Scottish Constituencies and MPs

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Margaret Hilda Thatcher, 21 st September 1978.		Lion Rampant

Banffshire, 25 May 1708 - 9 June 1983

County constituency

Date MP Party
25 May 1708 Alexander Abercromby Whig
14 September 1727 William Duff of Braco, later Lord Braco, later 1 st Earl of Fife Opposed Whigs
20 May 1734 James Abercromby Old Whig in 1746
'pro' in 1747
10 May 1754 James Duff, later 2 nd Earl of Fife
8 April 1784 Sir James Duff
22 January 1789 James Ferguson
2 July 1790 Sir James Grant
24 July 1795 David McDowall-Grant
6 June 1796 Sir William Grant
2 November 1812 Robert Abercromby
6 July 1818 John Duff, later 3 rd Earl of Fife
2 April 1827 John Morison
21 December 1832 George Ferguson of Pitfour Conservative
10 August 1837 Hon James Duff, younger of Delgaty, later 4 th Earl of Fife Liberal
30 June 1857 Lachlan Duff Gordon-Duff of Park Liberal
1 May 1861 Robert William Duff Abercromby of Glasshaugh etc, RN (later Robert William Duff) Liberal
1 March 1893 Sir William Wedderburn Bt of Ballendean Liberal
6 October 1900 Alexander William Black Liberal
15 February 1907 Walter Waring Liberal
14 December 1918 Charles Coupar Barrie, later Lord Abertay Liberal
29 October 1924 William Paterson Templeton Conservative
30 May 1929 Sir Murdoch McKenzie Wood Liberal
14 November 1935 Sir John Edmund Ritchie Findlay Conservative
26 July 1945 Sir William Smith Duthie Conservative
15 October 1964 Wilfred Harold Kerton Baker Conservative
28 February 1974 Hamish Watt Scottish National Party
3 May 1979 David Fairlie Myles Conservative

In 1983 the constituency was split between Moray and Bannf & Buchan.

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