Banff & Buchan

2005 result:
Alex Salmond SNP – 19,044 (51.2%)
Sandy Wallace CON – 7,207 (19.4%)
Eleanor Anderson LD – 4,952 (13.3%)
Rami Okasha LAB – 4,476 (12.0%)
SNP HOLD
Majority: 11,837 over CON

Candidates:
Eilidh Whiteford (SNP)

Swing required: CON – 15.9% LD – 18.95% LAB – 19.6%

Council area: -
Aberdeenshire (LD-CON coalition)

Scottish Parliament: -
Banff & Buchan: SNP (majority - 10,530 over CON)
Gordon: SNP SNP (majority - 2,062 over LD – GAIN FROM LD)

Electorate: 65,970
of Scottish Parliament Constituencies -
Banff & Buchan: 57,113 (86.6%)
Gordon: 8,857 (13.4%)

Prediction:
Despite First Minister Alex Salmond stepping aside to concentrate on his Scottish Parliament duties, expect the seat to remain with the SNP – as it has since 1987 when (a much younger and less portly) Alex Salmond was first elected to serve as MP for the constituency. Conservatives to show well in second, probably increasing their share of the vote slightly, while the Lib Dems and Labour scrap for third. SNP HOLD