Banffshire and Buchan Coast

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Banffshire and Buchan Coast
Banffshire and Buchan Coast

North East Scotland

Educated
2011
MP
Stewart Stevenson ( SNP )

Stewart Stevenson

Regions
Aberdeenshire
Moray

Banffshire and Buchan Coast is a constituency for the Scottish Parliament . It was introduced in 2011 as one of ten constituencies in the electoral region of North East Scotland , which was redesigned and expanded from nine to ten constituencies as part of the constituencies' revision in 2011. The constituency of Banffshire and Buchan Coast was formed from areas of the former constituency of Banff and Buchan . It includes the north-eastern coastal areas of the Council Area Aberdeenshire with the cities of Buckie , Fraserburgh and Peterhead . The constituency sends a representative.

The constituency covers an area of ​​937.4 km 2 . In the 2011 census survey, a total of 76,084 people lived within its borders.

Election results

Parliamentary election 2011

Results of the 2011 general election
Political party candidate be right %
SNP Stewart Stevenson 16,812 67.2
Conservative Michael Watt 4592 18.4
Labor Alan Duffill 2642 10.6
Liberal Democrats Galen Milne 958 3.8
Turnout: 25,004 (46.56%)

General election 2016

Results of the 2016 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
SNP Stewart Stevenson 15,802 55.1 −12.1
Conservative Peter Chapman 9.219 32.1 +13.8
Labor Nathan Morrison 2,372 8.3 −2.3
Liberal Democrats David Evans 1,290 4.5 +0.7
Turnout: 28,822 (48.5%)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Map of the constituency
  2. ↑ 2011 census
  3. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  4. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament