Banff and Buchan was a constituency of the Scottish Parliament ( Holyrood) between 1999 and 2011 when it was substantially succeeded by Banffshire and Buchan Coast. It elected one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the

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method of election. Also, however, it was 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

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for the region as a whole.

Electoral region

Until the 2011 election, the other eight constituencies of the North East Scotland region were Aberdeen Central, Aberdeen North, Aberdeen South,

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, Dundee East, Dundee West,

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and West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine The region covers the

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, the

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, the

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, part of the

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, a small part of the

Moray council area Moray () gd, Moireibh or ') is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland. It lies in the north-east of the country, with a coastline on the Moray Firth, and borders the council areas of Aberdeenshire and Highland. Between 1975 ...

and a small part of the

Perth and Kinross council area Perth and Kinross ( sco, Pairth an Kinross; gd, Peairt agus Ceann Rois) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Fife, Highland and ...

Constituency boundaries

The Banff and Buchan constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in

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, with the name and boundaries of an existing Westminster constituency. In 2005, however, the boundaries of the Westminster (

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) constituency were subject to some alteration.

Boundary review

Following the First Periodic review of constituencies for the Scottish Parliament, Banff and Buchan has become the newly drawn seat of Banffshire and Buchan Coast for the elections in 2011.

Council area

The Holyrood constituency covered a northern portion of the Aberdeenshire council area. The rest of the Aberdeenshire area is covered by two other constituencies, both also in the North East Scotland electoral region: Gordon was the constituency to the south of the Banff and Buchan constituency, and the former West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine was further south. Gordon also covered a small eastern portion of the Moray council area.

Members of the Scottish Parliament

Election results

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