Banff and Buchan (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Banff and Buchan (UK Parliament constituency).

Banff and Buchan
Former county constituency for the Scottish Parliament

Banff and Buchan shown within the North East Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Former constituency
Created	1999
Abolished	2011
Council area	Aberdeenshire (part)
Replaced by	Aberdeenshire East, Banffshire and Buchan Coast

Banff and Buchan was a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) between 1999 and 2011 when it was substantially succeeded by Banffshire and Buchan Coast. It elected one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it was one of nine constituencies in the North East Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

Electoral region

Until the 2011 election, the other eight constituencies of the North East Scotland region were Aberdeen Central, Aberdeen North, Aberdeen South, Angus, Dundee East, Dundee West, Gordon and West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine

The region covers the Aberdeenshire council area, the Aberdeen City council area, the Dundee City council area, part of the Angus council area, a small part of the Moray council area and a small part of the Perth and Kinross council area.

Constituency boundaries

The Banff and Buchan constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of an existing Westminster constituency. In 2005, however, the boundaries of the Westminster (House of Commons) constituency were subject to some alteration.

Boundary review

See : Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions from 2011

Following the First Periodic review of constituencies for the Scottish Parliament, Banff and Buchan has become the newly drawn seat of Banffshire and Buchan Coast for the elections in 2011.

Council area

The Holyrood constituency covered a northern portion of the Aberdeenshire council area. The rest of the Aberdeenshire area is covered by two other constituencies, both also in the North East Scotland electoral region: Gordon was the constituency to the south of the Banff and Buchan constituency, and the former West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine was further south. Gordon also covered a small eastern portion of the Moray council area.

Members of the Scottish Parliament

	Member	Party
1999	Rt Hon Alex Salmond	Scottish National Party
2001	Stewart Stevenson
2003
2007
2011	constituency abolished: replaced by Banffshire and Buchan Coast

Election results

Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Banff and Buchan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	SNP	Stewart Stevenson	16,031	58.8	+5.8
	Conservative	Geordie Burnett Stuart	5,501	20.2	-0.7
	Labour	Kay Barnett	3,136	11.5	+0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Alison McInnes	2,617	9.6	+1.1
Majority			10,530	38.6	+6.6
Turnout			27,285	48.4	-0.7
	SNP hold		Swing

Scottish Parliament election, 2003: Banff and Buchan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	SNP	Stewart Stevenson	13,827	52.88	+0.27¹
	Conservative	Stewart Whyte	5,463	20.89	+3.86¹
	Labour	Iain Brotchie	2,885	11.03	-2.59¹
	Liberal Democrats	Debra Storr	2,227	8.52	-8.23¹
	Independent	Alan Buchan	907	3.47	+3.47¹
	Scottish Socialist	Alice Rowan	840	3.21	+3.21¹
Majority			8,364	31.99	-3.59¹
Turnout			26,149	49.15
	SNP hold		Swing	N/A

Notes:
1. The percentage changes in the share of the vote are relative to the 1999 election not the 2001 by-election

Scottish parliamentary by-election, 2001: Banff and Buchan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	SNP	Stewart Stevenson	15,386	49.61	-3.00
	Conservative	Ted Brocklebank	6,819	21.99	+4.96
	Labour	Megan Harris	4,897	15.79	+2.17
	Liberal Democrats	Kenyon Wright	3,231	10.42	-6.33
	Scottish Socialist	Peter Anderson	682	2.20	+2.20
Majority			8,567	27.62	-7.98
Turnout			31,015
	SNP hold		Swing	N/A

Scottish Parliament election, 1999: Banff and Buchan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	SNP	Alex Salmond	16,695	52.61	-3.16
	Conservative	David Davidson	5,403	17.03	-6.77
	Liberal Democrats	Maitland Mackie	5,315	16.75	+10.78
	Labour	Megan Harris	4,321	13.62	+1.81
Majority			11,292	35.58	+3.61
Turnout			31,734
	SNP hold		Swing	N/A

Electoral regions and Constituencies of the Scottish Parliament 1999–2011 » 2011– »

Central Scotland	Airdrie and Shotts Coatbridge and Chryston Cumbernauld and Kilsyth East Kilbride Falkirk East Falkirk West Hamilton North and Bellshill Hamilton South Kilmarnock and Loudoun Motherwell and Wishaw

Glasgow	Glasgow Anniesland Glasgow Baillieston Glasgow Cathcart Glasgow Govan Glasgow Kelvin Glasgow Maryhill Glasgow Pollok Glasgow Rutherglen Glasgow Shettleston Glasgow Springburn

Highlands and Islands	Argyll and Bute Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber Moray Orkney Ross, Skye and Inverness West Shetland Western Isles

Lothians	Edinburgh Central Edinburgh East and Musselburgh Edinburgh North and Leith Edinburgh Pentlands Edinburgh South Edinburgh West Linlithgow Livingston Midlothian

Mid Scotland and Fife	Central Fife Dunfermline East Dunfermline West Kirkcaldy North East Fife North Tayside Ochil Perth Stirling

North East Scotland	Aberdeen Central Aberdeen North Aberdeen South Angus Banff and Buchan Dundee East Dundee West Gordon West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine

South of Scotland	Ayr Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley Clydesdale Cunninghame South Dumfries East Lothian Galloway and Upper Nithsdale Roxburgh and Berwickshire Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale

West of Scotland	Clydebank and Milngavie Cunninghame North Dumbarton Eastwood Greenock and Inverclyde Paisley North Paisley South Strathkelvin and Bearsden West Renfrewshire

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