The 2001 Banff and Buchan by-election to the Scottish Parliament was held on 7 June 2001, the same day as a UK general election and also a Scottish Parliament by-election in Strathkelvin and Bearsden. The by-election was caused by the resignation of Scottish National Party (SNP) politician Alex Salmond as MSP for Banff and Buchan.
The SNP retained the Holyrood seat with Stewart Stevenson (who had originally been selected to contest the Westminster constituency) winning for them.
Result
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SNP | Stewart Stevenson | 15,386 | 49.6 | −3.0 | |
Conservative | Ted Brocklebank | 6,819 | 22.0 | +5.0 | |
Labour | Megan Harris | 4,897 | 15.8 | +2.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kenyon Wright | 3,231 | 10.4 | −6.4 | |
Scottish Socialist | Peter Anderson | 682 | 2.2 | New | |
Majority | 8,567 | 27.6 | −8.0 | ||
Turnout | 31,015 | ||||
SNP hold | Swing |
Scottish Parliament election result, 1999
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SNP | Alex Salmond | 16,695 | 52.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | David Davidson | 5,403 | 17.0 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Maitland Mackie | 5,315 | 16.8 | N/A | |
Labour | Megan Harris | 4,321 | 13.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 11,292 | 35.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 31,734 | N/A | |||
SNP win (new seat) |
See also
References
- "BBC NEWS | VOTE 2001 | RESULTS & CONSTITUENCIES | Banff & Buchan". BBC. 2001. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
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