Moray
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{{this|the Moray [[Council areas of Scotland|council area]] created in 1996, and the Moray district of the [[Grampian]] [[Regions and districts of Scotland|region]], 1975 to 1996}}
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- |Council= Moray<br />Moireibh
|+ <big>'''The Moray Council area'''</big>
|Image= [[Image:ScotlandMoray.png]]
|image_logo = Moray_logo.png
|SizeRank= 8th
|Size= [[1 E8 m²|2,238]] [[square kilometre|km²]]
|Water= ?
|[[Image:ScotlandMoray.png|center]]
|AdminHQ= High Street<br />[[Elgin, Moray|Elgin]]<br /> Moray <br /> IV30 1BX
|ISO= GB-MRY
|ONS= 00QX
|PopulationRank= 25th
|PopulationDate= [[2004]]
|Population= 87,720
|PopulationDensity=39/km²
|CouncilDetails= [[Image:Moray logo.png|75px]]<br />The Moray Council<br />http://www.moray.gov.uk/
|Control= <!-- Edit (with refs per WP:VERIFY) at [[Template:Scottish council control]] -->
|MPs= <ul><li>[[Angus Robertson]] for [[Moray (UK Parliament constituency)|Moray]] </ul>
|MSPs= <ul><li>[[Richard Lochhead]] for [[Moray (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Moray]]<li>[[Alex Salmond]] for [[Gordon (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Gordon]]</ul>
}}
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|+ <big>'''Moray Council Area'''</big>
|[[Image:ScotlandMoray.png|125px|center]]<br><center>Moray shown as one <br> of the [[Council areas of Scotland|council areas]] of Scotland</br> </center>
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|style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;" | <center>'''Population'''<br>87,270 [[List of Scottish council areas by population |(Ranked 25th)]]</br> </center>
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|<center>'''Council logo'''<br>[[Image:Moray_logo.png|75px]]</br>
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|<center>'''Administrative HQ'''<br>High Street<br /> [[Elgin]]<br /> Moray<br /> IV30 1BX
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|<center>'''Council control''' <br> [[Independent (politician)|Independent]] / [[Conservative and Unionist]]
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|<center>'''Council website''' <br> http://www.moray.gov.uk/
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'''[[Moray]]''' (pronounced ''Murray'', [[Scottish Gaelic language|Scottish Gaelic]] ''Moireibh'' or ''Moireabh'') is one of the 32 [[Council areas of Scotland|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 (council area)|Highland]].
== Towns and villages ==
* [[Aberlour]], [[Alves, Moray|Alves]], [[Archiestown]], [[Arradoul]], [[Auchenhalrig]]
* [[Bogmoor]], [[Broadley]], [[Buckie]], [[Burghead]]
* [[Clochan]], [[Craigellachie, Scotland|Craigellachie]], [[Cullen]], [[Cummingston]]
* [[Dallas, Scotland|Dallas]], [[Deskford]], [[Dipple]], [[Drybridge]], [[Dufftown]], [[Duffus]], [[Dyke, Scotland|Dyke]]
* [[Elgin, Moray|Elgin]]
* [[Findhorn]], [[Findochty]], [[Fochabers]], [[Forres]], [[Fogwatt]]
* [[Garmouth, Moray|Garmouth]]
* [[Hopeman]]
* [[Ianstown]], [[Inchberry]]
* [[Keith, Scotland|Keith]], [[Kingston, Moray|Kingston]], [[Kinloss]]
* [[Lhanbryde]], [[Longmorn]], [[Lossiemouth]]
* [[Mill of Tynet]], [[Mosstodloch]],
* [[Nether Dallachy]], [[Newmill, Scotland|Newmill]]
* [[Ordiquish]]
* [[Portgordon]], [[Portknockie]]
* [[Raffan]], [[Rafford]], [[Rothes]], [[Rothiemay]]
* [[Spey Bay]]
* [[Tomintoul]]
* [[Unthank, Moray|Unthank]], [[Upper Dallachy]], [[Urquhart, Moray|Urquhart]]
== Politics ==
=== Moray Council ===
: ''see also [[Moray council election, 2007]]''
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]] [[Regions and districts of Scotland|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]].
[[Image:Moray Sign.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Moray Sign]]
The Moray district had been formed by combining the [[Local government of Scotland|local government]] [[county of Moray]], except [[Grantown-on-Spey]] and [[Cromdale]] areas, with [[Aberlour]], [[Buckie]], [[Cullen]], [[Dufftown]], [[Findochty]], [[Keith, Moray|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 (council area)|Highland]] region.
'''Current political composition:'''
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|width="140"|'''Party'''
|width="180"|'''Councillors'''
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|bgcolor="{{Independent (politician)/meta/color}}"|
|Independent
|11
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|bgcolor="{{Scottish National Party/meta/color}}"|
|Scottish National Party
|10
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|bgcolor="{{Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color}}"|
|Conservative
|3
|-
|bgcolor="{{Labour Party (UK)/meta/color}}"|
|Labour
|2
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Moray Council has been controlled by an [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]/[[Scottish Conservative Party|Conservative]] coalition since May 2007. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/6665431.stm]
=== Parliamentary constituencies ===
In the [[House of Commons (UK)|House of Commons]] of the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]] ([[Palace of Westminster|Westminster]]), the council area is covered the [[Moray (UK Parliament constituency)|Moray (Westminster) constituency]].
In the [[Scottish Parliament]] ([[Scottish Parliament Building|Holyrood]]), most of the council area is covered by the [[Moray (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Moray (Holyrood) constituency]], which is in the [[Highlands and Islands (Scottish Parliament region)|Highlands and Islands electoral region]]. The [[Keith, Moray|Keith]] area, however, is within the [[Gordon (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Gordon (Holyrood) constituency]], which is in the [[North East Scotland (Scottish Parliament region)|North East Scotland electoral region]].
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==Moray economy==
===Employment===
The working population of Moray in 2003 was nearly 40,000 of which around 34,000 were employees and 6,000 self-employed. Of this 34,000, 31% are employed in the public sector compared with 27% for Scotland and 25% for the UK (the [[RAF]] personnel are not included in these figures). Only 18% of jobs are managerial or professional compared to 25% for Scotland.
[[Image:Employmentmoray.png|thumb|center|300px|People employed in Moray (2003)]]
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===Economic performance===
The [[gross value added]] (GVA)<ref>GVA = Gross Value Added is the term now used for total wealth created in the regional economy. Measured at basic prices, it is close to what was formerly known as Gross Domestic Product at factor cost.</ref> in Moray was £1.26 billion, in 2003. This corresponds to an output of £14,500 per resident and was 6% below the average for [[Scotland]] and 12% below that of the [[UK]].
The diagrams show the strong reliance on the food and drink industry i.e. the distilling, canned food and biscuit manufacturing industries. The public sector is also very prominent. Of the total GVA of £1.26billion, food and drink is responsible for 19% while 3% is the [[Scotland|Scottish]] figure and 2% for the UK. Moray is responsible for 9% of the entire food and drink GVA of Scotland. Significant areas where Moray has a larger than average share of national markets are in tourism, forest products, textiles and specialized metal working. In contrast, however, Moray is significantly under-represented in the business services area at 15% of GVA while it is 19% for Scotland and 25% for the UK.
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<td>[[Image:GVAmoray.png|thumb|250px|GVA per head of population (1998 - 2003)]]
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<td>[[Image:ManufacturingGVAmoray2.png|thumb|250px|Manufacturing GVA (2003)]]
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===Earnings===
Compared to Scottish or UK levels, average incomes in Moray are low. The average wage in 2003 was £286 per week which was 12% below the Scottish average and 18% below the UK (these statistics exclude the armed forces). These figures reflect the large amount of part-time employment, with fewer qualified workers and less managerial and professional jobs. 16% of residents out-commute which is relatively high and of these, two-thirds work in Aberdeen or Aberdeenshire mainly in the oil and gas industry. These out-commuters earn significantly more than local workers.
===Business base===
In 2004, there were around 2,500 [[VAT]] registered businesses in Moray with 75% of businesses employing fewer than 5 people and about a half of firms with a turnover of less than £100,000. 60% of employees are employed in small firms compared to 48% for Scotland as a whole.
Moray's major companies export their products to other UK regions and abroad and many of the smaller companies have direct involvement with neighbouring economies in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire and Highland. Also, a large out-commuting workforce (estimated to be in excess of 5000 people) derives its income from the neighbouring centres of [[Aberdeen]] and [[Inverness]].
[[Image:VATregisteredmoray.png|center|thumb|300px|VAT registered enterprises in Moray (2004)]]
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<small>'''Note:''' 2003 and 2004 data at SCOTDAT is the most uptodate as of August 2006</small>
==Population==
Unlike many other regions of Scotland which are experiencing population decline, Moray's population is expected to grow modestly to around 91,000 by 2024.
[[Image:Moraypopulation.png|thumb|center|300px|Projected population for Moray (2004 - 2024)]]
<small>'''Source:''' General Register Office for Scotland[http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/]</small>
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==External links==
*[http://www.moray.gov.uk/ Moray Council]
*[http://www.morayinternet.com/ Moray Local Community webpages]
*[http://www.ScottishPlots.com/ Plots of land in Moray]
==Footnotes==
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==References==
Joint report HIE Moray and Moray Council entitled "MORAY 2020: STRATEGY FOR THE DIVERSIFICATION OF THE ECONOMY OF MORAY FOLLOWING RESTRUCTURING OF THE RAF BASES AT KINLOSS AND LOSSIEMOUTH" available at both web sites.
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