UK general elections › 2017 › Banff and Buchan
Banff and Buchan — 2017
David Duguid (Conservative Party) was elected with 19,976 votes— 48.0% of 41,643 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. 48.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −2.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 41,643
| 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 | David Duguid | Conservative Party | 19,976 | 48.0% | −2.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Eilidh Whiteford | Scottish National Party | 16,283 | 39.1% | — | |
| 3 | Caitlin Stott | Labour Party | 3,936 | 9.5% | — | |
| 4 | Galen Milne | Liberal Democrats | 1,448 | 3.5% | — |
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.