Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1983 onwards

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Banff and Buchan (UK Parliament constituency)

<p><b>Banff and Buchan</b> is a <a href="/en/United_Kingdom_constituencies" title="United Kingdom constituencies" class="wl">constituency</a> of the <a href="/en/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom" class="wl">House of Commons</a>, located in the north-east of <a href="/en/Scotland" title="Scotland" class="wl">Scotland</a> within the <a href="/en/Aberdeenshire" title="Aberdeenshire" class="wl">Aberdeenshire</a> council area. It elects one <a href="/en/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)" class="wl">Member of Parliament</a> at least once every five years using the <a href="/en/First-past-the-post" title="First-past-the-post" class="mw-redirect wl">first-past-the-post</a> system of voting.</p>

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<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066479718" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles mw:Transclusion">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-header,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-subheader,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-above,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-title,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-image,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-below{text-align:center}</style><div class='mobile-collapse'><header class="mobile-collapse-header mobile-collapse-btn"><b>Quick facts: Banff and Buchan, Current constituency, Creat...</b> <span class='arrow'>▼</span></header> <table class="infobox vcard mobile-collapse-element"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn org">Banff and Buchan</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="/en/County_constituency" title="County constituency" class="mw-redirect wl">County constituency</a><br><span class="category">for the <a href="/en/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom" class="wl">House of Commons</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span><a href="/en/File:BanffBuchanConstituency.svg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:BanffBuchanConstituency.svg"><img loading="lazy"alt="Outline map" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/BanffBuchanConstituency.svg/250px-BanffBuchanConstituency.svg.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="278" data-file-height="412" data-file-type="drawing" height="371" width="250" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/BanffBuchanConstituency.svg/375px-BanffBuchanConstituency.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/BanffBuchanConstituency.svg/500px-BanffBuchanConstituency.svg.png 2x"></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Boundary of Banff and Buchan in Scotland</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme" style="background: #ccf;">Current constituency</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 50%">Created</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/1983_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1983 United Kingdom general election" class="wl">1983</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 50%"><a href="/en/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)" class="wl">Member of Parliament</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/David_Duguid_(politician)" title="David Duguid (politician)" class="wl">David Duguid</a> (<a href="/en/Scottish_Conservatives" title="Scottish Conservatives" class="wl">Conservative</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 50%">Created from</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Aberdeenshire_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Aberdeenshire East (UK Parliament constituency)" class="mw-redirect wl">Aberdeenshire East</a> and <a href="/en/Banffshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Banffshire (UK Parliament constituency)" class="wl">Banffshire</a><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-ElectionWeb_1-0"><a href="#cite_note-ElectionWeb-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <footer class='mobile-collapse-footer mobile-collapse-btn'><b>Close</b> <span class='arrow'>▲</span></footer></div>

<p>The seat has been held by <a href="/en/David_Duguid_(politician)" title="David Duguid (politician)" class="wl">David Duguid</a> of the <a href="/en/Scottish_Conservatives" title="Scottish Conservatives" class="wl">Scottish Conservatives</a> since <a href="/en/2017_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2017 United Kingdom general election" class="wl">2017</a>; until then the <a href="/en/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party" class="wl">Scottish National Party</a> (SNP) had held the seat since <a href="/en/1987_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1987 United Kingdom general election" class="wl">1987</a>, with the then <a href="/en/First_Minister_of_Scotland" title="First Minister of Scotland" class="wl">First Minister of Scotland</a> <a href="/en/Alex_Salmond" title="Alex Salmond" class="wl">Alex Salmond</a> representing the seat until <a href="/en/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2010 United Kingdom general election" class="wl">2010</a> and <a href="/en/Eilidh_Whiteford" title="Eilidh Whiteford" class="wl">Eilidh Whiteford</a> until 2017.</p>



Banff and Buchan is a constituency of the House of Commons, located in the north-east of Scotland within the Aberdeenshire council area. It elects one Member of Parliament at least once every five years using the first-past-the-post system of voting. The seat has been held by David Duguid of the Scottish Conservatives since 2017; until then the Scottish National Party had held the seat since 1987, with the then First Minister of Scotland Alex Salmond representing the seat until 2010 and Eilidh Whiteford until 2017. 