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Banff and Buchan (Scottish Parliament constituency)
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| Banff and Buchan Scottish Parliament county constituency |
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| Banff and Buchan shown within the North East Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland |
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| Created: | 1999 |
| MSP: | Stewart Stevenson |
| Party: | Scottish National Party |
| Council area: | Aberdeenshire (part) |
Banff and Buchan is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is 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.
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The other eight constituencies of the North East Scotland region are 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.
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.
The Holyrood constituency covers a northern portion of the Aberdeenshire council area. The rest of the Aberdeeenshire area is covered by two other constituencies, both also in the North East Scotland electoral region: Gordon is to the south of the Banff and Buchan constituency, and West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine is further south. Gordon also covers a small eastern portion of the Moray council area.
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1999 | Alex Salmond | Scottish National Party | |
| 2003 | Stewart Stevenson | ||
| 2007 | |||
| Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Banff and Buchan | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Scottish National Party | Stewart Stevenson | 16,031 | 58.8 | +5.8 | |
| Conservative Party | Geordie Burnett Stuart | 5,501 | 20.2 | -0.7 | |
| Labour Party | 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 | |||
| Scottish National Party hold | Swing | ||||
| Scottish Parliament election, 2003: Banff and Buchan | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Scottish National Party | Stewart Stevenson | 13,827 | 52.88 | +0.27 | |
| Conservative Party | Stewart Whyte | 5,463 | 20.89 | +3.86 | |
| Labour Party | Iain Brotchie | 2,885 | 11.03 | -2.59 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Debra Storr | 2,227 | 8.52 | -8.23 | |
| Independent | Alan Buchan | 907 | 3.47 | +3.47 | |
| Scottish Socialist Party | Alice Rowan | 840 | 3.21 | +3.21 | |
| Majority | 8,364 | 31.99 | -3.59 | ||
| Turnout | 26,149 | 49.15 | |||
| Scottish National Party hold | Swing | N/A | |||
| Scottish parliamentary by-election, 2001: Banff and Buchan | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Scottish National Party | Stewart Stevenson | 15,386 | 49.61 | -3.00 | |
| Conservative Party | Ted Brocklebank | 6,819 | 21.99 | +4.96 | |
| Labour Party | Megan Harris | 4,897 | 15.79 | +2.17 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Kenyon Wright | 3,231 | 10.42 | -6.33 | |
| Scottish Socialist Party | Peter Anderson | 682 | 2.20 | +2.20 | |
| Majority | 8,567 | 27.62 | -7.98 | ||
| Turnout | 31,015 | ||||
| Scottish National Party hold | Swing | N/A | |||
| Scottish Parliament election, 1999: Banff and Buchan | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Scottish National Party | Alex Salmond | 16,695 | 52.61 | -3.16 | |
| Conservative Party | David Davidson | 5,403 | 17.03 | -6.77 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Maitland Mackie | 5,315 | 16.75 | +10.78 | |
| Labour Party | Megan Harris | 4,321 | 13.62 | +1.81 | |
| Majority | 11,292 | 35.58 | +3.61 | ||
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| Scottish National Party hold | Swing | N/A | |||
There are currently no members of the Scottish Youth Parliament for this constituency but candidates will be announced before May 2007 and there will be a By-election before August 2007.
