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284:independent
209:and at the
179:Hamish Watt
71:David Myles
54:Preceded by
22:Hamish Watt
1569:Categories
1516:Colin Bell
1498:Sandy Gall
1483:Jo Grimond
1258:Alyn Smith
1109:Calum Kerr
1054:Martyn Day
1024:Alan Brown
965:John Mason
688:1985–1988
646:Banffshire
538:13 January
473:The Herald
447:The Herald
391:The Herald
365:References
359:Portgordon
294:Later life
235:Banffshire
197:Early life
187:Banffshire
163:Profession
152:Alma mater
124:Portgordon
109:, Scotland
100:1925-12-27
36:Banffshire
1094:Neil Gray
936:Mike Weir
330:in 1988.
237:in 1970.
44:In office
651:Feb 1974
591:Obituary
558:BBC News
500:BBC News
141:Children
77:Majority
744:in the
612:Hansard
326:by the
318:Honours
278:In the
256:in the
225:as the
185:MP for
564:15 May
288:Gordon
267:, and
167:Farmer
254:Moray
203:Keith
107:Keith
80:1,851
1269:2021
1227:2019
1215:2017
983:2015
971:2010
959:2008
942:2005
920:2001
903:1997
891:1995
879:1990
867:1988
855:1987
803:1974
791:1973
779:1970
767:1967
755:1945
655:1979
644:for
566:2015
540:2015
508:2016
481:2016
455:2016
428:2016
400:2016
308:7:84
114:Died
94:Born
34:for
344:MSP
324:LLD
183:SNP
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