Editing Moray (section)

== Politics ==
[[Moray Council]] is based at the Council Offices in Elgin, formerly the offices of the old Moray and Nairn Joint County Council.

Moray is represented in large part by the [[Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey (UK Parliament constituency)|Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey constituency]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Location of Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey |url=https://members.parliament.uk/constituency/4487/location |access-date=19 August 2024 |website=UK Parliament}}</ref> and in small part by the [[Aberdeenshire North and Moray East (UK Parliament constituency)|Aberdeenshire North and Moray East constituency]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Location of Aberdeenshire North and Moray East |url=https://members.parliament.uk/constituency/4451/location |access-date=19 August 2024 |website=UK Parliament}}</ref> The MP for the Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey constituency is [[Graham Leadbitter]] of the [[Scottish National Party|SNP]], and the MP for the Aberdeenshire North and Moray East constituency is [[Seamus Logan]] of the SNP.

For the [[Scottish Parliament]], the majority of Moray is in the [[Moray (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Moray constituency]] and the [[Highlands and Islands (Scottish Parliament electoral region)|Highlands and Islands electoral region]]. The eastern corner of Moray (consisting of the [[Buckie (ward)|Buckie ward]] and the eastern part of the [[Keith and Cullen (ward)|Keith and Cullen ward]]) is instead in the [[Banffshire and Buchan Coast (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Banffshire and Buchan Coast constituency]] and the [[North East Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)|North-East Scotland electoral region]].

In the [[2014 Scottish independence referendum]], Moray voted 'No' by an above-average percentage of 57.6%. In the [[2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum|2016 European Union membership referendum]], Moray voted 'Remain' by a 50.1% margin. It had the biggest percentage for 'Leave' out of all the Scottish council areas and the narrowest margin of victory for either side anywhere in the UK.