Banff and Buchan (constituency, Scotland)

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Angus
Banff and Buchan

North East Scotland

Educated
1999
Abolished
2011
Regions
Aberdeenshire

Banff and Buchan was a constituency for the Scottish Parliament . It was introduced in 1999 as one of nine constituencies in the electoral region of North East Scotland , which was redesigned and expanded to ten constituencies as part of the constituencies' revision in 2011. Here the constituency of Banff and Buchan was abolished. It comprised the north-eastern coastal regions of the Council Area Aberdeenshire . The areas have largely been absorbed into the new constituencies of Banffshire and Buchan Coast and Aberdeenshire East . In the 2001 census survey, a total of 75,140 people lived within its borders. A deputy was sent.

Election results

General election 1999

Results of the 1999 general election
Political party candidate be right %
SNP Alex Salmond 16,695 52.6
Conservative David Davidson 5403 17.0
Liberal Democrats Maitland Mackie 5315 16.8
Labor Megan Harris 4321 13.6

New election 2001

Since the elected SNP politician Alex Salmond resigned his mandate, new elections were held on June 7, 2001 in the constituency of Banff and Buchan.

Results of the 2001 election
Political party candidate be right % ±
SNP Stewart Stevenson 15,386 49.6 −3.0
Conservative Ted Brocklebank 6819 22.0 +5.0
Labor Megan Harris 4897 15.8 +2.2
Liberal Democrats Kenyon Wright 3231 10.4 −6.4
Scottish Socialist Peter Anderson 682 2.2 +2.2

General election 2003

Results of the 2003 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
SNP Stewart Stevenson 13,827 52.9 +3.4
Conservative Stewart Whyte 5463 20.9 +3.9
Labor Iain Brotchie 2885 11.0 −4.8
Liberal Democrats Debra Storr 2227 8.5 −1.9
Scottish People's Alan Buchan 907 3.5 + 3.5
Scottish Socialist Alice Rowan 840 3.2 +3.2
Turnout: 26,149 (47.24%)

General election 2007

Results of the 2007 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
SNP Stewart Stevenson 16,031 58.8 +5.9
Conservative Geordie Burnett Stuart 5501 20.2 −0.7
Labor Kay Barnett 3136 11.5 +0.5
Liberal Democrats Alison McInnes 2617 9.6 +1.1
Turnout: 27,285 (48.44%)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Map of the constituency
  2. ↑ 2001 census
  3. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  4. ↑ http://www.alba.org.uk/scot07results/nr06.html ( Memento from February 23, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  6. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament