Banff and Buchan (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1983 onwards / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Banff and Buchan (UK Parliament constituency)?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
Banff and Buchan was a constituency of the House of Commons, located in the north-east of Scotland within the Aberdeenshire council area. It elected one Member of Parliament at least once every five years using the first-past-the-post system of voting.
Banff and Buchan | |
---|---|
Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
Major settlements | Peterhead, Fraserburgh, Turriff |
1983ā2024 | |
Created from | Aberdeenshire East and Banffshire[1] |
Replaced by | Aberdeenshire North and Moray East |
The seat was most recently held by David Duguid of the Scottish Conservatives from 2017; until then the Scottish National Party (SNP) 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.
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was subject to boundary changes which involved expansion into eastern parts of Moray. As a consequence, it was renamed Aberdeenshire North and Moray East, which was first contested at the 2024 general election.[2]