Scottish National Party election results
This article lists the Scottish National Party 's election results in UK parliamentary elections.
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
2024
57
724,758
12,715
2.5
30.0
+15
59
9
[ 2]
Election results
1935 general election
By-elections, 1935–45
1945 general election
By-elections, 1945–50
1950 general election
1951 general election
By-elections, 1951–55
1955 general election
1959 general election
By-elections, 1959–64
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
1970 general election
Constituency
Candidate
Votes
%
Position[ 4]
Aberdeen North
John McKenna
3,756
8.4
3
Aberdeen South
Bruce Cockie
2,777
5.3
4
Argyll
Iain MacCormick
9,039
29.9
2
Ayr
L. Anderson
2,186
5.2
3
Banffshire
Hamish Watt
5,006
22.9
2
Berwick and East Lothian
David Simpson
4,735
10.2
3
Bothwell
Thomas McAlpine
6,157
12.8
3
Bute and North Ayrshire
Peggy Macrae
3,852
10.9
3
Caithness and Sutherland
Donald Barr
3,690
15.4
4
Central Ayrshire
A. MacDonald
2,383
5.1
3
Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire
Ian Macdonald
7,243
15.5
3
Coatbridge and Airdrie
Wolseley Brown
2,667
6.0
3
Dumfriesshire
John Gair
6,211
13.4
3
Dundee East
Ian Macaulay
4,181
8.9
3
Dundee West
J. A. Shepherd
4,441
8.7
3
Dunfermline Burghs
James Cook
5,304
15.0
3
East Aberdeenshire
Alex Farquhar
9,377
29.8
2
East Dunbartonshire
Gordon Murray
8,257
11.3
3
East Fife
James Braid
4,666
11.8
3
East Renfrewshire
J. M. Buchanan
3,733
6.7
4
Edinburgh Central
C. Moore
1,666
8.0
3
Edinburgh East
Helena Davidson
3,502
8.2
3
Edinburgh Leith
M. G. Thomson
1,827
7.0
3
Edinburgh Pentlands
Steven Rae
2,814
5.9
4
Edinburgh South
David Stevenson
2,861
6.9
4
Edinburgh West
Muriel Gibson
3,711
6.8
4
Galloway
Arthur Donaldson
5,723
20.6
2
Glasgow Bridgeton
G. E. J. Wallace
1,550
8.8
3
Glasgow Central
Angus McIntosh
1,688
14.1
3
Glasgow Craigton
R. Edwards
2,946
7.9
3
Glasgow Gorbals
Tom Brady
1,089
7.4
3
Glasgow Govan
Michael Grieve
2,294
10.3
3
Glasgow Hillhead
George Wotherspoon
1,957
8.2
3
Glasgow Maryhill
Cameron Aitken
3,273
11.4
3
Glasgow Pollok
George Leslie
3,733
8.9
3
Glasgow Provan
Willie McRae
4,181
9.8
3
Glasgow Scotstoun
A. Mitchell
4,313
9.4
3
Glasgow Shettleston
William Lindsay
3,995
13.4
3
Glasgow Springburn
William J. Morton
3,323
14.3
3
Glasgow Woodside
David Rollo
1,912
8.4
3
Hamilton
Winifred Ewing
16,849
35.1
2
Inverness
A. C. Cameron
2,781
7.1
4
Kilmarnock
Alistair MacInnes
2,836
6.9
3
Kinross and West Perthshire
Elizabeth Whitley
4,670
18.6
2
Kirkcaldy Burghs
James C. Lees
4,863
11.9
3
Lanark
Harry Rankin
7,859
11.7
3
Midlothian
George Park
9,047
15.6
3
Moray and Nairn
Thomas Howe
7,885
27.8
2
Motherwell
Isobel Lindsay
3,861
9.9
3
North Angus and Mearns
James McGuigan
4,677
16.9
3
North Lanarkshire
John Hutchison
3,486
8.2
3
Paisley
Margo MacDonald
3,432
7.3
3
Perth and East Perthshire
Duncan Murray
7,112
17.0
3
Ross and Cromarty
George Nicholson
2,268
11.7
4
Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles
H. Hastie
3,147
6.8
4
South Angus
Malcolm Slesser
8,406
23.1
2
South Ayrshire
Sam Purdie
7,785
19.9
3
Stirling and Falkirk
Iain Murray
6,571
14.5
3
West Aberdeenshire
John McKinlay
2,112
5.3
4
West Dunbartonshire
Robert Campbell
5,414
12.0
3
Western Isles
Donald Stewart
6,568
43.1
1
West Fife
Jimmy Halliday
5,286
11.0
3
West Lothian
William Wolfe
15,620
28.2
2
West Renfrewshire
Allan Macartney
4,195
8.8
3
West Stirlingshire
Robert McIntyre
8,279
21.4
3
By-elections, 1970–74
February 1974 general election
Constituency
Candidate
Votes
%
Position[ 5]
Aberdeen North
James McGugan
11,337
23.3
2
Aberdeen South
Sandy Stronach
7,599
13.7
3
Argyll
Iain MacCormick
15,646
48.9
1
Ayr
C. D. Caldman
4,706
11.0
3
Banffshire
Hamish Watt
11,037
46.1
1
Berwick and East Lothian
David Simpson
6,956
14.2
3
Bothwell
Gerry Fisher
6,710
14.1
3
Bute and North Ayrshire
John Murphy
6,104
16.3
3
Caithness and Sutherland
Eric Sutherland
3,814
16.1
4
Central Ayrshire
Leslie Anderson
7,255
15.0
3
Central Dunbartonshire
Andrew Welsh
5,906
14.5
4
Central Fife
David Livingstone
10,324
22.5
2
Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire
George Reid
22,289
43.5
1
Coatbridge and Airdrie
R. Hill
7,961
17.3
3
Dumfriesshire
L. A. B. Whitley
9,186
18.6
3
Dundee East
Gordon Wilson
20,066
39.5
1
Dundee West
Jim Fairlie
12,959
25.1
3
Dunfermline
R. R. Patrick
8,695
17.8
3
East Aberdeenshire
Douglas Henderson
18,333
50.8
1
East Dunbartonshire
Margaret Bain
11,635
22.3
3
East Fife
James Braid
8,593
19.5
2
East Kilbride
D. P. MacQuarie
13,819
25.9
3
East Renfrewshire
S. Watterson
5,268
10.4
4
Edinburgh Central
A. W. S. Rae
4,074
13.6
4
Edinburgh East
G. MacDougall
7,128
15.4
3
Edinburgh Leith
H. Miller
6,569
21.2
3
Edinburgh North
J. Lynch
4,550
12.7
4
Edinburgh Pentlands
T. Forrest
5,491
12.5
4
Edinburgh South
R. Shirley
5,770
12.8
4
Edinburgh West
R. Moore
4,241
9.9
4
Galloway
George Thompson
9,308
30.7
2
Glasgow Cathcart
Alex Ewing
5,410
13.6
3
Glasgow Central
S. Ewing
2,211
13.8
3
Glasgow Craigton
G. Hooston
6,303
17.9
3
Glasgow Garscadden
M. McRury
8,789
21.9
3
Glasgow Govan
Margo MacDonald
9,783
40.9
2
Glasgow Hillhead
Keith Bovey
3,702
11.3
4
Glasgow Kelvingrove
C. MacKellar
5,666
19.2
3
Glasgow Maryhill
A. MacIntosh
8,920
24.9
2
Glasgow Pollok
M. D'Arcy Conyers
6,584
14.4
3
Glasgow Provan
R. Edwards
7,367
19.6
2
Glasgow Queen's Park
David MacKellar
4,394
15.6
3
Glasgow Shettleston
W. Lindsay
5,834
22.0
3
Glasgow Springburn
William J. Morton
7,672
22.8
2
Greenock and Port Glasgow
J. K. Wright
4,881
11.5
4
Hamilton
Ian Macdonald
12,692
31.9
2
Inverness
Rob Gibson
7,258
16.6
4
Kilmarnock
A. MacInnes
7,644
15.3
3
Kinross and Western Perthshire
Duncan Murray
6,274
23.1
2
Kirkcaldy
Roger Knox
12,311
25.7
3
Lanark
Thomas McAlpine
8,803
21.8
3
Midlothian
John McKinlay
19,450
27.0
3
Moray and Nairn
Winnie Ewing
16,046
49.3
1
Motherwell and Wishaw
G. Nicholson
7,852
20.0
3
North Angus and Mearns
Harry Rankin
6,837
23.4
2
North Lanarkshire
P. Watt
8,187
18.5
3
Paisley
David Rollo
10,455
21.3
3
Perth and Kinross
Douglas Crawford
12,192
27.2
2
Ross and Cromarty
Willie McRae
5,037
23.0
2
Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles
D. Purves
3,953
8.0
3
Rutherglen
L. Leslie
6,089
15.2
3
South Angus
Malcolm Slesser
15,179
36.6
2
South Ayrshire
Roger Mullin
6,612
16.4
3
Stirling, Falkirk and Grangemouth
Robert McIntyre
17,836
34.5
2
West Aberdeenshire
M. Suttar
6,827
15.4
3
West Dunbartonshire
Stan Stratton
11,144
27.2
3
Western Isles
Donald Stewart
10,079
67.1
1
West Lothian
William Wolfe
21,690
35.0
2
West Renfrewshire
Charles Cameron
8,394
15.2
3
West Stirlingshire
Janette Jones
12,886
29.7
2
October 1974 general election
Constituency
Candidate
Votes
%
Position[ 5]
Aberdeen North
James McGugan
13,509
29.7
2
Aberdeen South
Sandy Stronach
10,481
20.1
3
Argyll
Iain MacCormick
14,967
49.7
1
Ayr
E. Robinson
6,902
16.7
3
Banffshire
Hamish Watt
10,638
45.9
1
Berwick and East Lothian
R. Macleod
6,323
13.2
3
Bothwell
J. McCool
11,138
24.5
2
Bute and North Ayrshire
John Murphy
9,055
25.9
3
Caithness and Sutherland
Eric Sutherland
5,381
23.9
2
Central Ayrshire
Leslie Anderson
11,533
24.5
3
Central Dunbartonshire
C. Aitken
11,452
29.1
2
Central Fife
David Livingstone
14,414
33.4
2
Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire
George Reid
25,998
50.8
1
Coatbridge and Airdrie
R. Hill
12,466
27.9
2
Dumfriesshire
L. A. B. Whitley
12,542
26.4
3
Dundee East
Gordon Wilson
22,120
47.7
1
Dundee West
Jim Fairlie
16,678
35.1
2
Dunfermline
A. C. Cameron
13,179
28.6
2
East Aberdeenshire
Douglas Henderson
16,304
48.5
1
East Dunbartonshire
Margaret Bain
15,551
31.2
1
East Fife
James Braid
13,202
31.8
2
East Kilbride
Gordon Murray
19,106
36.7
2
East Renfrewshire
I. Jenkins
11,137
23.2
2
Edinburgh Central
Steven Rae
6,866
24.9
3
Edinburgh East
G. MacDougall
11,213
25.6
2
Edinburgh Leith
R. Scott
7,688
26.1
3
Edinburgh North
J. Lynch
7,681
23.5
3
Edinburgh Pentlands
J. Hutchinson
10,189
24.6
3
Edinburgh South
R. Shirley
9,034
21.7
3
Edinburgh West
C. M. Moore
8,135
20.2
3
Galloway
George Thompson
12,242
40.3
1
Glasgow Cathcart
Alex Ewing
6,292
16.5
3
Glasgow Central
B. Nugent
2,790
19.2
3
Glasgow Craigton
R. G. Houston
8,171
24.3
2
Glasgow Garscadden
Keith Bovey
12,111
31.2
2
Glasgow Govan
Margo MacDonald
9,440
41.0
2
Glasgow Hillhead
G. Borthwick
6,897
22.8
3
Glasgow Kelvingrove
C. Calman
6,274
23.2
3
Glasgow Maryhill
A. MacIntosh
10,171
29.9
2
Glasgow Pollok
D. P. Macquarrie
10,441
24.3
3
Glasgow Provan
R. Edwards
10,268
30.2
2
Glasgow Queen's Park
David MacKellar
5,660
21.8
2
Glasgow Shettleston
R. Hamilton
7,042
28,.6
2
Glasgow Springburn
William J. Morton
9,049
28.3
2
Greenock and Port Glasgow
J. K. Wright
9,324
21.1
2
Hamilton
Ian Macdonald
15,155
39.0
2
Inverness
Donald Barr
11,994
29.6
2
Kilmarnock
Alistair MacInnes
14,655
30.2
2
Kinross and Western Perthshire
Derek Cameron
10,981
41.5
2
Kirkcaldy
Roger Knox
14,587
32.0
2
Lanark
Thomas McAlpine
14,250
35.8
2
Midlothian
John McKinlay
24,568
35.6
2
Moray and Nairn
Winnie Ewing
12,667
41.2
1
Motherwell and Wishaw
J. MacKay
12,357
31.8
2
North Angus and Mearns
I. Murray
9,284
34.2
2
North Lanarkshire
P. Watt
11,561
26.9
2
Orkney and Shetland
Howard Firth
3,025
17.2
2
Paisley
David Rollo
15,778
33.1
2
Perth and Kinross
Douglas Crawford
17,337
40.8
1
Ross and Cromarty
Willie McRae
7,291
35.7
2
Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles
A. Edmonds
9,178
20.0
3
Rutherglen
I. O. Bayne
9,732
25.3
2
South Angus
Andrew Welsh
17,073
43.8
1
South Ayrshire
Roger Mullin
7,851
19.8
2
Stirling, Falkirk and Grangemouth
Robert McIntyre
20,324
39.8
2
West Aberdeenshire
Nicol Suttar
9,409
22.2
3
West Dunbartonshire
A. Murray
13,697
33.7
2
Western Isles
Donald Stewart
8,758
61.5
1
West Lothian
William Wolfe
24,997
40.9
2
West Renfrewshire
Charles Cameron
15,374
28.6
2
West Stirlingshire
Janette Jones
16,331
38.2
2
By-elections, 1974–79
1979 general election
Constituency
Candidate
Votes
%
Position[ 5]
Aberdeen North
M. Watt
5,796
12.9
3
Aberdeen South
A. Stronach
4,361
8.5
4
Argyll
Iain MacCormick
10,545
31.8
2
Ayr
J. McGill
3,998
9.2
4
Banffshire
Hamish Watt
9,781
41.2
2
Berwick and East Lothian
A. McCartney
3,300
6.5
4
Bothwell
J. F. McCool
5,202
10.8
4
Bute and North Ayrshire
M. Brown
5,272
13.9
3
Caithness and Sutherland
Robin Shaw
6,487
28.0
3
Central Ayrshire
Ian Macdonald
5,596
10.4
3
Central Dunbartonshire
W. Lindsay
6,055
15.3
3
Central Fife
J. Lynch
9,208
19.4
3
Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire
George Reid
21,796
40.1
2
Coatbridge and Airdrie
M. Johnston
3,652
10.5
3
Dumfriesshire
E. Gibson
6,647
13.2
4
Dundee East
Gordon Wilson
20,497
41.7
1
Dundee West
Jim Fairlie
13,197
26.4
2
Dunfermline
A. C. Cameron
7,351
14.3
3
East Aberdeenshire
Douglas Henderson
16,269
41.4
2
East Dunbartonshire
Margaret Bain
12,654
20.6
3
East Fife
J. Marshall
6,612
14.1
4
East Kilbride
Gordon Murray
9,090
15.6
3
East Renfrewshire
J. Pow
3,989
7.7
4
Edinburgh Central
G. Kennedy
2,486
9.8
4
Edinburgh East
G. MacDougall
5,296
12.1
3
Edinburgh Leith
W. R. Platt
2,706
9.7
4
Edinburgh North
Neil MacCormick
3,521
10.8
4
Edinburgh Pentlands
Stephen Maxwell
4,934
11.0
4
Edinburgh South
R. Shirley
3,800
8.4
4
Edinburgh West
Colin Bell
3,904
9.2
4
Galloway
George Thompson
12,384
37.1
2
Glasgow Cathcart
Alex Ewing
2,653
6.9
3
Glasgow Central
S. Bird
1,308
11.1
3
Glasgow Craigton
R. Silver
3,881
11.7
3
Glasgow Garscadden
J. Bain
6,012
15.7
3
Glasgow Govan
T. Wilson
2,340
13.6
3
Glasgow Hillhead
G. Borthwick
3,050
10.1
4
Glasgow Kelvingrove
I. O. Bayne
2,199
9.9
4
Glasgow Maryhill
D. McGlashan
3,812
11.2
3
Glasgow Pollok
A. McIntosh
4,187
9.6
3
Glasgow Provan
R. Cunning
4,767
13.8
3
Glasgow Queen's Park
P. Greene
2,276
9.7
3
Glasgow Shettleston
Margo MacDonald
3,022
13.9
3
Glasgow Springburn
William J. Morton
3,587
12.6
3
Greenock and Port Glasgow
J. K. Wright
3,435
7.6
4
Hamilton
C. Stoddart
6,842
16.6
3
Inverness
Donald Barr
9,603
20.6
3
Kilmarnock
A. MacInnes
8,963
18.3
3
Kinross and Western Perthshire
Ian Smith
9,045
29.4
2
Kirkcaldy
A. Currie
9,416
19.9
3
Lanark
Thomas McAlpine
7,902
18.8
3
Midlothian
G. A. F. Spiers
13,260
16.8
3
Moray and Nairn
Winnie Ewing
13,800
38.9
2
Motherwell and Wishaw
J. MacKay
4,817
12.3
3
North Angus and Mearns
I. Murray
7,387
23.2
2
North Lanarkshire
J. Ralston
5,887
13.1
3
Orkney and Shetland
M. Spens
935
4.8
4
Paisley
David Rollo
7,305
15.7
3
Perth and Kinross
Douglas Crawford
17,050
35.5
2
Ross and Cromarty
Willie McRae
5,915
23.6
2
Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles
Angus Stewart
3,502
7.2
4
Rutherglen
Michael Grieve
3,325
8.4
4
South Angus
Andrew Welsh
19,066
41.5
2
South Ayrshire
C. Cameron
3,233
8.0
4
Stirling, Falkirk and Grangemouth
J. Donarchy
8,856
17.0
2
West Aberdeenshire
J. Hulbert
4,260
8.3
4
West Dunbartonshire
Stan Stratton
7,835
17.9
3
Western Isles
Donald Stewart
7,941
52.5
1
West Lothian
William Wolfe
16,631
24.9
2
West Renfrewshire
Charles Cameron
8,333
13.1
3
West Stirlingshire
Janette Jones
8,627
18.3
3
By-elections, 1979–83
1983 general election
Constituency
Candidate
Votes
%
Position[ 6]
Aberdeen North
James McGugan
3,790
9.3
4
Aberdeen South
Sam Coull
1,974
5.0
4
Argyll and Bute
Ian Smith
8,514
24.6
3
Ayr
I. Goldie
2,431
4.9
4
Banff and Buchan
Douglas Henderson
15,135
37.4
2
Caithness and Sutherland
Jim Ingram
2,568
11.0
4
Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley
Ron Wyllie
2,694
6.5
4
Central Fife
J. Taggart
4,039
10.2
4
Clackmannan
Janette Jones
6,839
19.0
2
Clydebank and Milngavie
A. Aitken
3,566
9.2
4
Clydesdale
Thomas McAlpine
5,271
11.4
4
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth
Gordon Murray
5,875
17.4
3
Cunninghame North
Colin Cameron
3,460
8.6
4
Cunninghame South
Kay Ullrich
2,451
6.9
4
Dumbarton
I. O. Bayne
3,768
8.7
4
Dumfriesshire
E. Gibson
4,527
10.8
4
Dundee East
Gordon Wilson
20,276
43.8
1
Dundee West
James Lynch
7,973
17.1
4
Dunfermline East
G. A. Hunter
2,573
7.2
4
Dunfermline West
Jim Fairlie
2,798
7.8
4
East Angus
Andrew Welsh
15,691
36.0
2
East Kilbride
D. M. Urquhart
4,795
10.2
4
East Lothian
Roger Knox
2,083
4.4
4
Eastwood
J. Herriot
2,618
5.8
4
Edinburgh Central
R. Halliday
1,810
4.9
4
Edinburgh East
P. Scott
1,976
5.5
4
Edinburgh Leith
J. Young
2,646
6.5
4
Edinburgh Pentlands
Donald Neil MacCormick
2,642
6.1
4
Edinburgh South
Neil MacCallum
2,256
5.0
4
Edinburgh West
J. Nicoll
2,126
4.6
4
Falkirk East
John McGregor
4,490
11.9
4
Falkirk West
Brian Cochrane
4,739
13.0
4
Galloway and Upper Nithsdale
George Thompson
12,118
30.8
2
Glasgow Cathcart
W. Steven
2,151
5.6
4
Glasgow Central
P. Mallam
3,300
10.3
4
Glasgow Garscadden
N. MacLeod
3,566
10.2
4
Glasgow Govan
P. Kindlen
2,207
6.0
4
Glasgow Hillhead
George Andrew Leslie
2,203
5.4
4
Glasgow Maryhill
I. Morrison
2,408
7.1
4
Glasgow Pollok
F. Hanningan
3,585
9.9
4
Glasgow Provan
P. Kennedy
2,737
8.8
4
Glasgow Rutherglen
K. Fee
2,438
5.5
4
Glasgow Shettleston
D. Hood
2,801
7.9
4
Glasgow Springburn
J. McLaughlin
2,804
8.1
4
Gordon
Kenneth James Nicolson Guild
2,636
5.7
4
Greenock and Port Glasgow
A. H. Clayton
2,989
6.8
4
Hamilton
Mairi Whitehead
3,816
8.2
4
Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber
Hamish William Vernal
4,395
9.8
4
Kilmarnock and Loudoun
C. D. Calman
4,165
9.0
4
Kincardine and Deeside
A. Tuttle
3,297
7.7
4
Kirkcaldy
D. D. Wood
3,452
9.1
4
Linlithgow
D. H. Ramsey
8,026
18.4
3
Livingston
Kenny MacAskill
5,090
13.5
4
Midlothian
M. J. Hird
2,826
6.2
4
Moray
Hamish Watt
15,231
35.2
2
Motherwell North
Richard Lyle
5,333
12.6
4
Motherwell South
James Wright
3,743
9.8
4
Monklands East
T. R. Johnston
3,185
8.9
4
Monklands West
G. A. Lyon
2,473
6.5
4
North East Fife
John Hulbert
2,442
6.6
3
North Tayside
Alasdair Morgan
9,170
24.3
2
Orkney and Shetland
Winifred Ewing
3,147
15.4
3
Paisley North
H. Morell
2,783
8.0
4
Paisley South
James Robert Mitchell
4,918
13.1
4
Perth and Kinross
Douglas Crawford
11,155
25.1
2
Renfrew West and Inverclyde
W. Taylor
3,653
8.8
4
Ross, Cromarty and Skye
Kay B. Matheson
4,863
13.9
4
Roxburgh and Berwickshire
Robert Shirley
852
2.7
4
Stirling
W. Houston
3,488
8.2
4
Strathkelvin and Bearsden
Margaret Bain
4,408
9.2
4
Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale
William John Allan Macartney
1,455
5.0
4
Western Isles
Donald James Stewart
8,272
54.5
1
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
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
1997 general election
Constituency
Candidate
Votes
%
Position[ 7]
Aberdeen Central
Brian Topping
5,767
16.2
3
Aberdeen North
Brian Adam
8,379
21.8
2
Aberdeen South
Jim Towers
4,299
11.6
4
Airdrie and Shotts
Keith Robertson
10,048
24.4
2
Angus
Andrew Welsh
20,792
48.3
1
Argyll and Bute
Neil MacCormick
8,278
23.2
2
Ayr
Ian Blackford
5,625
12.6
3
Banff and Buchan
Alex Salmond
22,409
55.8
1
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Euan Harper
6,710
23.0
3
Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley
Christine Hutchison
8,190
16.7
3
Central Fife
Tricia Marwick
10,199
25.0
2
Clydebank and Milngavie
Jim Yuill
8,263
21.1
2
Clydesdale
Andrew Doig
10,050
22.1
2
Coatbridge and Chryston
Brian Nugent
6,402
17.0
2
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth
Colin Barrie
10,013
27.8
2
Cunninghame North
Kim Nicoll
7,584
18.4
3
Cunninghame South
Margaret Burgess
7,364
20.8
2
Dumbarton
Bill McKechnie
9,587
23.2
2
Dumfriesshire
Robert Higgins
5,977
12.1
3
Dundee East
Shona Robison
10,757
26.5
2
Dundee West
John Dorward
9,016
23.2
2
Dunfermline East
John Ramage
5,690
15.6
2
Dunfermline West
John Lloyd
6,984
19.2
2
East Kilbride
George Gebbie
10,200
20.9
2
East Lothian
David McCarthy
6,825
15.7
3
Eastwood
Douglas Yates
6,826
13.1
3
Edinburgh Central
Fiona Hyslop
6,750
15.8
3
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh
Derrick White
8,034
19.1
2
Edinburgh North and Leith
Anne Dana
8,231
20.1
2
Edinburgh Pentlands
Stewart Gibb
6,882
13.0
3
Edinburgh South
John Hargreaves
5,791
12.9
4
Edinburgh West
Graham Sutherland
4,210
8.8
4
Falkirk East
Keith Brown
9,959
23.9
2
Falkirk West
David Alexander
8,989
23.4
2
Galloway and Upper Nithsdale
Alasdair Morgan
18,449
43.9
1
Glasgow Anniesland
Bill Wilson
5,797
17.1
2
Glasgow Baillieston
Patsy Thomson
6,085
19.1
2
Glasgow Cathcart
Maire Whitehead
6,913
18.5
2
Glasgow Govan
Nicola Sturgeon
11,302
35.1
2
Glasgow Kelvin
Sandra White
6,978
21.4
2
Glasgow Maryhill
John Wailes
5,037
16.9
2
Glasgow Pollok
David Logan
5,862
17.9
2
Glasgow Shettleston
Humayun Hanif
3,748
14.0
2
Glasgow Springburn
John Brady
5,208
16.5
2
Gordon
Rhona Kemp
5,760
15.6
3
Greenock and Inverclyde
Richard Lochhead
8,435
20.0
3
Hamilton North and Bellshill
Michael Matheson
7,255
19.1
2
Hamilton South
Ian Black
5,831
17.6
2
Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber
Fergus Ewing
13,848
29.0
2
Kilmarnock and Loudoun
Alex Neil
16,365
34.5
2
Kirkcaldy
Stewart Hosie
8,020
22.9
2
Linlithgow
Kenny MacAskill
10,631
26.8
2
Livingston
Peter Johnston
11,763
27.5
2
Midlothian
Lawrence Millar
8,991
25.5
2
Moray
Margaret Ewing
16,529
41.6
1
Motherwell and Wishaw
James McGuigan
8,229
22.5
2
North East Fife
Colin Welsh
4,545
10.8
3
North Tayside
John Swinney
20,447
44.8
1
Ochil
George Reid
15,055
34.4
2
Orkney and Shetland
Willie Ross
2,624
12.7
3
Paisley North
Ian Mackay
7,481
21.9
2
Paisley South
William Martin
8,732
23.4
2
Perth
Roseanna Cunningham
16,209
36.4
1
Ross, Skye and Inverness West
Margaret Paterson
7,821
19.6
3
Roxburgh and Berwickshire
Malcolm Balfour
3,959
11.3
4
Rutherglen
Ian Gray
5,423
15.3
2
Stirling
Ewan Dow
5,752
13.4
3
Strathkelvin and Bearsden
Graeme McCormick
8,111
16.3
3
Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale
Ian Goldie
6,671
17.1
4
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
Joy Mowatt
5,649
13.1
3
West Renfrewshire
Colin Campbell
10,546
26.5
2
Western Isles
Anne Lorne Gillies
5,379
33.4
2
By-elections, 1997–2001
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
Constituency
Candidate
Votes
%
Position
Aberdeen North
Kevin Stewart
8,168
22.3
3
Aberdeen South
Maureen Watt
4,120
9.9
4
Airdrie and Shotts
Malcolm Balfour
5,484
16.5
2
Angus
Mike Weir
12,840
33.7
1
Argyll and Bute
Isobel Strong
6,716
15.5
4
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
Chic Brodie
5,932
13.2
4
Banff and Buchan
Alex Salmond
19,044
51.2
1
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
Aileen Orr
3,885
8.6
4
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Karen Shirron
3,686
13.3
3
Central Ayrshire
Jahangir Shanif
4,969
11.6
4
Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
Duncan Ross
5,206
13.6
2
Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
Jamie Hepburn
8,689
22.2
2
Dumfries and Galloway
Douglas Henderson
6,182
12.1
3
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
Andrew Wood
4,075
9.1
4
Dundee East
Stewart Hosie
14,708
37.2
1
Dundee West
Joe Fitzpatrick
11,089
30.0
2
Dunfermline and West Fife
Douglas Chapman
8,026
18.9
3
East Dunbartonshire
Chris Sagan
2,716
5.8
4
East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
Douglas Edwards
8,541
17.9
2
East Lothian
Paul McLennan
5,995
13.1
4
East Renfrewshire
Osama Bhutta
3,245
6.8
4
Edinburgh East
Stefan Tymkewycz
6,760
17.0
3
Edinburgh North and Leith
Davie Hutchison
4,344
10.2
4
Edinburgh South
Graham Sutherland
2,635
6.2
4
Edinburgh South West
Nick Elliott-Cannon
4,654
10.6
4
Edinburgh West
Sheena Cleland
4,124
9.1
4
Falkirk
Laura Love
9,789
21.4
2
Glasgow Central
Bill Kidd
4,148
14.8
3
Glasgow East
Lachlan McNeill
5,268
17.0
2
Glasgow North
Kenneth McLean
3,614
12.9
3
Glasgow North East
John McLaughlin
5,019
17.7
2
Glasgow North West
Graeme Hendry
4,676
13.7
3
Glasgow South
Finlay MacLean
4,860
12.6
3
Glasgow South West
James Dornan
4,757
15.4
2
Glenrothes
John Beare
8,731
23.4
2
Gordon
Joanna Strathdee
7,098
16.0
4
Inverclyde
Stuart McMillan
7,059
19.6
2
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
Dave Thompson
5,992
13.5
3
Kilmarnock and Loudoun
Daniel Coffey
12,273
27.7
2
Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
Alan Bath
6,062
14.5
2
Lanark and Hamilton East
John Wilson
7,746
17.8
3
Linlithgow and East Falkirk
Gordon Guthrie
10,919
23.5
2
Livingston
Angela Constance
9,560
21.6
2
Midlothian
Colin Beattie
6,400
17.0
3
Moray
Angus Robertson
14,196
36.6
1
Motherwell and Wishaw
Ian MacQuarrie
6,105
16.5
2
Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Angus MacNeil
6,213
44.9
1
North Ayrshire and Arran
Tony Gurney
7,938
18.4
2
North East Fife
Roderick Campbell
4,011
10.4
4
Ochil and South Perthshire
Annabelle Ewing
13,957
29.9
2
Orkney and Shetland
John Mowat
1,833
10.3
4
Paisley and Renfrew North
Bill Wilson
7,696
18.8
2
Paisley and Renfrewshire South
Andrew Doig
6,653
17.6
3
Perth and North Perthshire
Pete Wishart
15,469
33.7
1
Ross, Skye and Lochaber
Mhairi Will
3,119
9.6
4
Rutherglen and Hamilton West
Margaret Park
6,023
13.9
3
Stirling
Frances McGlinchey
5,503
12.6
4
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
Caroline Little
4,700
11.3
4
West Dunbartonshire
Tom Chalmers
9,047
21.8
2
By-elections, 2005–10
2010 general election
Constituency
Candidate
Votes
%
Position
Aberdeen North
Joanna Strathdee
8,385
22.2
2
Aberdeen South
Mark McDonald
5,102
11.9
4
Airdrie and Shotts
Sophia Coyle
8,441
23.5
2
Angus
Mike Weir
15,020
39.6
1
Argyll and Bute
Mike MacKenzie
8,563
18.9
4
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
Chic Brodie
8,276
18.0
3
Banff and Buchan
Eilidh Whiteford
15,868
41.3
1
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
Paul Wheelhouse
4,497
9.2
4
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Jean Urquhart
5,516
19.2
3
Central Ayrshire
John Mullen
8,364
19.0
3
Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
Frances McGlinchey
7,014
16.9
2
Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
Julie Hepburn
9,794
23.8
2
Dumfries and Galloway
Andrew Wood
6,419
12.3
3
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
Aileen Orr
4,945
10.8
4
Dundee East
Stewart Hosie
15,350
37.8
1
Dundee West
Jim Barrie
10,716
28.9
2
Dunfermline and West Fife
Joe McCall
5,201
10.6
3
East Dunbartonshire
Iain White
5,054
10.5
4
East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
John McKenna
11,738
23.0
2
East Lothian
Andrew Sharp
7,883
16.0
4
East Renfrewshire
Gordon Archer
4,535
8.9
4
Edinburgh East
George Kerevan
8,133
20.4
2
Edinburgh North and Leith
Calum Cashley
4,568
9.6
4
Edinburgh South
Sandy Howat
3,354
7.7
4
Edinburgh South West
Kaukab Stewart
5,530
12.2
4
Edinburgh West
Sheena Cleland
6,115
13.2
4
Falkirk
John McNally
15,364
30.3
2
Glasgow Central
Osama Saeed
5,357
17.5
2
Glasgow East
John Mason
7,957
24.7
2
Glasgow North
Patrick Grady
3,530
11.9
3
Glasgow North East
Billy McAllister
4,158
14.1
2
Glasgow North West
Margaret Park
5,430
15.3
3
Glasgow South
Malcolm Fleming
8,078
20.1
2
Glasgow South West
Chris Stephens
5,192
16.3
2
Glenrothes
David Alexander
8,799
21.7
2
Gordon
Richard Thomson
10,827
22.2
2
Inverclyde
Innes Nelson
6,577
17.5
2
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
John Finnie
8,803
18.7
3
Kilmarnock and Loudoun
George Leslie
12,082
26.0
2
Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
Douglas Chapman
6,550
14.3
2
Lanark and Hamilton East
Clare Adamson
9,780
21.0
2
Linlithgow and East Falkirk
Tam Smith
13,081
25.4
2
Livingston
Lis Bardell
12,424
25.9
2
Midlothian
Colin Beattie
8,100
20.6
2
Moray
Angus Robertson
16,273
39.7
1
Motherwell and Wishaw
Marion Fellows
7,104
18.2
2
Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Angus MacNeil
6,723
45.7
1
North Ayrshire and Arran
Patricia Gibson
11,965
25.9
2
North East Fife
Roderick Campbell
5,685
14.2
4
Ochil and South Perthshire
Annabelle Ewing
13,944
27.6
2
Orkney and Shetland
John Mowat
2,042
10.6
3
Paisley and Renfrew North
Mags MacLaren
8,333
19.1
2
Paisley and Renfrewshire South
Andrew Doig
7,228
18.1
2
Perth and North Perthshire
Pete Wishart
19,118
39.6
1
Ross, Skye and Lochaber
Alasdair Stephen
5,263
15.1
3
Rutherglen and Hamilton West
Graeme Horne
7,564
16.1
2
Stirling
Alison Lindsay
8,091
17.3
3
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
Dennis Robertson
7,086
15.7
3
West Dunbartonshire
Graeme McCormick
8,497
20.1
2
By-elections, 2010–15
2015 general election
Constituency
Candidate
Votes
%
Position
Aberdeen North
Kirsty Blackman
24,793
56.4
1
Aberdeen South
Callum McCaig
20,221
41.6
1
Airdrie and Shotts
Neil Gray
23,887
53.9
1
Angus
Mike Weir
24,130
54.2
1
Argyll and Bute
Brendan O'Hara
22,959
44.3
1
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
Corri Wilson
25,492
48.8
1
Banff and Buchan
Eilidh Whiteford
27,487
60.2
1
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
Calum Kerr
20,145
36.6
1
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Paul Monaghan
15,831
46.3
1
Central Ayrshire
Philippa Whitford
26,999
53.2
1
Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
Phil Boswell
28,696
56.6
1
Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
Stuart McDonald
29,572
59.9
1
Dumfries and Galloway
Richard Arkless
23,440
41.4
1
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
Emma Harper
19,961
38.3
2
Dundee East
Stewart Hosie
28,765
59.7
1
Dundee West
Chris Law
27,684
61.9
1
Dunfermline and West Fife
Douglas Chapman
28,096
50.3
1
East Dunbartonshire
John Nicolson
22,093
40.3
1
East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
Lisa Cameron
33,678
55.6
1
East Lothian
George Kerevan
25,104
42.5
1
East Renfrewshire
Kirsten Oswald
23,013
40.6
1
Edinburgh East
Tommy Sheppard
23,188
49.2
1
Edinburgh North and Leith
Deidre Brock
23,742
40.9
1
Edinburgh South
Neil Hay
16,656
33.8
2
Edinburgh South West
Joanna Cherry
22,168
43.0
1
Edinburgh West
Michelle Thomson
21,378
39.0
1
Falkirk
John McNally
34,831
57.7
1
Glasgow Central
Alison Thewliss
20,658
52.5
1
Glasgow East
Natalie McGarry
24,116
56.9
1
Glasgow North
Patrick Grady
19,610
53.1
1
Glasgow North East
Anne McLaughlin
21,976
58.1
1
Glasgow North West
Carol Monaghan
23,908
54.5
1
Glasgow South
Stewart McDonald
26,773
54.9
1
Glasgow South West
Chris Stephens
23,388
57.2
1
Glenrothes
Peter Grant
28,459
59.8
1
Gordon
Alex Salmond
27,717
47.7
1
Inverclyde
Ronnie Cowan
24,585
55.1
1
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
Drew Hendry
28,838
50.1
1
Kilmarnock and Loudoun
Alan Brown
30,000
55.7
1
Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
Roger Mullin
27,628
52.2
1
Lanark and Hamilton East
Angela Crawley
29,976
48.8
1
Linlithgow and East Falkirk
Martyn Day
32,055
52.0
1
Livingston
Hannah Bardell
32,736
56.9
1
Midlothian
Owen Thompson
24,453
50.6
1
Moray
Angus Robertson
24,384
49.5
1
Motherwell and Wishaw
Marion Fellows
27,275
56.5
1
Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Angus MacNeil
8,662
54.3
1
North Ayrshire and Arran
Patricia Gibson
28,641
53.2
1
North East Fife
Stephen Gethins
18,523
40.9
1
Ochil and South Perthshire
Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh
26,620
46.0
1
Orkney and Shetland
Danus Skene
8,590
37.8
2
Paisley and Renfrew North
Gavin Newlands
25,601
50.7
1
Paisley and Renfrewshire South
Mhairi Black
23,548
50.9
1
Perth and North Perthshire
Pete Wishart
27,379
50.5
1
Ross, Skye and Lochaber
Ian Blackford
20,119
48.1
1
Rutherglen and Hamilton West
Margaret Ferrier
30,279
52.6
1
Stirling
Steven Paterson
23,783
45.6
1
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
Stuart Donaldson
22,949
41.6
1
West Dunbartonshire
Martin Docherty
30,198
59.0
1
2017 general election
Constituency
Candidate
Votes
%
Position
Aberdeen North
Kirsty Blackman
15,170
41.3
1
Aberdeen South
Callum McCaig
13,994
31.5
2
Airdrie and Shotts
Neil Gray
14,291
37.6
1
Angus
Mike Weir
15,503
38.6
2
Argyll and Bute
Brendan O'Hara
17,304
36.0
2
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
Corri Wilson
15,776
34.1
2
Banff and Buchan
Eilidh Whiteford
16,283
39.1
2
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
Calum Kerr
17,153
32.8
2
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Paul Monaghan
9,017
29.2
2
Central Ayrshire
Philippa Whitford
16,771
37.2
1
Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
Phil Boswell
17,607
39.1
2
Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
Stuart McDonald
19,122
43.6
1
Dumfries and Galloway
Richard Arkless
16,701
32.4
2
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
Mairi McAllan
14,736
30.1
2
Dundee East
Stewart Hosie
18,391
42.8
1
Dundee West
Chris Law
18,045
46.7
1
Dunfermline and West Fife
Douglas Chapman
18,121
35.5
1
East Dunbartonshire
John Nicolson
15,684
30.3
2
East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
Lisa Cameron
21,023
38.9
1
East Lothian
George Kerevan
17,075
30.6
2
East Renfrewshire
Kirsten Oswald
16,784
31.2
2
Edinburgh East
Tommy Sheppard
18,509
42.5
1
Edinburgh North and Leith
Deidre Brock
19,243
34.0
1
Edinburgh South
Jim Eadie
10,755
22.5
2
Edinburgh South West
Joanna Cherry
17,575
35.6
1
Edinburgh West
Toni Giugliano
15,120
28.6
2
Falkirk
John McNally
20,952
38.9
1
Glasgow Central
Alison Thewliss
16,096
44.7
1
Glasgow East
David Linden
14,024
38.8
1
Glasgow North
Patrick Grady
12,597
37.6
1
Glasgow North East
Anne McLaughlin
13,395
42.2
2
Glasgow North West
Carol Monaghan
16,508
42.5
1
Glasgow South
Stewart McDonald
18,312
41.1
1
Glasgow South West
Chris Stephens
14,386
40.7
1
Glenrothes
Peter Grant
17,291
42.8
1
Gordon
Alex Salmond
19,254
35.9
2
Inverclyde
Ronnie Cowan
15,050
38.5
1
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
Drew Hendry
21,042
39.9
1
Kilmarnock and Loudoun
Alan Brown
19,690
42.3
1
Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
Roger Mullin
16,757
36.3
2
Lanark and Hamilton East
Angela Crawley
16,444
32.6
1
Linlithgow and East Falkirk
Martyn Day
20,388
36.3
1
Livingston
Hannah Bardell
21,036
40.1
1
Midlothian
Owen Thompson
15,573
34.4
2
Moray
Angus Robertson
18,478
38.8
2
Motherwell and Wishaw
Marion Fellows
16,150
38.5
1
Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Angus MacNeil
6,013
40.6
1
North Ayrshire and Arran
Patricia Gibson
18,451
38.9
1
North East Fife
Stephen Gethins
13,743
32.9
1
Ochil and South Perthshire
Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh
19,110
35.3
2
Orkney and Shetland
Miriam Brett
6,749
29.0
2
Paisley and Renfrew North
Gavin Newlands
17,455
37.4
1
Paisley and Renfrewshire South
Mhairi Black
16,964
40.7
1
Perth and North Perthshire
Pete Wishart
21,804
42.3
1
Ross, Skye and Lochaber
Ian Blackford
15,480
40.2
1
Rutherglen and Hamilton West
Margaret Ferrier
18,836
37.0
2
Stirling
Steven Paterson
18,143
36.8
2
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
Stuart Donaldson
16,755
32.5
2
West Dunbartonshire
Martin Docherty-Hughes
18,890
42.9
1
2019 general election
Constituency
Candidate
Votes
%
Position
Aberdeen North
Kirsty Blackman
20,205
54.0
1
Aberdeen South
Stephen Flynn
20,388
44.7
1
Airdrie and Shotts
Neil Gray
17,929
45.0
1
Angus
Dave Doogan
21,216
49.1
1
Argyll and Bute
Brendan O'Hara
21,040
43.8
1
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
Allan Dorans
20,272
43.5
1
Banff and Buchan
Paul Robertson
17,064
40.4
2
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
Calum Kerr
20,599
38.8
2
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Karl Rosie
11,501
36.6
2
Central Ayrshire
Philippa Whitford
21,483
46.2
1
Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
Steven Bonnar
22,680
46.9
1
Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
Stuart McDonald
24,158
52.7
1
Dumfries and Galloway
Richard Arkless
20,873
40.6
2
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
Amanda Burgauer
18,830
38.3
2
Dundee East
Stewart Hosie
24,361
53.8
1
Dundee West
Chris Law
22,355
53.8
1
Dunfermline and West Fife
Douglas Chapman
23,727
44.4
1
East Dunbartonshire
Amy Callaghan
19,672
37.1
1
East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
Lisa Cameron
26,113
46.4
1
East Lothian
Kenny MacAskill
21,156
36.2
1
East Renfrewshire
Kirsten Oswald
24,877
44.9
1
Edinburgh East
Tommy Sheppard
23,165
48.4
1
Edinburgh North and Leith
Deidre Brock
25,925
43.7
1
Edinburgh South
Catriona McDonald
12,650
25.4
2
Edinburgh South West
Joanna Cherry
24,830
47.6
1
Edinburgh West
Sarah Masson
17,997
33.0
2
Falkirk
John McNally
29,351
52.5
1
Glasgow Central
Alison Thewliss
19,750
49.2
1
Glasgow East
David Linden
18,357
47.7
1
Glasgow North
Patrick Grady
16,982
46.9
1
Glasgow North East
Anne McLaughlin
15,911
46.9
1
Glasgow North West
Carol Monaghan
19,678
49.5
1
Glasgow South
Stewart McDonald
22,829
48.1
1
Glasgow South West
Chris Stephens
17,643
47.9
1
Glenrothes
Peter Grant
21,234
51.1
1
Gordon
Richard Thomson
23,885
42.7
1
Inverclyde
Ronnie Cowan
19,295
48.4
1
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
Drew Hendry
26,247
47.9
1
Kilmarnock and Loudoun
Alan Brown
24,216
50.8
1
Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
Neale Hanvey
16,568
35.2
1
Lanark and Hamilton East
Angela Crawley
22,243
41.9
1
Linlithgow and East Falkirk
Martyn Day
25,551
44.2
1
Livingston
Hannah Bardell
25,617
46.9
1
Midlothian
Owen Thompson
20,033
41.5
1
Moray
Laura Mitchell
21,599
44.2
2
Motherwell and Wishaw
Marion Fellows
20,622
46.4
1
Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Angus MacNeil
6,531
45.1
1
North Ayrshire and Arran
Patricia Gibson
23,376
48.5
1
North East Fife
Stephen Gethins
18,447
40.2
2
Ochil and South Perthshire
John Nicolson
26,882
46.5
1
Orkney and Shetland
Robert Leslie
7,874
34.0
2
Paisley and Renfrew North
Gavin Newlands
23,353
47.0
1
Paisley and Renfrewshire South
Mhairi Black
21,637
50.2
1
Perth and North Perthshire
Pete Wishart
27,362
50.6
1
Ross, Skye and Lochaber
Ian Blackford
19,263
48.3
1
Rutherglen and Hamilton West
Margaret Ferrier
23,775
44.2
1
Stirling
Alyn Smith
26,895
51.1
1
West Aberdeenshire
Fergus Mutch
21,909
41.1
2
West Dunbartonshire
Martin Docherty-Hughes
22,396
49.6
1
By-elections, 2019–present
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