Banffshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Banffshire | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | Banffshire |
1708–1983 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Banffshire |
Replaced by | Moray Banff & Buchan |
Banffshire was a constituency of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1708 to 1800, and of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1983. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP), using the first-past-the-post voting system.
The constituency 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.
Members of Parliament
Election results
Elections in the 1850s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | James Duff | 327 | 52.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | Hay Macdowall-Grant[8] | 301 | 47.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 26 | 4.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 628 | 77.2 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 813 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | James Duff | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 927 | ||||
Whig hold |
Duff resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Manor of Hempholme, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Lachlan Gordon | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Lachlan Gordon-Duff | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 905 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Elections in the 1860s
Duff's resignation caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Robert Duff | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Robert Duff | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,062 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Robert Duff | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,291 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Elections in the 1870s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Robert Duff | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,418 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Robert Duff | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Duff was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Robert Duff | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Robert Duff | 3,740 | 65.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | Moir Stormonth-Darling | 2,008 | 34.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,732 | 30.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,748 | 81.9 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 7,018 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Duff was appointed Civil Lord of the Admiralty, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Robert Duff | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Robert Duff | 2,583 | 64.9 | −0.2 | |
Liberal Unionist | Charles Grant | 1,394 | 35.1 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 1,189 | 29.8 | −0.4 | ||
Turnout | 3,977 | 56.7 | −25.2 | ||
Registered electors | 7,018 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −0.2 |
Elections in the 1890s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Robert Duff | 2,293 | 61.7 | −3.2 | |
Ind. Conservative | Maltman Barry | 1,424 | 38.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 869 | 23.4 | −6.4 | ||
Turnout | 3,717 | 51.7 | −5.0 | ||
Registered electors | 7,185 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −3.2 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Wedderburn | 3,166 | 56.9 | −4.8 | |
Conservative | James Grant | 2,395 | 43.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 771 | 13.8 | −9.6 | ||
Turnout | 5,561 | 76.8 | +25.1 | ||
Registered electors | 7,241 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −4.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Wedderburn | 2,977 | 54.7 | −7.0 | |
Conservative | James Grant | 2,467 | 45.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 510 | 9.4 | −14.0 | ||
Turnout | 5,444 | 72.4 | +20.7 | ||
Registered electors | 7,520 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −7.0 |
Elections in the 1900s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Alexander William Black | 2,768 | 52.8 | −1.9 | |
Liberal Unionist | George Watt | 2,470 | 47.2 | +1.9 | |
Majority | 298 | 5.6 | −3.8 | ||
Turnout | 5,238 | 64.2 | −8.2 | ||
Registered electors | 8,156 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −1.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Alexander William Black | 4,101 | 68.3 | +15.5 | |
Conservative | James Grant | 1,901 | 31.7 | −15.5 | |
Majority | 2,200 | 36.6 | +31.0 | ||
Turnout | 6,002 | 73.9 | +9.7 | ||
Registered electors | 8,118 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +15.5 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Walter Waring | 3,901 | 67.3 | −1.0 | |
Conservative | William Whitelaw | 1,892 | 32.7 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 2,009 | 34.6 | −2.0 | ||
Turnout | 5,793 | 70.8 | −3.1 | ||
Registered electors | 8,179 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −1.0 |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Walter Waring | 4,066 | 66.4 | −1.9 | |
Conservative | James Crabb Watt | 2,053 | 33.6 | +1.9 | |
Majority | 2,013 | 32.8 | −3.8 | ||
Turnout | 6,119 | 74.8 | +0.9 | ||
Registered electors | 8,181 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −1.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Walter Waring | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
General Election 1914/15:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
- Liberal: Walter Waring
- Unionist: Edward A Hume
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Liberal | Charles Barrie | Unopposed | ||
Liberal hold | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Charles Barrie | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Charles Barrie | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | William Templeton | 6,829 | 42.7 | n/a | |
Liberal | Charles Barrie | 5,426 | 34.0 | n/a | |
Labour | A W Groundwater | 3,722 | 23.3 | n/a | |
Majority | 8.7 | n/a | |||
Turnout | n/a | ||||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | n/a |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Murdoch McKenzie Wood | 9,278 | 44.3 | +10.3 | |
Unionist | William Templeton | 6,720 | 32.0 | −10.7 | |
Labour | Alasdair Alpin MacGregor | 4,982 | 23.7 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 12.3 | 21.0 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing | +10.5 |
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Murdoch McKenzie Wood | unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Liberal hold | Swing | n/a |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Edmund Findlay | 11,771 | 51.3 | n/a | |
Liberal | Murdoch McKenzie Wood | 11,168 | 48.7 | n/a | |
Turnout | 70.5 | n/a | |||
Majority | 603 | 2.6 | n/a | ||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | n/a |
General Election 1939/40
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;
- Unionist: William Lindsay
- Liberal: Murdoch McKenzie Wood[25]
- Labour: George A Mair[26]
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | William Duthie | 10,689 | 49.45 | ||
Liberal | Ian Alistair Duncan Millar | 6,401 | 29.62 | ||
Labour | D. Macpherson | 4,524 | 20.93 | ||
Majority | 4,288 | 19.84 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | William Duthie | 13,952 | 58.15 | ||
Labour | J. Brown | 6,303 | 26.27 | ||
Liberal | Gordon Lethem | 3,739 | 15.58 | ||
Majority | 7,649 | 31.88 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | William Duthie | 16,562 | 70.87 | ||
Labour | Alexander Flett | 6,806 | 29.13 | ||
Majority | 9,756 | 41.75 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | William Duthie | 14,643 | 69.80 | ||
Labour | William Paterson | 6,337 | 30.20 | ||
Majority | 8,306 | 39.59 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | William Duthie | 14,359 | 70.56 | ||
Labour | Robert W. Irvine | 5,992 | 29.44 | ||
Majority | 8,367 | 41.12 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Wilfred Baker | 9,995 | 47.77 | ||
Labour | Henry Dickson | 5,574 | 26.64 | ||
Liberal | Thomas Alexander Macnair | 5,354 | 25.59 | ||
Majority | 4,421 | 21.13 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Wilfred Baker | 8,139 | 41.37 | ||
Liberal | Basil Wishart | 6,762 | 34.37 | ||
Labour | Robert Middleton | 4,775 | 24.27 | ||
Majority | 1,377 | 7.00 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Wilfred Baker | 8,457 | 38.71 | ||
SNP | Hamish Watt | 5,006 | 22.91 | ||
Liberal | Ronnie Fraser | 4,589 | 21.01 | ||
Labour | Andrew F. Walls | 3,795 | 17.37 | ||
Majority | 3,451 | 15.80 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | Hamish Watt | 11,037 | 46.1 | ||
Conservative | Wilfred Baker | 8,252 | 34.5 | ||
Liberal | Ronnie Fraser | 3,121 | 13.0 | ||
Labour | R Dool | 1,528 | 6.4 | ||
Majority | 2,785 | 11.6 | |||
Turnout | 23,938 | 75.7 | |||
SNP gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | Hamish Watt | 10,638 | 45.9 | ||
Conservative | J.S. Gordon | 8,797 | 37.9 | ||
Liberal | C. McLeod | 2,059 | 8.9 | ||
Labour | A.W.M. Porteous | 1,700 | 7.3 | ||
Majority | 1,851 | 8.0 | |||
Turnout | 23,194 | 72.5 | |||
SNP hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Myles | 10,580 | 44.6 | ||
SNP | Hamish Watt | 9,781 | 41.2 | ||
Labour | Robert E. Duncan | 3,381 | 14.2 | ||
Majority | 799 | 3.4 | |||
Turnout | 23,742 | 72.4 | |||
Conservative gain from SNP | Swing |
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