Candidates and Constituency Assessments


saltire shield'Stewart Stevenson, the successor to Alex Salmond as SNP MSP for Banff and Buchan, yesterday made a stormy debut on the floor of the parliament. He was involved in an angry clash with Rhona Brankin, the fisheries minister, soon after making his maiden speech in a debate on the need to reform the common fisheries policy. Mr Stevenson, along with SNP colleagues, tried to revive the highly-charged arguments in favour of a subsidised tie-up scheme, as well as demanding that Scottish ministers should lead the UK delegation in EU fisheries talks.'
Frances Horsburgh in the Herald, 15 th June 2001.
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Banff & Buchan (North East Scotland Region)

Candidates

Kay Barnett Kay Barnett
(Not standing on North East Scotland list)
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Labour
Kay Barnett moved to the north east in 1980 and lives and teaches in Fraserburgh. She is married with two children and is a member of the National Council of the EIS and is currently elected convener of the Professional Standards Committee of the professional regulatory body for teachers in Scotland, the General Teaching Council (Scotland). She has been a candidate in local government elections in the area.

Recent electoral experience
Cllr Alison McInnes Cllr Alison McInnes
(Also number 3 on North East Scotland list)
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Liberal Democrat
Cllr Alison McInnes is retiring from Aberdeenshire Council in 2007. She has represented the Ythan ward on the council since 1995 and was the District Councillor for Ellon in Gordon from 1992 until 1996. She has been the chair of the Infrastructure Services Committee since 1999. She set up a Media Production Company with Husband 5 years ago and was an East Areas Board Member of Scottish Natural Heritage from 1999 to 2005. Her interests range from theatre, architecture and design, visual arts to contemporary dance, gardening and reading.

Recent electoral experience
2003 Aberdeenshire Council election, Ythan, 710 votes (59.31 %) (elected)
1999 Aberdeenshire Council election, Ythan, 796 votes (48.01 %) (elected)
1995 Aberdeenshire Council election, Ythan, 688 votes (42.21 %) (elected)
1992 Gordon District Council election, Ellon, 566 votes (46.70 %) (elected)
Stewart Stevenson MSP Stewart Stevenson MSP
(Not standing on North East Scotland list)
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Scottish National Party
Stewart Stevenson was born in Edinburgh on the 15 th October 1946 and educated at Bell Baxter Schhol in Cupar and Aberdeen University where he graduated with an MA in Mathematics. He worked as a psychiatric nurse and then for the Bank of Scotland from 1969 until 1888, first as a trainee computer programmer, and eventualy as Director of Technology Innovation. He was also a lecturer in the Department of Business Studies at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh and Director of Business for Scotland from 1998 until his election in 2001. He contested Linlithgow in 1999 and won Banff & Buchan in the 2001 by-election when Alex Salmond stood down from the Scottish Parliament. He did not stand on the regional lists in either the 1999 or 2003 elctions. In the parliament he is Deputy Convener of the Justice 1 Committee and Deputy Convener of the Cross-Party Group on Visual Impairment. He is a former champion Scottish digny sailor and is a member of Edinburgh Flying Club, North East Aviators group, Banff Town and County Club and an Affiliate Member of the Institution of Electrical Engineers.

Shadow Ministerial positions
May 2003 - September 2004 - Shadow Deputy Minister for Health & Social Justice
September 2004 - September 2005 - Shadow Deputy Minister for Drugs Policy & Prisons
September 2005 - Shadow Deputy Minister for Justice

Recent electoral experience
2003 Scottish Parliament election, Banff & Buchan, 13,827 votes (52.88 %) (elected)
2001 Scottish Parliament by-election, Banff & Buchan, 15,386 votes (49.61 %) (elected)
1999 Scottish Parliament election, Linlithgow, 12,319 votes (36.47 %)
Geordie Burnett Stuart Geordie Burnett Stuart
(Also number 5 on North East Scotland list)
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Conservative & Unionist
Geordie Burnett Stuart is from Stuartfield. In September 2006 he said "Like him or loathe him, Mr Blair is right when he talks of an interdependent world. Mr Brown says he is proud to be British and of British values. Neither of them share the current bizarre fashion of anti-Americanism espoused by many in the SNP."

Recent electoral experience.

Constituency profile

Assessment:

This assessment is based on the 2003 election results

Rank on Conservative hit list: 46 (45 in 2003)
Swing required for Conservative gain: 16.00 % from Scottish National Party to Conservative

Rank on Labour hit list: 27 (20 in 2003)
Swing required for Labour gain: 20.93 % from Scottish National Party to Labour

Rank on Liberal Democrat hit list: 52 (29 in 2003)
Swing required for Liberal Democrat gain: 22.18 % from Scottish National Party to Liberal Democrat

Correlation to the new Westminster constituencies

The electorate of 57,113 was split between the new Westminster constituencies of:
Banff & Buchan 57,113 (100.0 %)

Local Government wards in the constituency

Council Ward number Ward name Electorate (June 2001)
Aberdeenshire 1Durn2,315
2Banff West & Boyndie2,244
3Banff2,331
4Aberchirder2,265
5Macduff2,185
6Gamrie-King Edward2,409
7Buchan North2,286
8Fraserburgh West2,284
9Fraserburgh North2,286
10Fraserburgh East2,306
11Fraserburgh South2,511
12Buchan North East2,164
13South Buchan2,453
14Central Buchan2,614
15Lonmay and St Fergus2,378
16Mintlaw-Old Deer2,300
17Mintlaw-Longside2,353
18Boddam-Inverugie2,717
19Blackhouse2,661
20Buchanhaven2,388
21Peterhead Central-Roanheads2,172
22Clerkhill2,537
23Dales-Towerhill2,373
24Cruden2,342

Previous results

1 st May 2003 Holyrood Election - Constituency result

Electorate 55,358. Turnout 26,149, 47.24 % (- 8.85 %)
Logo Party Candidate Votes % % change
SNP logo Scottish National Party Stewart Stevenson MSP 13,827 52.88 % + 0.27 %
Con logo Conservative & Unionist Stewart Whyte 5,463 20.89 % + 3.86 %
Labour logo Labour Iain Brotchie 2,885 11.03 % - 2.59 %
Liberal logo Liberal Democrat Debra Storr 2,227 8.52 % - 8.23 %
SPA logo Scottish Peoples Alliance Alan Buchan 907 3.47 % (+ 3.47 %)
SSP logo Scottish Socialist Party Alice Rowan 840 3.21 % (+ 3.21 %)
SNP Scottish National Party hold Scottish National Party majority 8,364 31.99 % - 3.59 %

1 st May 2003 Holyrood Election - Regional list result

Electorate 55,358. Turnout 26,151, 47.24 %
159 rejected ballot papers
Logo Party Votes % % change
SNP logo Scottish National Party 11,303 43.22 % - 4.03 %
Con logo Conservative & Unionist 4,778 18.27 % + 0.19 %
Labour logo Labour 2,866 10.96 % - 4.78 %
Liberal logo Liberal Democrats 2,066 7.90 % - 5.88 %
Fishing Party The Fishing Party 2,007 7.67 % (+ 7.67 %)
Scot Soc logo Scottish Socialist Party 801 3.06 % + 2.29 %
Scot Green logo Scottish Green Party 798 3.05 % + 1.03 %
Pensioners Pensioners's Party 635 2.43 % (+ 2.43 %)
SPA Scottish Peoples Alliance 330 1.26 % (+ 1.26 %)
UKIP UK Independence Party 216 0.83 % (+ 0.83 %)
Ind Steven Mathers (Independent) 188 0.72 % (+ 0.72 %)
Soc Lab logo Socialist Labour Party 163 0.62 % - 0.18 %
SNP logo Scottish National Party majority 6,525 24.95 % - 4.22 %

7 th June 2001, Holyrood by-election

Logo Party Candidate Votes % % change
SNP logo Scottish National Party Stewart Stevenson 15,386 49.61 % - 3.00 %
Con logo Conservative & Unionist Ted Brocklebank 6,819 21.99 % + 4.96 %
Labour logo Labour Megan Harris 4,897 15.79 % + 2.17 %
Liberal logo Liberal Democrat Canon Kenyon Wright 3,231 10.42 % - 6.33 %
SSP logo Scottish Socialist Party Peter Anderson 682 2.20 % (+ 2.20 %)
SNP logo Scottish National Party hold Scottish National Party majority 8,567 27.62 % - 7.98 %

6 th May 1999 Holyrood Election - Constituency result

Logo Party Candidate Votes % % change
SNP logo Scottish National Party Alex Salmond MP 16,695 52.61 % - 3.16 %
Con logo Conservative & Unionist David Davidson 5,403 17.03 % - 6.77 %
Liberal logo Liberal Democrat Dr Maitland Mackie 5,315 16.75 % + 10.78 %
Labour logo Labour Megan Harris 4,321 13.62 % + 1.81 %
Scottish National Party win Scottish National Party majority 11,292 35.58 % + 3.61 %

6 th May 1999 Holyrood Election - Regional list result

Logo Party Votes %
SNP logo Scottish National Party 14,987 47.25 %
Con logo Conservative & Unionist 5,734 18.08 %
Labour logo Labour 4,992 15.74 %
Liberal logo Liberal Democrats 4,372 13.78 %
Scot Green logo Scottish Green Party 640 2.02 %
Ind Hamish Watt 311 0.98 %
Soc Lab logo Socialist Labour Party 254 0.80 %
Scot Soc logo Scottish Socialist Party 243 0.77 %
Ind Sleaze Buster 96 0.30 %
Nat Law logo Natural Law Party 89 0.28 %
SNP logo Scottish National Party majority 9,253 29.17 %

1 st May 1997 Westminster Election

Logo Party Candidate Votes %
SNP logo Scottish National Party Alex Salmond MP 22,409 55.77 %
Con logo Conservative & Unionist William Frain-Bell 9,564 23.80 %
Labour logo Labour Megan Harris 4,747 11.81 %
Liberal logo Liberal Democrat Neil Fletcher 2,398 5.9 7%
Referendum logo Referendum Alan Buchan 1,060 2.64 %
Scottish National Party hold Scottish National Party majority 12,845 31.97 %

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