Banff and Buchan

Coordinates: 57°28′19″N 2°27′04″W / 57.472°N 2.451°W / 57.472; -2.451

Banff and Buchan County constituency
Banff and Buchan shown within Scotland
Created:	1983
MP:	Dr Eilidh Whiteford
Party:	Scottish National Party
Type:	House of Commons
Council areas:	Aberdeenshire
EP constituency:	Scotland

Banff and Buchan is a constituency of the British House of Commons, located in the north-east of Scotland within the Aberdeenshire council area. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) at least once every five years using the First-past-the-post system of voting.

The seat has belonged to the Scottish National Party since 1987, with party leader and current First Minister of Scotland Alex Salmond representing the seat until 2010. In 2010, Eilidh Whiteford succeeded Salmond as the constituency's MP, however the SNP vote share fell below 50% for the first time since 1992, due to a strong challenge by the Conservative Party.

A mostly rural constituency, it takes in the towns of Fraserburgh, Peterhead and Turriff, and the main industries are fishing and tourism ^[1].

Boundaries

Council areas grouped by the Fifth Review

Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire

As created in 1983, the constituency replaced part of East Aberdeenshire and part of Banffshire.

New boundaries were used for the 2005 general election, as recommended by the Fifth Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland,^[2] and the constituency is now one of five covering the Aberdeenshire council area and the Aberdeen City council area. The Banff and Buchan constituency is entirely within the Aberdeenshire area, covering a northern portion of it. To the south, Gordon covers part of the Aberdeenshire area and part of the Aberdeen City area. Further south, West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine is entirlely within the Aberdeenshire area and Aberdeen North and Aberdeen South are entirely within the Aberdeen City area.

The Banff and Buchan constituency continues to include the port towns of Peterhead and Fraserburgh. Also, it now includes Turriff, which was formerly within the Gordon constituency.

Members of Parliament

Alex Salmond was the MP for Banff & Buchan from 1987 to 2010, and is currently the MSP for the Gordon Constituency and First Minister in the Scottish Parliament. Salmond stood down at the 2010 General Election so that he could focus on the job as an MSP and First Minister of Scotland.

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

The swing of 10.6% to the Conservatives in Banff and Buchan was the largest swing in Scotland at the 2010 General Election.

Elections in the 2000s

Elections in the 1990s

Elections in the 1980s

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 1)^{[self-published source?][better source needed]}

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