Banffshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Banffshire
Banffshire
Former county constituency; for the House of Commons
Subdivision	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.

SubdivisionBanffshire

SeatsOne

Created fromBanffshire

Replaced byMoray
Banff & Buchan

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Election^[6]		Member^[7]	Party	Notes
	1707	John Murray
	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 by-election	James Ferguson	Tory
	1790	Sir James Grant, Bt	Tory
	1795 by-election	David McDowall-Grant
	1796	Sir William Grant	Whig
	1812	Robert Abercromby
	1818	James Duff	Whig^[8]
	1827 by-election	John Morison	Tory^[9]
	1832	George Ferguson	Tory^[9]
	1834	George Ferguson	Conservative
	1837	James Duff	Whig^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]	later 5th Earl Fife
	1857 by-election	Lachlan Gordon-Duff	Whig
	1859	Lachlan Gordon-Duff	Liberal
	1861 by-election	Robert Duff	Liberal
	1893 by-election	Sir William Wedderburn	Liberal
	1900	Alexander William Black	Liberal
	1907 by-election	Walter Waring	Liberal
	1916	Walter Waring	Coalition Liberal	Contested Blaydon following redistribution
	1918	Charles Barrie	Liberal	Member for Elgin Burghs (Oct–Dec 1918), later Baron Abertay
	1924	William Templeton	Unionist
	1929	Sir Murdoch McKenzie Wood	Liberal
	1935	Sir Edmund Findlay	Unionist
	1945	Sir William Duthie	Unionist
	1964	Wilfred Baker	Conservative
	Feb 1974	Hamish Watt	SNP
	1979	David Myles	Conservative	Contested Orkney and Shetland following redistribution
1983		constituency abolished: see Banff & Buchan and Moray

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Tory	John Morison	Unopposed
Registered electors			49
	Tory gain from Whig

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Tory	John Morison	20	60.6
	Tory	George Ferguson	13	39.4
Majority			7	21.2
Turnout			33	c. 67.3
Registered electors			c. 49
	Tory hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	George Ferguson	295	69.7	−30.3
	Whig	Thomas Gordon	128	30.3	New
Majority			167	39.4	+18.2
Turnout			423	84.9	c. +17.6
Registered electors			498
	Tory hold		Swing	+30.3

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	George Ferguson	Unopposed
Registered electors			525
	Conservative hold

Banffshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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Banffshire
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
Subdivision	Banffshire
1708–1983
Seats	One
Created from	Banffshire
Replaced by	Moray Banff & Buchan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	James Duff	292	57.7
	Conservative	George Ferguson	214	42.3
Majority			78	15.4
Turnout			506	73.9
Registered electors			685
	Whig gain from Conservative

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	James Duff	316	53.7	−4.0
	Conservative	John Ogilvy-Grant	273	46.3	+4.0
Majority			43	7.4	−8.0
Turnout			589	82.1	+8.2
Registered electors			717
	Whig hold		Swing	−4.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	James Duff	327	52.1	*N/A*
	Conservative	Hay Macdowall-Grant^[15]	301	47.9	New
Majority			26	4.2	N/A
Turnout			628	77.2	N/A
Registered electors			813
	Whig hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Lachlan Gordon-Duff	Unopposed
Registered electors			905
	Liberal hold

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Robert Duff	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,062
	Liberal hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert Duff	3,740	65.1	*N/A*
	Conservative	Moir Stormonth-Darling	2,008	34.9	New
Majority			1,732	30.2	N/A
Turnout			5,748	81.9	N/A
Registered electors			7,018
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert Duff	2,293	61.7	−3.2
	Ind. Conservative	Maltman Barry	1,424	38.3	New
Majority			869	23.4	−6.4
Turnout			3,717	51.7	−5.0
Registered electors			7,185
	Liberal hold		Swing	−3.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Wedderburn	3,166	56.9	−4.8
	Conservative	James Grant	2,395	43.1	New
Majority			771	13.8	−9.6
Turnout			5,561	76.8	+25.1
Registered electors			7,241
	Liberal hold		Swing	−4.8

General election 1900: Banffshire^[21]^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alexander William Black	2,768	52.8	−1.9
	Liberal Unionist	George Watt (1854–1940)	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

1907 Banffshire by-election^[23]^[18]
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

General election January 1910: Banffshire^[24]
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

General election 1918: Banffshire^[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes
C	Liberal	Charles Barrie	Unopposed
	Liberal win (new boundaries)
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

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

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	William Templeton	6,829	42.7	*New*
	Liberal	Charles Barrie	5,426	34.0	N/A
	Labour	A W Groundwater	3,722	23.3	New
Majority			403	8.7	N/A
Turnout			15,977		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			2,558	12.3	N/A
Turnout			20,980
	Liberal gain from Unionist		Swing	+10.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Edmund Findlay	11,771	51.3	*New*
	Liberal	Murdoch McKenzie Wood	11,168	48.7	N/A
Majority			603	2.6	N/A
Turnout			22,939	70.5	N/A
	Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

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	New
Majority			4,288	19.83
Turnout			21,614
	Unionist hold		Swing

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
Turnout			23,994
	Unionist hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Unionist	William Duthie	16,562	70.87
	Labour	Alexander Flett	6,806	29.13
Majority			9,756	41.74
Turnout			23,368
	Unionist hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Unionist	William Duthie	14,643	69.80
	Labour	William Paterson	6,337	30.20
Majority			8,306	39.60
Turnout			20,980
	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
Turnout			20,351
	Unionist hold		Swing

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	New
Majority			4,421	21.13
Turnout			20,923
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Wilfred Baker	8,139	41.4	−6.4
	Liberal	Basil Wishart	6,762	34.4	+8.8
	Labour	Robert Middleton	4,775	24.3	−2.3
Majority			1,377	7.0	−14.1
Turnout			19,676
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Wilfred Baker	8,457	38.7	−2.7
	SNP	Hamish Watt	5,006	22.9	New
	Liberal	Ronnie Fraser	4,589	21.0	−13.4
	Labour	Andrew F. Walls	3,795	17.4	−6.9
Majority			3,451	15.8	+7.8
Turnout			21,847
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Hamish Watt	11,037	46.1	+23.2
	Conservative	Wilfred Baker	8,252	34.5	−4.2
	Liberal	Ronnie Fraser	3,121	13.0	−8.0
	Labour	R. Dool	1,528	6.4	−11.0
Majority			2,785	11.6	N/A
Turnout			23,938	75.7
	SNP gain from Conservative		Swing	+13.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Hamish Watt	10,638	45.9	−0.2
	Conservative	J.S. Gordon	8,797	37.9	+3.4
	Liberal	C. McLeod	2,059	8.9	−4.1
	Labour	A.W.M. Porteous	1,700	7.3	+0.9
Majority			1,851	8.0	−3.6
Turnout			23,194	72.5	−3.2
	SNP hold		Swing	−1.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Fairlie Myles	10,580	44.6	+6.7
	SNP	Hamish Watt	9,781	41.2	−4.7
	Labour	Robert E. Duncan	3,381	14.2	+6.9
Majority			799	3.4	N/A
Turnout			23,742	72.4	−0.1
	Conservative gain from SNP		Swing	+5.7