MORAY

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- |Council= Moray
Moireibh
|+ 'The Moray Council area'
|Image=
|image_logo = Moray_logo.png
|SizeRank= 8th
|Size= 2,238 km²
|Water= ?
|
|AdminHQ= High Street
Elgin
Moray
IV30 1BX
|ISO= GB-MRY
|ONS= 00QX
|PopulationRank= 25th
|PopulationDate= 2004
|Population= 87,720
|PopulationDensity=39/km²
|CouncilDetails=
The Moray Council
http://www.moray.gov.uk/
|Control= Independent /
|MPs=

• Angus Robertson for Moray

|MSPs=

• Richard Lochhead for Moray
• Alex Salmond for Gordon

}}
'Moray' (pronounced ''Murray'', Scottish Gaelic ''Moireibh'' or ''Moireabh'') is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. It lies in the north-east of the country, with coastline on the Moray Firth, and borders the council areas of Aberdeenshire and Highland.

Contents

Towns and villages

Politics

Moray Council

Parliamentary constituencies

Moray economy

Employment

Economic performance

Earnings

Business base

Population

External links

Footnotes

References

Towns and villages

★ Aberlour, Alves, Archiestown, Arradoul, Auchenhalrig

★ Bogmoor, Broadley, Buckie, Burghead

★ Clochan, Craigellachie, Cullen, Cummingston

★ Dallas, Deskford, Dipple, Drybridge, Dufftown, Duffus, Dyke

★ Elgin

★ Findhorn, Findochty, Fochabers, Forres, Fogwatt

★ Garmouth

★ Hopeman

★ Ianstown, Inchberry

★ Keith, Kingston, Kinloss

★ Lhanbryde, Longmorn, Lossiemouth

★ Mosstodloch

★ Nether Dallachy, Newmill

★ Ordiquish

★ Portgordon, Portknockie

★ Raffan, Rafford, Rothes, Rothiemay

★ Spey Bay

★ Tomintoul

★ Upper Dallachy, Urquhart

Politics

Moray Council

The Moray council area was created in 1996, under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, with the boundaries of the former Moray district of the two-tier Grampian region.
Local government districts had their own directly elected councils. Therefore they were said to be part of a two-tier system of local government. This was abolished by the 1994 legislation, in favour of unitary council areas. The districts, and the regions, had been formed in 1975, under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973.

The Moray district had been formed by combining the local government county of Moray, except Grantown-on-Spey and Cromdale areas, with Aberlour, Buckie, Cullen, Dufftown, Findochty, Keith and Portknockie areas of the county of Banff. The Grantown-on-Spey and Cromdale areas had been combined with Kingussie and Badenoch areas of the county of Inverness to form the Badenoch and Strathspey district of the Highland region.
'Current political composition:'
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|Independent
|12
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|Scottish National Party
|9
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|Conservative
|3
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|Labour
|2
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Moray Council has been controlled by an Independent]/