Banff and Buchan (UK Parliament constituency)
Elections in the 2010s
¹: After nominations were closed, Hoque was suspended from the Labour Party when he was charged with multiple driving offences. The swing of 10.6% to the Conservatives in Banff and Buchan was the largest swing in Scotland at the 2010 General Election.

Banff and Buchan (UK Parliament constituency)

Section Title: Elections in the 2010s
Table Section Text: ¹: After nominations were closed, Hoque was suspended from the Labour Party when he was charged with multiple driving offences. The swing of 10.6% to the Conservatives in Banff and Buchan was the largest swing in Scotland at the 2010 General Election.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±

SNP	Eilidh Whiteford	27,487	60.2	+18.9

Conservative	Alex Johnstone	13,148	28.8	−2.0

Labour	Sumon Hoque1	2,647	5.8	−8.2

Liberal Democrat	David Evans	2,347	5.1	−6.2

Majority	14,339	31.4	+18.9

Turnout	45,629	66.5	+6.7

SNP hold	Swing	+10.5

Sentence(s)

Whiteford from SNP won in the Banff and Buchan constituency with over 60% of the vote and 31.4% majority.

final_sentence: Whiteford from SNP won in the Banff and Buchan constituency with over 60% of the vote and 31.4% majority.