Current MSP: Stewart Stevenson (SNP) [MSP website]
Party Candidate Votes +/– % +/–
SNP Stewart Stevenson * 16812 -1272 67.2 +7.5
Conservative Michael Watt 4592 -1410 18.4 +0.5
Labour Alan Duffill 2642 -1142 10.6 -1.6
Liberal Democrat Galen Milne # 958 -1970 3.8 -6.2
Majority 12220 Turnout 25004 Swing +3.5% SNP hold

Predominantly consisting of the former Banff & Buchan seat but also bringing in parts of Moray and Gordon, this area is rock solid SNP territory, with the party winning a 50+% share of the vote in 2007 and in 2011. Former Transport Minister Stewart Stevenson held the seat, increasing his vote share and majority while the Liberal Democrats lost their deposit.

Notes: Given boundary changes since 2007, variations in votes and share between seats with different boundaries would be misleading. We use the Denver figures, essentially a calculation of the 2007 votes cast within 2011 boundaries. More information on this here.

Symbols used:

* – Incumbent
^ – Challenger holding a list seat in previous Parliament
# – Lost deposit