Banffshire and Buchan Coast ( Gaelic: ''Siorrachd Bhanbh agus Oirthir Bhùchainn'') is a constituency of the

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( Holyrood) covering parts of the council areas of

Aberdeenshire Aberdeenshire ( sco, Aiberdeenshire; gd, Siorrachd Obar Dheathain) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. It takes its name from the County of Aberdeen which has substantially different boundaries. The Aberdeenshire Council area incl ...

and Moray. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the

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method of election. It is one also of ten constituencies in the North East Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to ten constituency MSPs, to produce a form of

proportional representation Proportional representation (PR) refers to a type of electoral system under which subgroups of an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body. The concept applies mainly to geographical (e.g. states, regions) and political divis ...

for the region as a whole. The seat was created for the

2011 Scottish Parliament election The 2011 Scottish Parliament election was held on Thursday, 5 May 2011 to elect 129 members to the Scottish Parliament. The election delivered the first majority government since the opening of Holyrood, a remarkable feat as the Additional M ...

, and covers areas that were formerly in the seats of Banff and Buchan, Gordon and Moray. It has been held by Karen Adam of the

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since the 2021 Scottish Parliament election.

Electoral region

The other nine constituencies of the North East Scotland region are: Aberdeen Central, Aberdeen Donside, Aberdeen South and North Kincardine,

Aberdeenshire East Aberdeenshire East (Gaelic: ''Siorrachd Obar Dheathain an Ear'') is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament ( Holyrood) covering part of the council area of Aberdeenshire. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first p ...

, Aberdeenshire West, Angus North and Mearns, Angus South, Dundee City East and Dundee City West. The region covers all of the Aberdeen City council area, the Aberdeenshire council area, the Angus council area, the Dundee City council area and part of the Moray council area.

Constituency boundaries and council area

The constituency covers parts of both Aberdeenshire and Moray. It is one of the five constituencies covering Aberdeenshire in the Scottish Parliament, alongside

, Aberdeenshire West, Aberdeen South and North Kincardine and Angus North and Mearns. The rest of Moray is represented by the Moray constituency. The seat was created following the First Periodic review of constituencies for the Scottish Parliament, and first contested at the

. It largely replaced the seat of Banff and Buchan which was abolished, and also includes areas that were formerly in the Gordon and Moray constituencies. The electoral wards used in the creation of Banffshire and Buchan Coast constituency are: *In full: Banff and District, Troup, Fraserburgh and District, Peterhead North and Rattray, Buckie *In part: Peterhead South and Cruden (shared with

), Keith & Cullen (shared with Moray)

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election results

2020s

2010s

References

External links

* {{Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions 2011- Politics of Aberdeenshire Politics of Moray Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions from 2011 Constituencies of the Scottish Parliament Constituencies established in 2011 2011 establishments in Scotland Peterhead Fraserburgh Banff, Aberdeenshire Buckie