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.
Creation
The British parliamentary constituency was created in 1708 following the Acts of Union, 1707 and replaced the former Parliament of Scotland shire constituency of Banffshire.
History
The constituency elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system until 1983 when it was split and merged into Moray and Banff and Buchan.
The constituency covered the county of Banffshire, Scotland, but until 1918 the county town of Banff and the burgh of Cullen were represented as part of Elgin Burghs.
Members of Parliament
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|1707
| John Murray
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|1708
| Alexander Abercromby
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|1727
| William Duff
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|later 1st Earl Fife
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|1734
| James Abercromby
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|1754
| James Duff,
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|later 2nd Earl Fife
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|1784
| Sir James Duff
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|1789 by-election
| James Ferguson
| Tory
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|1790
| Sir James Grant, Bt
| Tory
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|1795 by-election
| David McDowall-Grant
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|1796
| Sir William Grant
| Whig
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|1812
| Robert Abercromby
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|1818
| James Duff
| Whig
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|1827 by-election
| John Morison
| Tory
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|1832
|rowspan="2"| George Ferguson
| Tory
|later 5th Earl Fife
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|1857 by-election
| rowspan="2" | Lachlan Gordon-Duff
| Whig
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|1859
| Liberal
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|1861 by-election
| Robert Duff
| Liberal
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|1893 by-election
| Sir William Wedderburn
| Liberal
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|1900
| Alexander William Black
| Liberal
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|1907 by-election
|rowspan="2"| Walter Waring
| Liberal
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| 1916
| Coalition Liberal
| Contested Blaydon following redistribution
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|1918
| Charles Barrie
| Liberal
| Member for Elgin Burghs (Oct–Dec 1918), later Baron Abertay
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|1924
| William Templeton
| Unionist
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|1929
| Sir Murdoch McKenzie Wood
| Liberal
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|1935
| Sir Edmund Findlay
| Unionist
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|1945
| Sir William Duthie
| Unionist
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|1964
| Wilfred Baker
| Conservative
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|Feb 1974
| Hamish Watt
| SNP
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|1979
| David Myles
| Conservative
| Contested Orkney and Shetland following redistribution
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|colspan="2" align="center"| 1983
|colspan="3"| constituency abolished: see Banff & Buchan and Moray
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Election results
thumb|center|726x726px|Banff election results
Elections in the 1830s
Duff was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, requiring a by-election.
Duff was appointed Civil Lord of the Admiralty, requiring a by-election.
thumb|120px|W. Wedderburn
General Election 1914–15:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
- Liberal: Walter Waring
- Unionist: Edward Archibald Hume
thumb|120px|Charles Barrie
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Elections in the 1920s
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Elections in the 1930s
General Election 1939–40
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;
- Unionist: William Lindsay
- Liberal: Murdoch McKenzie Wood
- Labour: George A Mair
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Elections in the 1940s
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Elections in the 1950s
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Elections in the 1960s
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