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2017 general election results

Banff and Buchan

Shows the general election results for Banff and Buchan, which is a constituency in Aberdeenshire. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 67,601 and a turnout of 61.6%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON
Conservative Gain
David Duguid
Majority
3,693
Electorate
67,601
Turnout
61.6%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Con 48.0%
SNP 39.1%
Lab 9.5%
LD 3.5%

Party results and changes 2015 - 2017

Results for each party with number of votes, percentage share of the vote and changes since last election.

Candidate Party Votes Vote (%) Change (%)
David Duguid  Con 19,976 48.0 19.2
Eilidh Whiteford  SNP 16,283 39.1 -21.1
Caitlin Stott  Lab 3,936 9.5 3.7
Galen Milne * LD 1,448 3.5 -1.7
* Candidate lost their deposit

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2017

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year Con SNP Lab LD BNP Oth UKIP SSP
2005 19.4% 51.2% 12.0% 13.3% 0.0% 1.8% 1.2% 1.1%
2010 30.8% 41.3% 14.0% 11.3% 2.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2015 28.8% 60.2% 5.8% 5.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 48.0% 39.1% 9.5% 3.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
496 Banff and Buchan 8.9%
650 North East Fife 0.0%

Majority is calculated as the difference between the winning % share of the vote and second place % share of the vote.

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Highest winning vote share % Average: 55.9%
1 Liverpool, Walton 85.7%
522 Banff and Buchan 48.0%
650 Ceredigion 29.2%

Share of the vote is calculated as the percentage of valid votes cast for each party.

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Highest % turnout Average: 68.8%
1 Twickenham 79.5%
588 Banff and Buchan 61.6%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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