Banffshire (UK Parliament constituency)

UK former constituency infobox
Name = Banffshire
Type = County
Year = 1708
Abolition = 1983
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.

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

Election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Myles
votes = 10,580
percentage = 44.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Hamish Watt
votes = 9,781
percentage = 41.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = RE Duncan
votes = 3,381
percentage = 14.2
change = Election box majority
votes = 799
percentage = 3.4
change = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 72.4
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Scottish National Party
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Hamish Watt
votes = 10,638
percentage = 45.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = JS Gordon
votes = 8,797
percentage = 37.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = C McLeod
votes = 2,059
percentage = 8.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = AWM Porteous
votes = 1,700
percentage = 7.3
change = Election box majority
votes = 1,851
percentage = 8.0
change = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 72.5
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Scottish National Party
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Hamish Watt
votes = 11,037
percentage = 46.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Wilfred Harold Kerton Baker
votes = 8,252
percentage = 34.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = TRL Fraser
votes = 3,121
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = R Dool
votes = 1,528
percentage = 6.4
change = Election box majority
votes = 2,785
percentage = 11.6
change = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 75.7
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Scottish National Party
loser = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sir William Smith Duthie OBE
votes = 14,359
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = R.W. Irvine
votes = 5,992
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 8,367
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sir John Edmund Ritchie Findlay Bt
votes = 11,771
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Maj Sir Murdoch McKenzie Wood OBE
votes = 11,168
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Maj Sir Murdoch McKenzie Wood OBE
votes = unopposed
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Alexander William Black
votes = 4,101
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = J.A. Grant
votes = 1,901
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Robert William Duff
votes = 2,583
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Unionist Party
candidate = Sir Charles Grant KCSI
votes = 1,394
percentage =
change =

Having accepted office as Civil Lord of the Admiralty, Robert Duff was returned unopposed at a by-election on 13 February 1886. Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Robert William Duff
votes = 3,740
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Moir Tod Stormonth-Darling
votes = 2,008
percentage =
change =

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