'Banff and Buchan' is a
constituency of the
Scottish Parliament (
Holyrood). It elects one
Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the
first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is 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
proportional representation for the region as a whole.
Electoral region
:''See also ''
North East Scotland Scottish Parliament region
The other eight constituencies of the North East Scotland region are
Aberdeen Central,
Aberdeen North,
Aberdeen South,
Angus,
Dundee East,
Dundee West,
Gordon and
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
The region covers the
Aberdeenshire council area, the
Aberdeen City council area, the
Dundee City council area, part of the
Angus council area, a small part of the
Moray council area and a small part of the
Perth and Kinross council area.
Constituency boundaries
The Banff and Buchan constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in
1999, with the name and boundaries of an existing
Westminster constituency. In
2005, however, the boundaries of the Westminster (
House of Commons) constituency were subject to some alteration.
Council area
The Holyrood constituency covers a northern portion of the Aberdeenshire council area. The rest of the Aberdeeenshire area is covered by two other constituencies, both also in the North East Scotland electoral region: Gordon is to the south of the Banff and Buchan constituency, and West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine is further south. Gordon also covers a small eastern portion of the Moray council area.
Members of the Scottish Parliament
Election results
Members of Scottish Youth Parliament
There are currently no members of the
Scottish Youth Parliament for this constituency but candidates will be announced before May 2007 and there will be a
By-election before August 2007.
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