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The Banff and Buchan by-election to the Scottish Parliament was held on June 7, 2001, the same day as a UK general election. The by-election was caused by the resignation of Scottish National Party (SNP) politician Alex Salmond as MSP for Banff and Buchan.
Alex Salmond had decided to return to Westminster, the United Kingdom parliament, as an MP and he won the contest for the Westminster Banff and Buchan constituency the same day as the by-election. The SNP retained the Holyrood seat with Stewart Stevenson (who had originally been selected to contest the Westminster constituency) winning for them.

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