Banff and Buchan

Place

Mental health has been impacted by the cost of living crisis

41%

41.6% national average

Survation 2023 MRP polling, commissioned by 38Degrees. Updated March 2023.

Estimated child poverty

23.9%

29.4% national average

Data from End Child Poverty, based on data from DWP/HMRC. Percentage of children living in households with a net income (after housing costs) below 60% of the national median. Updated June 2024.

Worried about not being able to pay their energy bills in the next year

50%

53.5% national average

Survation 2023 MRP polling, commissioned by 38Degrees. Updated March 2023.

Air pollution

	This area	National average
Benzene	0.1%	0.3%
NO₂	1.8%	9.7%
NO_X	2.2%	13.1%
Ozone	0%	2.1%
PM₁₀	8.3%	11.5%
PM_2.5	3.2%	6.5%
SO₂	0.3%	1.5%

Data from Defra. Metrics of pollutants associated with air pollution, aggregated per constituency, recorded automatically across the UK. Updated 2021.

Constituency age distribution

	This area	National average
Ages 0-9	10.7%	11.8%
Ages 10-19	10.8%	11.5%
Ages 20-29	10.7%	12.9%
Ages 30-39	11.8%	13.3%
Ages 40-49	12.9%	12.6%
Ages 50-59	15.4%	13.7%
Ages 60-69	12.6%	10.8%
Ages 70-79	9.9%	8.5%
Ages 80+	5.0%	5.0%

Data from ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland), and NISRA (Northern Ireland), collated by House of Commons Library. Updated May 2024.

Number of onshore windfarms

0.7 national average

Data from Wikipedia. Updated 2024-04-24.

Have missed a bill payment in the last six months

31%

31.6% national average

Survation 2023 MRP polling, commissioned by 38Degrees. Updated March 2023.

Have missed a credit payment in the last six months

26%

23.7% national average

Survation 2023 MRP polling, commissioned by 38Degrees. Updated March 2023.

Have missed a rent payment in the last six months

15%

19.1% national average

Survation 2023 MRP polling, commissioned by 38Degrees. Updated March 2023.

Have not been able to afford to turn the heating on at home when they have felt cold in the past month

35%

37.6% national average

Survation 2023 MRP polling, commissioned by 38Degrees. Updated March 2023.

Worried about having to use a foodbank in the next year

26%

28.8% national average

Survation 2023 MRP polling, commissioned by 38Degrees. Updated March 2023.

Worried about not being able to afford their mortgage or rent in the next year

34%

40.0% national average

Survation 2023 MRP polling, commissioned by 38Degrees. Updated March 2023.

Country of the UK

Scotland

Data from mySociety. Updated 2024-04-24.

Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD)

Data from ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland), and NISRA (Northern Ireland), collated and standardised by mySociety. Deciles of deprivation, from 1 (most deprived) to 10 (least deprived). This uses a composite measure of deprivation (including income, employment, education, skills, health, crime, and housing) standardised across the countries of the UK.

Rural Urban Classification

Sparse and rural

Data from ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland), and NISRA (Northern Ireland), collated and standardised by mySociety. A composite measure of 'ruralness' (based population density, settlement size, and drive times) standardised across the countries of the UK.

Popular petitions

Petition	Signatures
Call an immediate general election to end the chaos of the current government	669
Include abortion rights in the Bill of Rights	207
End the Cage Age for all farmed animals	133

Data from UK Government and Parliament Petitions. Updated 2024-01-23.

More place data

Public opinion

EU (Brexit) leave vote percentage

54%

51.8% national average

Data from UK Parliament. Percentage of constituents who voted to leave the EU in the 2016 referendum Updated February 2017.

Likelihood to take action such as voting for a particular candidate or lobbying an MP to tackle climate change and protect nature

	This area	National average
Net likely	30%	39.6%
Net unlikely	34%	27.9%
Very likely	10%	12.2%
Quite likely	21%	27.4%
Neither likely nor unlikely	35%	32.5%
Quite unlikely	16%	12.6%
Very unlikely	19%	15.3%

Focaldata 2023 MRP polling, commissioned by HOPE not hate. Updated April 2023.

Consider climate change a high priority

53.9 national average

Public First MRP Polling, commissioned by Onward UK, adjusted for the demographics of the local area by mySociety. Estimated percentage of constituents who consider climate change a high priority. Updated July 2022.

Loss of nature and destruction of the environment should be one of the most important concerns for the country

	This area	National average
Net agree	70%	72.5%
Net disagree	10%	8.7%
Strongly agree	31%	33.8%
Partly agree	38%	38.8%
Neither agree nor disagree	21%	18.7%
Partly disagree	6%	5.9%
Strongly disagree	3%	2.7%

Focaldata 2023 MRP polling, commissioned by HOPE not hate. Updated April 2023.

Policies for tackling the cost of living crisis should go hand in hand with policies to tackle the climate crisis

	This area	National average
Net agree	55%	58.8%
Net disagree	21%	17.7%
Strongly agree	22%	24.2%
Somewhat agree	33%	34.7%
Neither agree nor disagree	24%	23.5%
Somewhat disagree	12%	10.6%
Strongly disagree	10%	7.2%

Focaldata 2023 MRP polling, commissioned by HOPE not hate. Updated April 2023.

Tackling climate change should / should not be one of the Government’s biggest priorities right now

	This area	National average
Should be a priority	52%	57.4%
Should not be a priority	48%	42.6%

Focaldata 2023 MRP polling, commissioned by HOPE not hate. Updated April 2023.

Neither support nor oppose Net Zero

26.7 national average

Public First MRP Polling, commissioned by Onward UK, adjusted for the demographics of the local area by mySociety. Estimated percentage of constituents who neither support nor oppose net zero. Updated July 2022.

Oppose Net Zero

12.7 national average

Public First MRP Polling, commissioned by Onward UK, adjusted for the demographics of the local area by mySociety. Estimated percentage of constituents who oppose net zero. Updated July 2022.

Support Net Zero

60.6 national average

Public First MRP Polling, commissioned by Onward UK, adjusted for the demographics of the local area by mySociety. Estimated percentage of constituents who support net zero. Updated July 2022.

Support nuclear energy

65%

57.4% national average

Survation MRP polling, commissioned by RenewableUK, adjusted for the demographics of the local area by mySociety. Updated September 2022.

Support offshore wind

89%

85.2% national average

Survation MRP polling, commissioned by RenewableUK, adjusted for the demographics of the local area by mySociety. Updated September 2022.

Support renewable energy projects in their local area

79%

85.0% national average

Survation MRP polling, commissioned by RenewableUK, adjusted for the demographics of the local area by mySociety. Updated September 2022.

Support solar power

89%

87.6% national average

Survation MRP polling, commissioned by RenewableUK, adjusted for the demographics of the local area by mySociety. Updated September 2022.

Support tidal energy

89%

86.0% national average

Survation MRP polling, commissioned by RenewableUK, adjusted for the demographics of the local area by mySociety. Updated September 2022.

Support wave energy

91%

86.6% national average

Survation MRP polling, commissioned by RenewableUK, adjusted for the demographics of the local area by mySociety. Updated September 2022.

Believe that the government should continue the block on onshore wind development

33%

24.2% national average

Survation MRP polling, commissioned by RenewableUK. Updated September 2022.

Believe that the government should use wind and solar farms to reduce energy bills

86%

84.2% national average

Survation MRP polling, commissioned by RenewableUK. Updated September 2022.

Believe the government has increased investment in renewables over the past 5 years

62%

51.9% national average

Survation MRP polling, commissioned by RenewableUK. Updated September 2022.

More public opinion data

Movement

Churches that have declared a climate emergency

0.2 national average

Data from Tearfund. Updated July 2023.

Number of Christian Aid groups

0.6 national average

Data from Christian Aid. Updated April 2023.

Number of community groups supporting climate action

0.8 national average

Data from The Climate Coalition. These community groups signed The Climate Coalition’s 2024 open letter calling for greater action on climate and nature from UK political parties. Updated 2024-07-02.

Number of Great Big Green Week 2022 events

1.8 national average

Data from The Climate Coalition. Number of Great Big Green Week 2022 events Updated October 2022.

Number of Great Big Green Week 2023 events

2.2 national average

Data from The Climate Coalition. Number of Great Big Green Week 2023 events Updated July 2023.

Number of Hope For The Future trained constituents

0.2 national average

Data from Hope For The Future. These constituents have been trained by Hope For The Future, to have more frequent and more powerful conversations about climate and nature, with their elected representatives. Updated February 2023.

Number of RSPB Reserves

Data from the RSPB. Updated September 2023.

Number of Save the Children shops

0.2 national average

Data from Save the Children. Updated July 2023.

Number of Trussell Trust foodbanks

2.2 national average

Data from Trussell Trust. Updated December 2022.

Number of Wildlife Trusts Reserves

Data from the Wildlife Trusts. Number of Wildlife Trusts Reserves Updated 2024-07-02.

Number of WWF supporters

909

1,468.2 national average

Data from WWF. Updated February 2023.

More movement data

Banff and Buchan

This is a historical constituency

Aberdeenshire North and Moray East

Gordon and Buchan

Place

Mental health has been impacted by the cost of living crisis

Estimated child poverty

Worried about not being able to pay their energy bills in the next year

Air pollution

Constituency age distribution

Number of onshore windfarms

Have missed a bill payment in the last six months

Have missed a credit payment in the last six months

Have missed a rent payment in the last six months

Have not been able to afford to turn the heating on at home when they have felt cold in the past month

Worried about having to use a foodbank in the next year

Worried about not being able to afford their mortgage or rent in the next year

Country of the UK

Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD)

Rural Urban Classification

Popular petitions

Public opinion

EU (Brexit) leave vote percentage

Likelihood to take action such as voting for a particular candidate or lobbying an MP to tackle climate change and protect nature

Consider climate change a high priority

Loss of nature and destruction of the environment should be one of the most important concerns for the country

Policies for tackling the cost of living crisis should go hand in hand with policies to tackle the climate crisis

Tackling climate change should / should not be one of the Government’s biggest priorities right now

Neither support nor oppose Net Zero

Oppose Net Zero

Support Net Zero

Support nuclear energy

Support offshore wind

Support renewable energy projects in their local area

Support solar power

Support tidal energy

Support wave energy

Believe that the government should continue the block on onshore wind development

Believe that the government should use wind and solar farms to reduce energy bills

Believe the government has increased investment in renewables over the past 5 years

Movement

Churches that have declared a climate emergency

Number of Christian Aid groups

Number of community groups supporting climate action

Number of Great Big Green Week 2022 events

Number of Great Big Green Week 2023 events

Number of Hope For The Future trained constituents

Number of RSPB Reserves

Number of Save the Children shops

Number of Trussell Trust foodbanks

Number of Wildlife Trusts Reserves

Number of WWF supporters

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