1991 Kincardine and Deeside by-election

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1991 Kincardine and Deeside by-election
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  1987 7 November 1991 1992  

Constituency of Kincardine and Deeside
Turnout67.0% (Decrease2.svg8.2%)
 First partySecond party
  Nicol Stephen (3x4 crop).jpg Portrait placeholder.svg
Candidate Nicol Stephen J. M. Marcus Humphrey
Party Liberal Democrats Conservative
Popular vote20,77912,955
Percentage49.0%30.6%
SwingIncrease2.svg12.7%Decrease2.svg10.1%

 Third partyFourth party
  Portrait placeholder.svg Portrait placeholder.svg
Candidate Allan Macartney Malcolm Savidge
Party SNP Labour
Popular vote4,7053,271
Percentage11.1%7.7%
SwingIncrease2.svg4.7%Decrease2.svg8.2%

MP before election

Alick Buchanan-Smith
Conservative

Subsequent MP

Nicol Stephen
Liberal Democrats

The 1991 Kincardine and Deeside by-election was a parliamentary by-election held in Kincardine and Deeside, Scotland, on 7 November 1991, caused by the death of the Conservative Member of Parliament, Alick Buchanan-Smith on 29 August 1991.

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The result was a gain for the Lib Dems from the Scottish Conservatives, with future party leader Nicol Stephen elected as the new Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament. Stephen held the seat until the 1992 general election, when it was regained by the Conservative Party. The SNP candidate Allan Macartney went on to be elected as the MEP for North East Scotland (European Parliament constituency) at the 1994 European Parliament election; a position he retained until his death in 1998. The Scottish Labour candidate, Malcolm Savidge, who finished in fourth place at this by-election, went on to be elected as the MP for Aberdeen North at the 1997 general election. Nicol Stephen was elected as Member of the Scottish Parliament for Aberdeen South in 1999 and became Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats in 2005.

It was held on the same day as the by-election in Langbaurgh, which saw another Conservative defeat.

Result

1991 Kincardine and Deeside by-election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Nicol Stephen 20,779 49.0 +12.7
Conservative Marcus Humphrey 12,95530.6−10.1
SNP Allan Macartney 4,70511.1+4.7
Labour Malcolm Savidge 3,2717.7−8.2
Scottish Green Stephen Campbell6831.6+1.0
Majority7,82418.4N/A
Turnout 43,58767.0−8.2
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing +11.4

Previous result

General election 1987: Kincardine and Deeside [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alick Buchanan-Smith 19,438 40.7 −7.0
Liberal Nicol Stephen 17,37536.3+6.9
Labour Jurgen Thomaneck7,62415.9+0.7
SNP Frances Duncan3,0826.5−1.2
Green Louise Perica2990.6New
Majority2,0634.4−13.9
Turnout 47,81875.2+3.7
Conservative hold Swing −3.3

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