Banff and Buchan (UK Parliament constituency)

Banff and Buchan
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Banff and Buchan in Scotland.
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of parliament	Eilidh Whiteford (SNP)
Created from	Aberdeenshire East and Banffshire
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	Scotland

Coordinates: 57°28′19″N 2°27′04″W / 57.472°N 2.451°W / 57.472; -2.451

Banff and Buchan is a constituency of the British House of Commons, located in the north-east of Scotland within the Aberdeenshire council area. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) at least once every five years using the first-past-the-post system of voting.

The seat has been held by the Scottish National Party since 1987, with former First Minister of Scotland Alex Salmond representing the seat until 2010. In 2010, Eilidh Whiteford succeeded Salmond as the constituency's MP; however, the SNP vote share fell below 50% for the first time since 1992, due to a strong challenge by the Conservative Party. In the 2015 election the SNP achieved its best ever result in the constituency, with Whiteford winning over 60% of the vote and increasing her majority to 31.4%.

The constituency was reported to have voted in favour of Scottish independence at the 2014 Scottish independence referendum and is estimated to have voted to leave the European Union at the 2016 European Union membership referendum on a margin of 54% Leave to 46% Remain.