Electoral history of Alex Salmond

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This is a summary of the electoral history of Alex Salmond, the former First Minister of Scotland from 2007 to 2014 and Leader of the Scottish National Party from 2004 to 2014 and 1990 to 2001, and a Member of the Scottish Parliament and a Member of the UK Parliament for various constituencies since 1987.

UK Parliamentary elections

1987 UK Parliament election

General election 1987: Banff and Buchan[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SNP Alex Salmond 19,462 44.3 +6.9
Conservative Albert McQuarrie 17,021 38.7 −1.0
SDP George Burness 4,211 9.6 −5.4
Labour James Livie 3,281 7.5 −0.3
Majority 2,441 5.6 N/A
Turnout 43,975 70.8 +3.8
SNP gain from Conservative Swing +3.9

1992 UK Parliament election

General election 1992: Banff and Buchan[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SNP Alex Salmond 21,954 47.5 +3.2
Conservative Sandy Manson 17,846 38.6 −0.1
Labour Brian Balcombe 3,803 8.2 +0.7
Liberal Democrats Rhona Kemp 2,588 5.6 −4.0
Majority 4,108 8.9 +3.3
Turnout 46,191 71.2 +0.4
SNP hold Swing +1.7

1997 UK Parliament election

General election 1997: Banff and Buchan[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SNP Alex Salmond 22,409 55.8 +4.9
Conservative William Frain-Bell 9,564 23.8 −10.9
Labour Megan Harris 4,747 11.8 +3.2
Liberal Democrats Neil Fletcher 2,398 6.0 +0.1
Referendum Alan Buchan 1,060 2.6 New
Majority 12,845 32.0 +23.1
Turnout 40,178 68.7 −2.5
SNP hold Swing +11.5

2001 UK Parliament election

General election 2001: Banff and Buchan[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SNP Alex Salmond 16,710 54.2 −1.6
Conservative Sandy Wallace 6,207 20.1 −3.7
Labour Ted Harris 4,363 14.2 +2.4
Liberal Democrats Douglas Herbison 2,769 9.0 +3.0
Scottish Socialist Alice Rowan 447 1.5 New
UKIP Eric Davidson 310 1.0 New
Majority 10,503 34.1 +2.1
Turnout 30,806 54.4 −14.3
SNP hold Swing +1.1

2005 UK Parliament election

General election 2005: Banff and Buchan[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SNP Alex Salmond 19,044 51.2 +2.3
Conservative Sandy Wallace 7,207 19.4 −2.1
Liberal Democrats Eleanor Anderson 4,952 13.3 -0.6
Labour Rami Okasha 4,476 12.0 −1.5
Christian Vote Victor Ross 683 1.8 New
UKIP Kathleen Kemp 442 1.2 +0.3
Scottish Socialist Steve Will 412 1.1 −0.3
Majority 11,837 31.8 −2.3
Turnout 37,216 56.6 +2.2
SNP hold Swing −1.1

2015 UK Parliament election

General election 2015: Gordon[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SNP Alex Salmond[7] 27,717 47.7 +25.5
Liberal Democrats Christine Jardine 19,030 32.7 −3.3
Conservative Colin Clark 6,807 11.7 −7.0
Labour Braden Davy 3,441 5.9 −14.2
UKIP Emily Santos[8] 1,166 2.0 New
Majority 8,687 15.0 N/A
Turnout 58,161 73.3 +6.9
SNP gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +14.4

2017 UK Parliament election

General election 2017: Gordon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Colin Clark 21,861 40.7 +29.0
SNP Alex Salmond[9] 19,254 35.9 -11.8
Labour Kirsten Muat[10] 6,340 11.8 +5.9
Liberal Democrats David Evans[11] 6,230 11.6 -21.1
Majority 2,607 4.8 N/A
Turnout 53,740 68.4 -4.9
Conservative gain from SNP Swing +20.4

Scottish Parliamentary elections

1999 Scottish Parliament election

1999 Scottish Parliament election: Banff and Buchan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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)

2007 Scottish Parliament election

2007 Scottish Parliament election: Gordon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SNP Alex Salmond 14,650 41.4 +18.8
Liberal Democrats Nora Radcliffe 12,588 35.6 -2.5
Conservative Nanette Milne 5,348 15.1 -8.8
Labour Neil Cardwell 2,276 6.4 -3.9
Independent Donald Marr 199 0.6 N/A
Independent Dave Mathers 185 0.5 N/A
Scottish Enterprise Bob Ingram 117 0.3 N/A
Majority 2,062 5.8 N/A
Turnout 35,363 54.1 +6.6
SNP gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +10.7

2011 Scottish Parliament election

2011 Scottish Parliament election: Aberdeenshire East[12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SNP Alex Salmond 19,533 64.5 +19.8
Liberal Democrats Alison McInnes 4,238 14.0 -16.6
Conservative Geordie Stuart 4,211 13.9 -1.9
Labour Peter Smyth 2,304 7.6 -0.5
Majority 15,295 50.5 N/A
Turnout 30,286 N/A
SNP win (new seat)

References

  1. ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  4. ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  5. ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  6. ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  7. ^ "Ex-SNP leader Alex Salmond announces he is to stand for UK Parliament". 7 December 2014 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  8. ^ "UK Polling Report". ukpollingreport.co.uk.
  9. ^ "General Election: SNP reselects 54 MPs". www.scotsman.com.
  10. ^ "General Election 2017 Candidates". www.scottishlabour.org.uk. Archived from the original on 8 May 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  11. ^ "Lib Dems announce candidate to stand against Alex Salmond". Press and Journal.
  12. ^ "Aberdeenshire Council - Elections - Scottish Parliamentary Election 2011". Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
  13. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 March 2012. Retrieved 14 May 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)