Electoral history of Alex Salmond

Alex Salmond speaking at Skye

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

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