Banffshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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Banffshire County constituency
Created:	1708
Abolished:	1983
Type:	House of Commons
Members:	one

Banffshire was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1708 to 1983. It covered the county of Banffshire, Scotland, but until 1918 the county town of Banff and the burgh of Cullen were represented as part of Elgin Burghs.

In 1983 it was split and merged into Moray and Banff and Buchan.

[edit] Member of Parliament

• 1708 Alexander Abercromby

• 1727 William Duff, later 1st Earl Fife

• 1734 James Abercromby

• 1754 James Duff, later 2nd Earl Fife

• 1784 Sir James Duff

• 1789 James Ferguson

• 1790 Sir James Grant

• 1795 David McDowall-Grant

• 1796 Sir William Grant

• 1812 Robert Abercromby

• 1818 James Duff, later 4th Earl Fife

• 1827 John Morison

• 1832 George Ferguson

• 1837 James Duff, later 5th Earl Fife

• 1857 Lachlan Duff Gordon-Duff

• 1861 Robert William Duff, Liberal

• 1893 Sir William Wedderburn, Liberal

• 1900 Alexander William Black, Liberal

• 1907 Walter Waring, Liberal

• 1918 Charles Coupar Barrie, later Baron Abertay, Liberal

• 1924 William Paterson Templeton, Conservative

• 1929 Sir Murdoch McKenzie Wood, Liberal

• 1935 Sir John Edmund Ritchie Findlay, Conservative

• 1945 Sir William Smith Duthie, Conservative

• 1964 Wilfred Harold Kerton Baker, Conservative

• Feb 1974 Hamish Watt, Scottish National Party

• 1979 David Myles, Conservative

[edit] Election results

General Election 1979: Banffshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Myles	10,580	44.6
	Scottish National Party	Hamish Watt	9,781	41.2
	Labour	RE Duncan	3,381	14.2
Majority			799	3.4
Turnout				72.4
	Conservative gain from Scottish National Party		Swing

General Election October 1974: Banffshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Scottish National Party	Hamish Watt	10,638	45.9
	Conservative	JS Gordon	8,797	37.9
	Liberal	C McLeod	2,059	8.9
	Labour	AWM Porteous	1,700	7.3
Majority			1,851	8.0
Turnout				72.5
	Scottish National Party hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Banffshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Scottish National Party	Hamish Watt	11,037	46.1
	Conservative	Wilfred Harold Kerton Baker	8,252	34.5
	Liberal	TRL Fraser	3,121
	Labour	R Dool	1,528	6.4
Majority			2,785	11.6
Turnout				75.7
	Scottish National Party gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1959: Banffshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir William Smith Duthie OBE	14,359
	Labour	R.W. Irvine	5,992
Majority			8,367

General Election 1935: Banffshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir John Edmund Ritchie Findlay Bt	11,771
	Liberal	Maj Sir Murdoch McKenzie Wood OBE	11,168

General Election 1931: Banffshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Maj Sir Murdoch McKenzie Wood OBE	unopposed

General Election 1906: Banffshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alexander William Black	4,101
	Conservative	J.A. Grant	1,901

General Election 1886: Banffshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert William Duff	2,583
	Liberal Unionist	Sir Charles Grant KCSI	1,394

Having accepted office as Civil Lord of the Admiralty, Robert Duff was returned unopposed at a by-election on 13 February 1886.

General Election 1885: Banffshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert William Duff	3,740
	Conservative	Moir Tod Stormonth-Darling	2,008

[edit] See also

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