Banff & Buchan Voting Patterns

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Banff & Buchan Electoral Statistics

Political History of Westminster Constituencies:

Aberdeenshire East

- Feb 1974Conservative
Feb 1974 - 1979Scottish National Party
1979 - 1983Conservative

Banffshire

- Feb 1974Conservative
Feb 1974 - 1979Scottish National Party
1979 - 1983Conservative

Banff & Buchan

1983 - 1987Conservative
1987 -Scottish National Party

Banff & Buchan - 1 st May 1997 Westminster Election

LogoPartyCandidateVotes%
SNP logoScottish National PartyAlex Salmond22,40955.77%
Con logoConservativeWilliam Frain-Bell9,56423.80%
Labour logoLabourMegan Harris4,74711.81%
Liberal logoLiberal DemocratNeil Fletcher2,3985.97%
Referendum logoReferendumAlan Buchan1,0602.64%
SNP holdSNP majority12,84531.97%

Banff & Buchan - Notional 1992 result

SNP logoScottish National Party20,72450.83%
Con logoConservative14,15634.72%
Labour logoLabour3,501 8.58%
Liberal logoLiberal Democrat2,3875.85%
SNP winSNP majority 6,56816.11%

Banff & Buchan - General Election 9 th April 1992

LogoPartyCandidateVotes%
SNP logoScottish National PartyAlex Salmond21,95447.5 %
Con logoConservativeSandy Manson17,84638.6 %
Labour logoLabourBrian Balcombe3,8038.2 %
Liberal logoLiberal DemocratCllr Rhona Kemp2,5885.6 %
SNP holdSNP majority 4,1088.9 %

Banff & Buchan - General Election 11 th June 1987

LogoPartyCandidateVotes%
SNP logoScottish National PartyAlex Salmond19,46244.3 %
Con logoConservativeAlbert McQuarrie17,02138.7 %
Liberal logoSDP/ AllianceGeorge Burness4,84111.0 %
Labour logoLabourJames Livie3,2817.5 %
SNP gain from ConSNP majority2,4415.6 %

Banff & Buchan - General Election 9 th June 1983

LogoPartyCandidateVotes%
Con logoConservativeAlbert McQuarrie16,07239.7 %
SNP logoScottish National PartyDouglas Henderson15,13537.4 %
Liberal logoSDP/ AllianceDr Edward Needham6,08415.0 %
Labour logoLabourIan Lloyd3,1507.8 %
Con holdCon majority 9372.3 %

Banff & Buchan 1979 General election - Notional result on new boundaries

Con logoConservative17,71642.7 %
SNP logoScottish National Party16,80040.5 %
Labour logoLabour6,99616.9 %
Con winCon majority 9162.2 %

Aberdeenshire East - General Election 3 rd May 1979

LogoPartyCandidateVotes%
Con logoConservativeAlbert McQuarrie16,82742.8 %
SNP logoScottish National PartyDouglas Henderson16,26941.4 %
Labour logoLabourDr Norman Bonney6,20115.8 %
Con gain from SNPCon majority 5581.4 %

Aberdeenshire East - General Election 10 th October 1974

LogoPartyCandidateVotes%
Scottish National PartyDouglas Henderson16,30448.5 %
ConservativeKeith Raffan11,93335.5 %
LabourMrs B. Sissons3,1739.4 %
Liberal logoLiberalA. Dow2,2326.6 %
SNP holdSNP majority4,37113.0 %

Data in graphical format

Banff & Buchan

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