Banff and Buchan (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Banff and Buchan (UK Parliament constituency).

Banff and Buchan
Former county constituency
for the Scottish Parliament
Banff and Buchan shown within the North East Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Former constituency
Created1999
Abolished2011
Council areaAberdeenshire (part)
Replaced byAberdeenshire East,
Banffshire and Buchan Coast

Banff and Buchan was a constituency of the Scottish Parliament used between 1999 and 2011. It elected one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. Under the additional-member electoral system used for elections to the Scottish Parliament it was also one of nine constituencies in the North East Scotland electoral region, which elected seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

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