An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Banff and Buchan, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.
SNP hold by Eilidh Whiteford with a majority of 14,339 - 31.4% - on a turnout of 66.5%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
WHITEFORD, Eilidh | SNP | 27,487 | 60.2% | 19.0% |
JOHNSTONE, Alex | Con | 13,148 | 28.8% | -2.0% |
HOQUE, Sumon | Lab | 2,647 | 5.8% | -8.2% |
EVANS, David | LD | 2,347 | 5.1% | -6.2% |
Under section 13(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1985, a candidate gaining 5% or less of the vote share will forfeit their deposit.
An electorate of 68,609, having a valid vote count of 45,629 and an invalid vote count of 112.
Result declared at 09:40 on 8 May 2015.