UK general elections › 2010 › Banff and Buchan
Banff and Buchan — 2010
Eilidh Whiteford (Scottish National Party) was elected with 15,868 votes— 41.3% of 38,466 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 41.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −8.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 38,466
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes. | Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eilidh Whiteford | Scottish National Party | 15,868 | 41.3% | −8.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Jimmy Buchan | Conservative Party | 11,841 | 30.8% | — | |
| 3 | Glen Reynolds | Labour Party | 5,382 | 14.0% | — | |
| 4 | Galen Milne | Liberal Democrats | 4,365 | 11.3% | — | |
| 5 | Richard Payne | British National Party | 1,010 | 2.6% | — |
Source data: UK Parliament psephology database, retrieved
2026-05-19, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl-psephology@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.