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.

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UK Parliamentary elections

1987 UK Parliament election

General election 1987: Banff and Buchan [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SNP Alex Salmond 19,462 44.3 +6.9
Conservative Albert McQuarrie 17,02138.7−1.0
SDP George Burness4,2119.6−5.4
Labour James Livie3,2817.5−0.3
Majority2,4415.6N/A
Turnout 43,97570.8+3.8
SNP gain from Conservative Swing +3.9

1992 UK Parliament election

General election 1992: Banff and Buchan [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SNP Alex Salmond 21,954 47.5 +3.2
Conservative Sandy Manson17,84638.6−0.1
Labour Brian Balcombe3,8038.2+0.7
Liberal Democrats Rhona Kemp2,5885.6−4.0
Majority4,1088.9+3.3
Turnout 46,19171.2+0.4
SNP hold Swing +1.7

1997 UK Parliament election

General election 1997: Banff and Buchan [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SNP Alex Salmond 22,409 55.8 +4.9
Conservative William Frain-Bell9,56423.8−10.9
Labour Megan Harris4,74711.8+3.2
Liberal Democrats Neil Fletcher2,3986.0+0.1
Referendum Alan Buchan1,0602.6New
Majority12,84532.0+23.1
Turnout 40,17868.7−2.5
SNP hold Swing +11.5

2001 UK Parliament election

General election 2001: Banff and Buchan [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SNP Alex Salmond 16,710 54.2 −1.6
Conservative Sandy Wallace6,20720.1−3.7
Labour Ted Harris4,36314.2+2.4
Liberal Democrats Douglas Herbison2,7699.0+3.0
Scottish Socialist Alice Rowan4471.5New
UKIP Eric Davidson3101.0New
Majority10,50334.1+2.1
Turnout 30,80654.4−14.3
SNP hold Swing +1.1

2005 UK Parliament election

General election 2005: Banff and Buchan [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SNP Alex Salmond 19,044 51.2 +2.3
Conservative Sandy Wallace7,20719.4−2.1
Liberal Democrats Eleanor Anderson4,95213.3-0.6
Labour Rami Okasha4,47612.0−1.5
Christian Vote Victor Ross6831.8New
UKIP Kathleen Kemp4421.2+0.3
Scottish Socialist Steve Will4121.1−0.3
Majority11,83731.8−2.3
Turnout 37,21656.6+2.2
SNP hold Swing −1.1

2015 UK Parliament election

General election 2015: Gordon [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SNP Alex Salmond [7] 27,717 47.7 +25.5
Liberal Democrats Christine Jardine 19,03032.7−3.3
Conservative Colin Clark 6,80711.7−7.0
Labour Braden Davy 3,4415.9−14.2
UKIP Emily Santos [8] 1,1662.0New
Majority8,68715.0N/A
Turnout 58,16173.3+6.9
SNP gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +14.4

2017 UK Parliament election

General election 2017: Gordon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Colin Clark 21,861 40.7 +29.0
SNP Alex Salmond [9] 19,25435.9-11.8
Labour Kirsten Muat [10] 6,34011.8+5.9
Liberal Democrats David Evans [11] 6,23011.6-21.1
Majority2,6074.8N/A
Turnout 53,74068.4-4.9
Conservative gain from SNP Swing +20.4

Scottish Parliamentary elections

1999 Scottish Parliament election

1999 Scottish Parliament election: Banff and Buchan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SNP Alex Salmond 16,69552.6N/A
Conservative David Davidson 5,40317.0N/A
Liberal Democrats Maitland Mackie5,31516.8N/A
Labour Megan Harris4,32113.6N/A
Majority11,29235.6N/A
Turnout 31,734N/A
SNP win (new seat)

2007 Scottish Parliament election

2007 Scottish Parliament election: Gordon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SNP Alex Salmond 14,650 41.4 +18.8
Liberal Democrats Nora Radcliffe 12,58835.6-2.5
Conservative Nanette Milne 5,34815.1-8.8
Labour Neil Cardwell2,2766.4-3.9
Independent Donald Marr1990.6N/A
Independent Dave Mathers1850.5N/A
Scottish Enterprise Bob Ingram1170.3N/A
Majority2,0625.8N/A
Turnout 35,36354.1+6.6
SNP gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +10.7

2011 Scottish Parliament election

2011 Scottish Parliament election: Aberdeenshire East [12] [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SNP Alex Salmond 19,533 64.5 +19.8
Liberal Democrats Alison McInnes 4,23814.0-16.6
Conservative Geordie Stuart4,21113.9-1.9
Labour Peter Smyth2,3047.6-0.5
Majority15,29550.5N/A
Turnout 30,286N/A
SNP win (new seat)

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