections.
		He is now serving as a Scottish Executive Minister, having been defeated as a Labour candidate in Moray by the Scottish National party; indeed, he even came behind the Tories.
	www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk /pa/cm200304/cmhansrd/vo040209/debtext/40209-26.htm (1441 words)

	Encyclopedia: Moray (UK Parliament constituency) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Moray (Moireibh in Gaelic), one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland, lies in the north-east of the country and borders on the regions of Aberdeenshire and Highland.
		The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005 and won by the Labour Party, led by Tony Blair.
		The Labour Party is a centre-left or Democratic Socialist political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Moray-%28UK-Parliament-constituency%29 (655 words)

	Candidates (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		As the Scottish Socialist Party prospective candidate, Norma Anderson has campaigned long and hard for the SSP alternative to the council tax (The Scottish Service Tax) which would introduce a fairer system based on ability to pay and put much need cash back into the pockets of more than 77% of folk in Moray.
		She asks the people of Moray to vote for the Scottish Socialist Party because it is the only party that puts people before profits and the only party to put the needs of ordinary working people before the greed of big business.
		Deirdre is an active campaigner and has petitioned the Scottish Parliament to get them to reconsider the abolition of student grants and raise issues about the long term affects of poverty of students.
	www.ssp-highlandsandislands.org /candidates.htm (1218 words)

	Angus Robertson — SNP - Scottish National Party (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Angus Robertson was elected as the SNP MP for Moray in 2001.
		He stood as SNP candidate in Midlothian at the Scottish Parliament elections in 1999, where he raised the SNP share of the vote to just over 30%.
		Angus is strong campaigner on issues of importance to his Moray constituency including fishing, whisky and the armed forces.
	www.snp.org /elections/candidates/robertson_angus (283 words)

	Members of the Scottish Parliament, 1999-2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Scottish Parliament is composed of 129 Members (referred to as MSPs).
		Brian Fitzpatrick was elected at the Strathkelvin and Bearsden by-election, 2001 (held June 7, 2001, the same day as the UK wide general election) to replace Sam Galbraith as MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden.
		Johnston resigned from the Parliament on August 10, 2001 due to ill health and Fraser was the next person on the Conservative's "Additional Members" list in 1999.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/M/Members-of-the-Scottish-Parliament,-1999-2003.htm (924 words)

	Elections and Electoral Issues
		There are 626 members of the European parliament with 87 representing the UK of which 8 represent Scotland.
		To elect Councillors to represent the District of Moray.
		Moray is represented by 1 Constituency MSP and 7 Regional MSPs.
	www.moray.org /moray_standard/page_39821.html (345 words)

	House of Commons Standing Committee (pt 2)
		It is in all our interests to bring together whatever evidence we have between now and the December Council to support our argument that there should be an element of decoupling between cod and the other stocks that are healthy.
		Angus Robertson (Moray): I am pleased that we are able to speak about this important issue when many people in our fishing communities are concerned about it, but I must first welcome the new shadow Secretary of State for Scotland, the hon.
		I put on the record our commiserations on the fact that his party got rid of the permanent seat for the shadow Secretary of State for Scotland in the shadow Cabinet on the very day that he was promoted to the post.
	www.parliament.the-stationery-office.com /pa/cm200203/cmstand/scotg/st031112/31112s02.htm (1506 words)

	BBC NEWS \| VOTE 2003
		This seat and the neighbouring constituency, Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber, have suffered from the downturn in the oil industry, with the closure of the Barmac oil fabrication plants in the summer of 2000 causing nearly 3,000 job losses.
		Margaret Ewing regained Moray for the SNP in 1987 after eight years of Tory rule.
		In 1999 Mrs Ewing secured her seat in the Scottish Parliament by winning with a solid majority of 12%.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/shared/bsp/hi/vote2003/scottish_parliament/html/411.stm (179 words)

	Outer Hebrides - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		They form part of the Hebrides, separated from the Scottish mainland and from the Inner Hebrides by the stormy stretch of water known as the Minch and the Little Minch.
		The name for the UK Parliament constituency covering this area is Na h-Eileanan an Iar, whilst the Scottish Parliament constituency for the area continues to be known as Western Isles.
		The islands were under Norwegian rule for about 200 years until sovereignty was transferred to Scotland in the Treaty of Perth in 1266, which followed the Battle of Largs in 1263.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Western_Isles (507 words)

	The 1820 Insurrection
		I am pleased to be able to speak as a member of the Scottish Parliament, as we have now achieved the restoration of an element of our sovereignty due to the efforts and sacrifice of many Scots over the years, of whom James "Perlie" Wilson was one.
		It is arguable that the Scottish Parliament is a step forward, but it is only one step in the long process in which James "Perlie" Wilson and his compatriots played a part.
		So, it is little wonder that Scottish children in an age when the teaching of history of any sort is increasingly under furtive or even overt attack, should have no knowledge of Hardie, Baird and Wilson, or their work.
	www.geocities.com /joe_middleton_sco/1820.htm (13649 words)

	Caithness CWS - Front Page Bulletins - Elections 2003 - Index
		Jim Wallace was re-elected to the Scottish Parliament with a reduced majority of 1,745 compared to 4,610 in 1999.
		There are links to information on many aspects of groups of women and to the Scottish Parliament statistics on comparisons of numbers of men and women across the Scottish regions.
		Speaking in the Scottish Parliament during the weekly question time session, Mr Stone urged Finance Minister Andy Kerr to give greater consideration to the Far North when decisions are being taken over the dispersal of public service bodies.
	www.caithness.org /fpb/election2003 (3178 words)

	Winnie Ewing - All About All (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Winnie Ewing (born July 10, 1929) is a prominent Scottish nationalist and was formerly a Member of Parliament (MP), Member of the European Parliament (MEP) and Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP).
		Despite her high profile she was unsuccessful in retaining the Hamilton seat at the 1970 General Election, but she managed to be re-elected to Westminster at the February 1974 Election, and held her seat in the repeat election in October of the same year.
		As the oldest member it was her duty to preside over the opening of the Scottish Parliament, a session she opened with the famous words, 'The Scottish Parliament, adjourned on the 25th day of March in the year 1707, is hereby reconvened'.
	www.emypedia.com /article/Winnie_Ewing (558 words)

	IOG: Parliament News, issue 15/february 2002
		The Scotland Office has a consultation document (link to document) on the subject of the size of the Scottish Parliament inviting the views of groups and individuals on the case for retaining or ending the linking of Westminster and Holyrood constituency boundaries as provided in the Scotland Act.
		The Scottish Parliament has a budget for commissioning research for Parliamentary committees and holds a database of researchers interested in tendering for committee research.
		Scottish Ministerial Code: a code of conduct and guidance on procedures for Members of the Scottish Executive and Junior Scottish Ministers.
	www.institute-of-governance.org /pn/issues/pn15.html (2134 words)

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