1995 Perth and Kinross by-election

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25 May 1995

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The Perth and Kinross seat in the House of Commons.
Elected by simple majority using first past the post.
Triggered by death of incumbent


Candidate	Roseanna Cunningham	Douglas Alexander
Party	SNP	Labour
Popular vote	16,931	9,620
Percentage	40.4%	22.9%


Candidate	John Godfrey	Veronica Linklater
Party	Conservative	Liberal Democrats
Popular vote	8,990	4,952
Percentage	21.4%	11.8%

MP before election

Nicholas Fairbairn
Conservative

Elected MP

Roseanna Cunningham
SNP

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A by-election for the UK Parliament constituency of Perth and Kinross in Scotland was held on 25 May 1995, following the death of Conservative MP Sir Nicholas Fairbairn on 19 February of that year.

The result was a Scottish National Party gain from the Conservatives.

Results

Perth and Kinross by-election, 1995^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Roseanna Cunningham	16,931	40.4	+4.4
	Labour	Douglas Alexander	9,620	22.9	+10.5
	Conservative	John Godfrey	8,990	21.4	-18.7
	Liberal Democrats	Veronica Linklater	4,952	11.8	+0.4
	Monster Raving Loony	Screaming Lord Sutch	586	1.4	New
	UKIP	Vivian Linacre	504	1.2	New
	Scottish Green	Robin Harper	223	0.5	New
	Scottish Conservatory and Unionist^[2]	Michael Halford	88	0.2	New
	Natural Law	Gary Black	54	0.1	New
Majority			7,311	17.5	N/A
Turnout			41.948	62.1	-14.8
	SNP gain from Conservative		Swing	+11.6

Previous election

General election 1992: Perth and Kinross^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nicholas Fairbairn	20,195	40.2	+0.6
	SNP	Roseanna Cunningham	18,101	36.0	+8.4
	Labour	Mervyn Rolfe	6,267	12.4	−3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Black	5,714	11.4	−5.5
Majority			2,094	4.2	-7.8
Turnout			47,950	76.9	+2.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

^ Boothroyd, David. "Results of Byelections in the 1992-97 Parliament". United Kingdom Election Results. Archived from the original on 20 July 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
^ "Conservatory candidate". The Herald. 12 May 1995. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.

External links

British Parliamentary By Elections: Campaign literature from the by-election

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