| 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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Electoral region
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.
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 is set to become a newly drawn seat of Banffshire and Buchan Coast in time for the elections in 2011.
Council area
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.
Members of the Scottish Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1999 | Rt Hon Alex Salmond | Scottish National Party | |
| 2003 | Stewart Stevenson | ||
| 2007 | |||
Election results
| Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Banff and Buchan | |||||
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| 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 | |||
| SNP hold | Swing | ||||
| Scottish Parliament election, 2003: Banff and Buchan | |||||
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| 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 | |||||
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| 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 | |||||
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| 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 | |||||
| SNP hold | Swing | N/A | |||
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