Scottish National Party election results
This article lists the Scottish National Party's election results in UK parliamentary elections.
Summary of general election performance
Year | Number of Candidates | Total votes | Average votes per candidate | % UK vote | % Scottish vote | Change (percentage points) | Saved deposits[1] | Number of MPs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1935 | 8 | 29,517 | 3,690 | 0.2 | 1.3 | N/A | 3 | 0 |
1945 | 8 | 26,707 | 3,338 | 0.1 | 1.2 | −0.1 | 2 | 0 |
1950 | 3 | 9,708 | 2,427 | 0.0 | 0.4 | −0.1 | 0 | 0 |
1951 | 2 | 7,299 | 3,650 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 |
1955 | 2 | 12,112 | 6,056 | 0.1 | 0.5 | +0.1 | 1 | 0 |
1959 | 5 | 21,738 | 4,348 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 |
1964 | 15 | 64,044 | 4,270 | 0.2 | 2.4 | +0.1 | 3 | 0 |
1966 | 23 | 128,474 | 5,586 | 0.5 | 5.0 | +0.3 | 13 | 0 |
1970 | 65 | 306,802 | 4,720 | 1.1 | 11.4 | +0.6 | 22 | 1 |
1974 Feb | 70 | 632,572 | 9,037 | 2.0 | 21.9 | +0.9 | 63 | 7 |
1974 Oct | 71 | 839,628 | 11,826 | 2.9 | 30.4 | +0.9 | 71 | 11 |
1979 | 71 | 504,259 | 7,102 | 1.6 | 17.3 | −1.3 | 29 | 2 |
1983 | 72 | 331,975 | 4,611 | 1.1 | 11.7 | −0.5 | 19 | 2 |
1987 | 71 | 416,873 | 5,871 | 1.3 | 14.0 | +0.2 | 70 | 3 |
1992 | 72 | 629,564 | 8,744 | 1.9 | 21.5 | +0.6 | 72 | 3 |
1997 | 72 | 621,550 | 8,633 | 2.0 | 22.1 | +0.1 | 72 | 6 |
2001 | 72 | 464,314 | 6,449 | 1.8 | 20.1 | −0.2 | 72 | 5 |
2005 | 59 | 412,267 | 6,988 | 1.5 | 17.7 | −0.3 | 59 | 6 |
2010 | 59 | 491,386 | 8,330 | 1.7 | 19.9 | +0.2 | 59 | 6 |
2015 | 59 | 1,454,436 | 24,651 | 4.7 | 50.0 | +3.0 | 59 | 56 |
2017 | 59 | 977,568 | 16,569 | 3.0 | 36.9 | -1.7 | 59 | 35 |
2019 | 59 | 1,242,372 | 21,057 | 3.9 | 45.0 | +1.9 | 59 | 48 |
Election results
1935 general election
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[3] |
---|---|---|---|---|
Combined Scottish Universities | Andrew Dewar Gibb | 3,865 | 14.2 | 4 |
Dunbartonshire | Robert Gray | 3,841 | 7.1 | 3 |
East Renfrewshire | Oliver Brown | 6,593 | 10.4 | 3 |
Greenock | John L. Kinloch | 1,286 | 3.3 | 3 |
Kilmarnock | T. W. Campbell | 2,346 | 6.2 | 4 |
Inverness | John MacCormick | 4,273 | 16.1 | 3 |
Western Isles | Alexander MacEwen | 3,704 | 28.1 | 3 |
West Renfrewshire | Roland Muirhead | 3,697 | 11.5 | 3 |
By-elections, 1935–45
Election | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[3] |
---|---|---|---|---|
1936 Combined Scottish Universities by-election | Andrew Dewar Gibb | 9,034 | 31.1 | 2 |
1936 Dunbartonshire by-election | Robert Gray | 2,599 | 6.2 | 3 |
1937 Glasgow Hillhead by-election | John MacCormick | 1,886 | 8.5 | 3 |
1938 Combined Scottish Universities by-election | Andrew Dewar Gibb | 5,246 | 18.2 | 3 |
1940 Argyll by-election | William Power | 7,308 | 37.2 | 2 |
1942 Glasgow Cathcart by-election | William Whyte | 1,000 | 5.5 | 4 |
1944 Kirkcaldy Burghs by-election | Douglas Young | 6,621 | 41.3 | 2 |
1945 Motherwell by-election | Robert McIntyre | 11,417 | 51.4 | 1 |
1945 general election
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[3] |
---|---|---|---|---|
Aberdeen North | Austin Walker | 2,021 | 5.3 | 3 |
Dundee | Arthur Donaldson | 7,775 | 4.6 | 5 |
Edinburgh East | Frederick Yeaman | 2,149 | 6.3 | 3 |
Glasgow Kelvingrove | Christopher Murray Grieve | 1,314 | 4.9 | 3 |
Kirkcaldy Burghs | Douglas Young | 5,811 | 17.0 | 3 |
Motherwell | Robert McIntyre | 8,022 | 26.7 | 2 |
Perth | James Blair Brown | 1,547 | 4.3 | 3 |
West Renfrewshire | Robert Wilkie | 1,955 | 6.3 | 3 |
By-elections, 1945–50
Election | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[3] |
---|---|---|---|---|
1946 Glasgow Cathcart by-election | William Taylor | 2,700 | 10.4 | 3 |
1946 Kilmarnock by-election | George Dott | 2,932 | 7.8 | 3 |
1947 Edinburgh East by-election | Mary Fraser Dott | 1,682 | 5.0 | 4 |
1948 Glasgow Camlachie by-election | Robert Wilkie | 1,302 | 5.2 | 4 |
1948 Stirling and Falkirk by-election | Robert Curran | 2,831 | 8.1 | 3 |
1950 general election
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[4] |
---|---|---|---|---|
Motherwell | Robert McIntyre | 3,892 | 9.3 | 3 |
Perth and East Perthshire | Donald Stewart | 4,118 | 9.3 | 3 |
Stirling and Falkirk Burghs | Robert Curran | 1,698 | 3.8 | 3 |
1951 general election
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[4] |
---|---|---|---|---|
Perth and East Perthshire | Robert McIntyre | 6,479 | 14.9 | 3 |
Western Isles | Calum Maclean | 820 | 5.0 | 4 |
By-elections, 1951–55
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[4] |
---|---|---|---|---|
1952 Dundee East by-election | Donald Stewart | 2,931 | 7.5 | 3 |
1955 general election
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[4] |
---|---|---|---|---|
Perth and East Perthshire | Robert McIntyre | 9,227 | 22.8 | 2 |
Stirling and Falkirk Burghs | Jimmy Halliday | 2,885 | 6.6 | 3 |
1959 general election
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[4] |
---|---|---|---|---|
Aberdeen North | Sandy Milne | 2,964 | 5.8 | 3 |
Hamilton | David Rollo | 2,586 | 6.2 | 3 |
Kinross and West Perthshire | Arthur Donaldson | 3,568 | 15.0 | 3 |
Perth and East Perthshire | Robert McIntyre | 9,637 | 23.1 | 2 |
Stirling and Falkirk Burghs | Jimmy Halliday | 2,983 | 6.6 | 3 |
By-elections, 1959–64
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[4] |
---|---|---|---|---|
1961 Glasgow Bridgeton by-election | Ian Macdonald | 3,549 | 18.7 | 3 |
1962 West Lothian by-election | William Wolfe | 9,750 | 23.3 | 2 |
1962 Glasgow Woodside by-election | Alan Niven | 2,562 | 11.2 | 4 |
1963 Kinross and Western Perthshire by-election | Arthur Donaldson | 1,801 | 7.3 | 4 |
1963 Dundee West by-election | James C. Lees | 3,285 | 7.4 | 3 |
1963 Dumfriesshire by-election | John Gair | 4,001 | 9.7 | 4 |
1964 general election
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[4] |
---|---|---|---|---|
Aberdeen South | John B. Reid | 3,898 | 7.6 | 3 |
Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire | Douglas Drysdale | 5,106 | 12.2 | 3 |
Dumfries | John Gair | 5,726 | 12.2 | 3 |
East Aberdeenshire | Bruce Cockie | 1,925 | 6.3 | 4 |
East Fife | James Braid | 2,635 | 6.8 | 4 |
Glasgow Springburn | Angus McIntosh | 2,366 | 9.2 | 3 |
Glasgow Woodside | David Stevenson | 1,600 | 5.1 | 4 |
Kinross and West Perthshire | Arthur Donaldson | 3,552 | 14.1 | 3 |
Kirkcaldy Burghs | James C. Lees | 4,423 | 10.9 | 3 |
Perth and East Perthshire | Robert McIntyre | 7,186 | 17.4 | 3 |
Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles | Anthony J. C. Kerr | 1,093 | 2.5 | 4 |
Rutherglen | R. N. Armstrong | 1,657 | 4.6 | 3 |
Stirling and Falkirk | Sandy Milne | 4,526 | 10.0 | 3 |
West Dunbartonshire | Alexander Gray | 5,004 | 12.1 | 3 |
West Lothian | William Wolfe | 15,087 | 30.5 | 2 |
1966 general election
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[4] |
---|---|---|---|---|
Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire | Douglas Drysdale | 8,225 | 20.1 | 3 |
Dumfries | John Gair | 5,727 | 12.6 | 3 |
Dunfermline | James A. Cook | 5,304 | 15.0 | 3 |
East Aberdeenshire | Bruce Cockie | 2,584 | 8.8 | 4 |
East Dunbartonshire | W. Johnston | 5,715 | 9.0 | 3 |
East Fife | James Braid | 5,394 | 14.4 | 3 |
Edinburgh South | H. M. Robertson | 2,856 | 7.3 | 3 |
Glasgow Craigton | George Leslie | 3,425 | 9.4 | 3 |
Glasgow Maryhill | Hugh MacDonald | 3,387 | 11.5 | 3 |
Glasgow Shettleston | William Lindsay | 3,732 | 12.1 | 3 |
Glasgow Springburn | William Morton | 2,222 | 9.4 | 3 |
Glasgow Woodside | R. Fairlie | 1,916 | 7.2 | 3 |
Kinross and West Perthshire | Arthur Donaldson | 4,884 | 20.5 | 2 |
Kirkcaldy Burghs | James C. Lees | 5,223 | 13.4 | 3 |
Lanark | Harry Rankin | 5,838 | 10.1 | 3 |
Midlothian | Steven Rae | 7,794 | 16.4 | 3 |
Perth and East Perthshire | Malcolm Shaw | 6,128 | 15.6 | 3 |
Rutherglen | A. Peacock | 2,194 | 6.4 | 3 |
Stirling and Falkirk | Sandy Milne | 6,322 | 14.4 | 3 |
West Dunbartonshire | Robert Campbell | 6,042 | 14.6 | 3 |
West Fife | R. Reid Patrick | 6,046 | 14.1 | 3 |
West Lothian | William Wolfe | 17,955 | 35.3 | 2 |
West Stirlingshire | Robert McIntyre | 9,381 | 26.0 | 2 |
By-elections, 1966–70
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[4] |
---|---|---|---|---|
1967 Glasgow Pollok by-election | George Leslie | 10,884 | 28.2 | 3 |
1967 Hamilton by-election | Winifred Ewing | 18,397 | 46.0 | 1 |
1969 Glasgow Gorbals by-election | Tom Brady | 3,671 | 25.0 | 2 |
1970 South Ayrshire by-election | Sam Purdie | 7,785 | 19.9 | 3 |
1970 general election
By-elections, 1970–74
By-election | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[4] |
---|---|---|---|---|
1971 Stirling and Falkirk by-election | Robert McIntyre | 13,048 | 34.6 | 2 |
1973 Dundee East by-election | Gordon Wilson | 13,270 | 30.2 | 2 |
1973 Edinburgh North by-election | William Wolfe | 3,526 | 19.1 | 3 |
1973 Glasgow Govan by-election | Margo MacDonald | 6,360 | 41.5 | 1 |
February 1974 general election
October 1974 general election
By-elections, 1974–79
By-election | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[5] |
---|---|---|---|---|
1978 Glasgow Garscadden by-election | Keith Bovey | 11,955 | 32.9 | 2 |
1978 Hamilton by-election | Margo MacDonald | 12,388 | 33.4 | 2 |
1978 Berwick and East Lothian by-election | Isobel Lindsay | 3,799 | 8.8 | 3 |
1979 general election
By-elections, 1979–83
By-election | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[5] |
---|---|---|---|---|
1980 Glasgow Central by-election | Gil Paterson | 2,122 | 26.3 | 2 |
1982 Glasgow Hillhead by-election | George Leslie | 3,416 | 11.3 | 4 |
1982 Coatbridge and Airdrie by-election | Ron Wyllie | 3,652 | 10.5 | 3 |
1982 Glasgow Queen's Park by-election | Peter Mallan | 3,157 | 20.0 | 2 |
1983 general election
1987 general election
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[6] |
---|---|---|---|---|
Aberdeen North | Philip Bowers Greenhorn | 5,827 | 13.2 | 4 |
Aberdeen South | Michael Fraser Weir | 2,776 | 6.6 | 4 |
Argyll | Robert Richard Shaw | 6,297 | 17.1 | 3 |
Ayr | Colin Traynor Weir | 3,548 | 6.7 | 4 |
Banff and Buchan | Alex Salmond | 19,462 | 44.3 | 1 |
Caithness and Sutherland | Archibal William Kerr MacGregor | 2,371 | 10.3 | 4 |
Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley | Charles Duncan Calman | 4,094 | 9.6 | 4 |
Central Fife | Daniel Hood | 6,296 | 14.7 | 4 |
Clackmannan | Allan Macartney | 7,916 | 20.9 | 2 |
Clydebank and Milngavie | Stanley Finlayson Fisher | 4,935 | 12.5 | 4 |
Clydesdale | Michael Russell | 7,125 | 14.8 | 4 |
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth | Thomas Ross Johnston | 6,982 | 19.6 | 2 |
Cunninghame North | Matthew Brown | 4,076 | 9.5 | 4 |
Cunninghame South | Kay Ullrich | 4,115 | 11.0 | 4 |
Dumbarton | Jenny Herriot | 5,564 | 12.1 | 4 |
Dumfriesshire | Thomas McAlpine | 6,391 | 14.2 | 4 |
Dundee East | Gordon Wilson | 18,524 | 40.1 | 2 |
Dundee West | Alasdair Neil Morgan | 7,164 | 15.3 | 3 |
Dunfermline East | Alice McGarry | 3,901 | 10.0 | 4 |
Dunfermline West | Gordon John Hughes | 3,435 | 8.7 | 4 |
East Angus | Andrew Welsh | 19,536 | 42.4 | 1 |
East Kilbride | James Hand Taggart | 6,275 | 12.6 | 4 |
East Lothian | Alexander Burgon-Lyon | 3,727 | 7.3 | 4 |
Eastwood | James Alexander May Findlay | 4,033 | 8.2 | 4 |
Edinburgh Central | Brian Shaw | 2,559 | 6.2 | 4 |
Edinburgh East | Mungo Bovey | 3,434 | 9.5 | 4 |
Edinburgh Leith | William Scott Morrison | 4,045 | 9.5 | 4 |
Edinburgh Pentlands | Donald Neil MacCormick | 3,264 | 7.2 | 4 |
Edinburgh South | Catherina McMillan Moore | 2,455 | 5.0 | 4 |
Edinburgh West | Norman Irons | 2,774 | 5.6 | 4 |
Falkirk East | Ronald Neil Forbes Halliday | 6,056 | 15.4 | 3 |
Falkirk West | Ian Roy Goldie | 6,696 | 17.4 | 3 |
Galloway and Upper Nithsdale | Stephen Frederick Norris | 12,919 | 31.5 | 2 |
Glasgow Cathcart | William Alexander Steven | 3,883 | 10.3 | 4 |
Glasgow Central | Alexander Bloomfield Wilson | 3,339 | 10.0 | 4 |
Glasgow Garscadden | Andrew Brophy | 4,201 | 12.3 | 2 |
Glasgow Govan | Felix McCabe | 3,851 | 10.4 | 4 |
Glasgow Hillhead | Bill Kidd | 2,713 | 6.5 | 4 |
Glasgow Maryhill | Gavin Roberts | 3,895 | 11.0 | 3 |
Glasgow Pollok | Andrew Doig | 3,528 | 9.6 | 4 |
Glasgow Provan | William Ramsay | 3,660 | 12.1 | 2 |
Glasgow Rutherglen | John Higgins | 3,584 | 8.1 | 4 |
Glasgow Shettleston | John Armstrong MacVicar | 4,807 | 12.7 | 3 |
Glasgow Springburn | Brendan O'Hara | 2,554 | 10.2 | 2 |
Gordon | George Easton Wright | 3,876 | 7.2 | 4 |
Greenock and Port Glasgow | Thomas Lenehan | 3,721 | 8.6 | 4 |
Hamilton | Christopher Crossley | 6,093 | 12.7 | 4 |
Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber | Niall Peter Johnson | 7,001 | 14.8 | 4 |
Kilmarnock and Loudoun | George Leslie | 8,881 | 18.2 | 3 |
Kincardine and Deeside | Frances Elsbeth Duncan | 3,082 | 6.5 | 4 |
Kirkcaldy | William Arthur Roger Mullin | 4,794 | 11.7 | 4 |
Linlithgow | Jim Sillars | 11,496 | 24.9 | 2 |
Livingston | Kenny MacAskill | 6,969 | 16.6 | 3 |
Midlothian | Ian MacKay Chisholm | 4,947 | 10.6 | 4 |
Moray | Margaret Ewing | 19,510 | 43.2 | 1 |
Motherwell North | Andrew Currie | 6,230 | 14.0 | 2 |
Motherwell South | James Wright | 6,027 | 15.3 | 2 |
Monklands East | Kenneth James Gibson | 4,790 | 12.9 | 4 |
Monklands West | Keith Bovey | 4,260 | 10.8 | 4 |
North East Fife | Francis David Roche | 2,616 | 6.6 | 4 |
North Tayside | Kenneth James Nicolson Guild | 13,291 | 32.9 | 2 |
Paisley North | Ian Taylor | 4,696 | 12.9 | 4 |
Paisley South | James Robert Mitchell | 5,398 | 14.0 | 4 |
Perth and Kinross | James McGregor Fairlie | 13,040 | 27.6 | 2 |
Renfrew West and Inverclyde | Colin McIver Campbell | 4,578 | 10.1 | 4 |
Ross, Cromarty and Skye | Robert McKay Gibson | 4,492 | 11.8 | 4 |
Roxburgh and Berwickshire | Marshall Neil Douglas | 1,586 | 4.8 | 4 |
Stirling | Iain Macdonald Lawson | 4,897 | 10.7 | 4 |
Strathkelvin and Bearsden | Gil Paterson | 3,654 | 7.1 | 4 |
Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale | Andrew Lumsden | 2,660 | 9.1 | 4 |
Western Isles | Ian Smith | 4,701 | 28.5 | 2 |
By-elections, 1987–92
By-election | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[6] |
---|---|---|---|---|
1988 Glasgow Govan by-election | Jim Sillars | 14,677 | 48.8 | 1 |
1989 Glasgow Central by-election | Alex Neil | 8,018 | 30.2 | 2 |
1990 Paisley North by-election | Roger Mullin | 7,583 | 29.4 | 2 |
1990 Paisley South by-election | Iain Lawson | 7,455 | 27.5 | 2 |
1991 Kincardine and Deeside by-election | Allan Macartney | 4,705 | 11.1 | 3 |
1992 general election
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[6] |
---|---|---|---|---|
Aberdeen North | James McGugan | 9,608 | 24.0 | 2 |
Aberdeen South | James Davidson | 6,223 | 15.1 | 3 |
Argyll | Neil MacCormick | 8,689 | 23.8 | 3 |
Ayr | Barbara Mullin | 5,949 | 10.9 | 3 |
Banff and Buchan | Alex Salmond | 21,954 | 47.5 | 1 |
Caithness and Sutherland | Archibal William Kerr MacGregor | 4,049 | 18.2 | 3 |
Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley | Charles Douglas | 6,910 | 16.2 | 3 |
Central Fife | Tricia Marwick | 10,458 | 25.1 | 2 |
Clackmannan | Andrew Brophy | 10,326 | 26.9 | 2 |
Clydebank and Milngavie | Gordon Hughes | 7,207 | 19.6 | 2 |
Clydesdale | Iain Gray | 11,084 | 23.1 | 3 |
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth | Thomas Johnston | 10,640 | 28.9 | 2 |
Cunninghame North | David Crossan | 7,813 | 18.2 | 3 |
Cunninghame South | Ricky Bell | 9,007 | 24.2 | 2 |
Dumbarton | Bill McKechnie | 8,127 | 18.4 | 3 |
Dumfriesshire | Alasdair Morgan | 6,971 | 14.3 | 3 |
Dundee East | David Coutts | 14,197 | 33.4 | 2 |
Dundee West | Keith Brown | 9,894 | 23.6 | 2 |
Dunfermline East | John Lloyd | 5,746 | 15.1 | 3 |
Dunfermline West | Jay Smith | 7,563 | 19.4 | 3 |
East Angus | Andrew Welsh | 19,006 | 40.1 | 1 |
East Kilbride | Kathleen McAlorum | 12,063 | 23.5 | 2 |
East Lothian | George R. Thomson | 7,776 | 14.2 | 3 |
Eastwood | Paul H. Scott | 6,372 | 12.4 | 4 |
Edinburgh Central | Lynne Devine | 5,539 | 14.2 | 3 |
Edinburgh East | Debin McKinney | 6,225 | 18.4 | 3 |
Edinburgh Leith | Fiona Hyslop | 8,805 | 21.8 | 2 |
Edinburgh Pentlands | Kathleen Caskie | 6,882 | 15.4 | 3 |
Edinburgh South | Roger Knox | 5,727 | 12.8 | 4 |
Edinburgh West | Graham Sutherland | 4,117 | 8.4 | 4 |
Falkirk East | Ronald Halliday | 10,454 | 26.2 | 2 |
Falkirk West | William Houston | 9,350 | 24.3 | 2 |
Galloway and Upper Nithsdale | Matt Brown | 16,213 | 36.5 | 2 |
Glasgow Cathcart | William Steven | 6,107 | 18.1 | 3 |
Glasgow Central | Brendan O'Hara | 6,322 | 20.8 | 2 |
Glasgow Garscadden | Dick Douglas | 5,580 | 19.0 | 2 |
Glasgow Govan | Jim Sillars | 12,926 | 37.1 | 2 |
Glasgow Hillhead | Sandra White | 6,484 | 16.5 | 4 |
Glasgow Maryhill | Clifford Williamson | 6,033 | 19.1 | 2 |
Glasgow Pollok | George Leslie | 5,107 | 15.7 | 4 |
Glasgow Provan | Alexandra McRae | 5,182 | 21.7 | 2 |
Glasgow Rutherglen | John Higgins | 6,470 | 16.3 | 3 |
Glasgow Shettleston | Nicola Sturgeon | 6,831 | 19.1 | 2 |
Glasgow Springburn | Stuart Miller | 5,863 | 19.5 | 2 |
Gordon | Brian Adam | 8,445 | 14.3 | 3 |
Greenock and Port Glasgow | Ian Black | 7,279 | 19.0 | 2 |
Hamilton | Bill Morrison | 9,246 | 19.7 | 2 |
Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber | Fergus Ewing | 12,562 | 24.7 | 3 |
Kilmarnock and Loudoun | Alex Neil | 15,231 | 30.7 | 2 |
Kincardine and Deeside | Allan Macartney | 5,927 | 11.3 | 3 |
Kirkcaldy | Stewart Hosie | 8,761 | 22.5 | 2 |
Linlithgow | Kenny MacAskill | 14,577 | 30.3 | 2 |
Livingston | Peter Johnston | 12,140 | 26.6 | 2 |
Midlothian | Andrew Lumsden | 10,254 | 21.9 | 2 |
Moray | Margaret Ewing | 20,299 | 44.3 | 1 |
Motherwell North | David A. Clark | 8,942 | 20.3 | 2 |
Motherwell South | Kay Ullrich | 7,758 | 20.3 | 2 |
Monklands East | Jim Wright | 6,554 | 18.0 | 2 |
Monklands West | Keith Bovey | 6,319 | 16.6 | 2 |
North East Fife | David Roche | 3,589 | 8.6 | 3 |
North Tayside | John Swinney | 16,288 | 37.5 | 2 |
Orkney and Shetland | Frances McKie | 2,301 | 11.2 | 4 |
Paisley North | Roger Mullin | 7,940 | 23.3 | 2 |
Paisley South | Iain Lawson | 7,455 | 27.5 | 2 |
Perth and Kinross | Roseanna Cunningham | 18,101 | 36.0 | 2 |
Renfrew West and Inverclyde | Colin McIver Campbell | 9,444 | 12.5 | 3 |
Ross, Cromarty and Skye | Rob Gibson | 7,618 | 18.5 | 3 |
Roxburgh and Berwickshire | Marshall Douglas | 3,437 | 10.2 | 3 |
Stirling | Gerard Fisher | 6,558 | 13.7 | 3 |
Strathkelvin and Bearsden | Tom Chalmers | 6,275 | 12.5 | 3 |
Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale | Christine Creech | 5,244 | 17.0 | 3 |
Western Isles | Frances MacFarlane | 5,961 | 37.2 | 2 |
By-elections, 1992–97
By-election | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[6] |
---|---|---|---|---|
1994 Monklands East by-election | Kay Ullrich | 15,320 | 44.9 | 2 |
1995 Perth and Kinross by-election | Roseanna Cunningham | 16,931 | 40.4 | 1 |
1997 general election
By-elections, 1997–2001
By-election | Candidate | Votes | % | Position |
---|---|---|---|---|
1997 Paisley South by-election | Ian Blackford | 7,615 | 32.5 | 2 |
1999 Hamilton South by-election | Annabelle Ewing | 6,616 | 34.0 | 2 |
2000 Glasgow Anniesland by-election | Grant Thoms | 4,202 | 21.0 | 2 |
2000 Falkirk West by-election | David Kerr | 7,787 | 39.9 | 2 |
2001 general election
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[8] |
---|---|---|---|---|
Aberdeen Central | Wayne Gault | 5,379 | 20.4 | 2 |
Aberdeen North | Alasdair Allan | 8,708 | 28.7 | 2 |
Aberdeen South | Ian Angus | 4,293 | 11.6 | 4 |
Airdrie and Shotts | Alison Lindsay | 6,138 | 19.3 | 2 |
Angus | Mike Weir | 12,347 | 35.3 | 1 |
Argyll and Bute | Agnes Samuel | 6,433 | 20.8 | 4 |
Ayr | Jim Mather | 4,621 | 12.0 | 3 |
Banff and Buchan | Alex Salmond | 16,710 | 54.2 | 1 |
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | John MacAdam | 5,273 | 21.2 | 3 |
Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley | Tom Wilson | 6,258 | 15.6 | 3 |
Central Fife | David Alexander | 8,235 | 25.3 | 2 |
Clydebank and Milngavie | Jim Yuill | 6,525 | 20.1 | 2 |
Clydesdale | Jim Wright | 10,028 | 26.2 | 2 |
Coatbridge and Chryston | Peter Kearney | 4,493 | 14.8 | 2 |
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth | David McGlashan | 8,624 | 29.0 | 2 |
Cunninghame North | Campbell Martin | 7,173 | 21.2 | 2 |
Cunninghame South | Bill Kidd | 5,194 | 18.5 | 2 |
Dumbarton | Iain Robertson | 6,576 | 19.3 | 2 |
Dumfriesshire | Gerard Fisher | 4,103 | 9.6 | 4 |
Dundee East | Stewart Hosie | 10,169 | 31.4 | 2 |
Dundee West | Gordon Archer | 7,987 | 27.3 | 2 |
Dunfermline East | Johnny Mellon | 4,424 | 14.7 | 2 |
Dunfermline West | Brian Goodall | 5,390 | 17.4 | 2 |
East Kilbride | Archie Buchanan | 9,450 | 22.7 | 2 |
East Lothian | Hilary Brown | 5,381 | 14.6 | 4 |
Eastwood | Stewart Maxwell | 4,137 | 8.6 | 4 |
Edinburgh Central | Ian McKee | 4,832 | 14.1 | 4 |
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh | Rob Munn | 5,956 | 17.3 | 2 |
Edinburgh North and Leith | Kaukab Stewart | 5,290 | 15.9 | 3 |
Edinburgh Pentlands | Stewart Gibb | 4,210 | 10.8 | 4 |
Edinburgh South | Heather Williams | 3,683 | 9.9 | 4 |
Edinburgh West | Alyn Smith | 4,047 | 10.3 | 4 |
Falkirk East | Isobel Hutton | 7,824 | 23.2 | 2 |
Falkirk West | David Kerr | 7,490 | 24.2 | 2 |
Galloway and Upper Nithsdale | Malcolm Fleming | 12,148 | 33.8 | 2 |
Glasgow Anniesland | Grant Thoms | 4,048 | 15.1 | 2 |
Glasgow Baillieston | Lachlan McNeill | 4,361 | 18.7 | 2 |
Glasgow Cathcart | Josephine Docherty | 4,086 | 14.9 | 2 |
Glasgow Govan | Karen Neary | 6,064 | 24.0 | 2 |
Glasgow Kelvin | Frances Rankin | 4,513 | 16.8 | 3 |
Glasgow Maryhill | Alex Dingwall | 3,532 | 15.9 | 2 |
Glasgow Pollok | David Ritchie | 4,229 | 16.7 | 2 |
Glasgow Shettleston | Jim Byrne | 3,417 | 16.7 | 2 |
Glasgow Springburn | Sandy Bain | 4,675 | 19.4 | 2 |
Gordon | Rhona Kemp | 5,760 | 15.6 | 3 |
Greenock and Inverclyde | Andrew Murie | 4,248 | 14.9 | 3 |
Hamilton North and Bellshill | Chris Stephens | 5,225 | 17.2 | 2 |
Hamilton South | John Wilson | 5,190 | 19.4 | 2 |
Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber | Angus MacNeil | 10,889 | 25.6 | 2 |
Kilmarnock and Loudoun | John Brady | 9,592 | 25.5 | 2 |
Kirkcaldy | Shirley-Anne Somerville | 6,264 | 22.2 | 2 |
Linlithgow | James Sibbald | 8,078 | 25.5 | 2 |
Livingston | Graham Sutherland | 8,492 | 23.6 | 2 |
Midlothian | Ian Goldie | 6,131 | 21.3 | 2 |
Moray | Angus Robertson | 10,076 | 30.3 | 1 |
Motherwell and Wishaw | James McGuigan | 5,725 | 19.3 | 2 |
North East Fife | Kris Murray-Browne | 3,596 | 10.4 | 4 |
North Tayside | Pete Wishart | 15,441 | 40.1 | 1 |
Ochil | Keith Brown | 10,655 | 30.2 | 2 |
Orkney and Shetland | John Mowat | 2,473 | 14.8 | 4 |
Paisley North | George Adam | 5,737 | 21.1 | 2 |
Paisley South | Brian Lawson | 5,920 | 19.4 | 2 |
Perth | Annabelle Ewing | 11,237 | 29.7 | 1 |
Ross, Skye and Inverness West | Jean Urquhart | 4,901 | 14.1 | 3 |
Roxburgh and Berwickshire | Roderick Campbell | 2,806 | 9.7 | 4 |
Rutherglen | Anne McLaughlin | 4,135 | 14.2 | 2 |
Stirling | Fiona Macaulay | 5,877 | 16.4 | 3 |
Strathkelvin and Bearsden | Calum Smith | 6,675 | 16.1 | 3 |
Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale | Richard Thomson | 4,108 | 12.4 | 4 |
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | John Green | 4,634 | 12.2 | 4 |
West Renfrewshire | Carol Puthucheary | 7,145 | 21.3 | 2 |
Western Isles | Alasdair Nicholson | 4,850 | 36.9 | 2 |
2005 general election
By-elections, 2005–10
By-election | Candidate | Votes | % | Position |
---|---|---|---|---|
2005 Livingston by-election | Angela Constance | 9,639 | 32.7 | 2 |
2006 Dunfermline and West Fife by-election | Douglas Chapman | 7,261 | 21.0 | 3 |
2008 Glasgow East by-election | John Mason | 11,277 | 43.1 | 1 |
2008 Glenrothes by-election | Peter Grant | 13,209 | 36.5 | 2 |
2009 Glasgow North East by-election | David Kerr | 4,120 | 20.0 | 2 |
2010 general election
By-elections, 2010–15
By-election | Candidate | Votes | % | Position |
---|---|---|---|---|
2011 Inverclyde by-election | Anne McLaughlin | 9,280 | 33.0 | 2 |
2015 general election
2017 general election
2019 general election
By-elections, 2019–present
By-election | Candidate | Votes | % | Position |
---|---|---|---|---|
2021 Airdrie and Shotts by-election | Anum Qaisar | 10,129 | 46.4 | 1 |
2023 Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election | Katy Loudon | 8,399 | 27.6 | 2 |
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