Electoral history of John Swinney

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This is a summary of the electoral history of John Swinney, the First Minister of Scotland and Leader of the Scottish National Party since 2024.

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Scottish Parliamentary elections

2020s

2021 Scottish Parliament election: Perthshire North [1] [2]
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional
Votes%±%Votes%±%
SNP John Swinney [lower-alpha 1] 19,86049.5Increase2.svg0.916,09040.1Decrease2.svg1.6
Conservative Murdo Fraser [lower-alpha 2] 15,80739.4Increase2.svg0.614,67036.5Decrease2.svg 1.7
Scottish Green 3,2418.1Increase2.svg2.1
Labour Ryan Smart2,3245.8Decrease2.svg1.92,8387.1Decrease2.svg0.5
Liberal Democrats Peter Barrett1,8024.5Decrease2.svg0.51,7284.3Increase2.svg0.4
Alba 6581.6New
All for Unity 2700.7New
Scottish Family Donald Marshall3340.8New2300.6New
Reform UK 1110.3New
Abolish the Scottish Parliament 1050.3New
Freedom Alliance (UK)960.2New
Scottish Libertarian 510.1Decrease2.svg0.1
UKIP 340.1Decrease2.svg1.8
Independent Martin Keatings250.1New
Renew 80.0New
Independent Mercy Kamanja40.0New
Majority4,05310.1Increase2.svg0.3
Valid Votes40,12740,159
Invalid Votes14173
Turnout 40,26869.9Increase2.svg6.940,23269.9Increase2.svg6.9
SNP hold Swing
Notes
  1. ↑ Incumbent member for this constituency
  2. ↑ Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency

2010s

2016 Scottish Parliament election: Perthshire North [2]
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional
Votes%±%Votes%±%
SNP John Swinney [lower-alpha 1] 16,52648.6Decrease2.svg12.214,21841.7Decrease2.svg11.4
Conservative Murdo Fraser [lower-alpha 2] 13,19038.8Increase2.svg12.513,03838.2Increase2.svg13.2
Labour Anna McEwan2,6047.7Decrease2.svg1.22,5997.6Decrease2.svg1.4
Scottish Green 2,0456.0Increase2.svg1.5
Liberal Democrats Peter Barrett1,7055.0Increase2.svg1.01,3363.9Increase2.svg0.2
UKIP 6341.9Increase2.svg0.8
RISE 1040.3New
Solidarity 780.2Increase2.svg0.1
Scottish Libertarian 600.2New
Majority3,3369.8Decrease2.svg24.7
Valid Votes34,02534,112
Invalid Votes11259
Turnout 34,13763.0Increase2.svg6.734,17163.0Increase2.svg6.7
SNP hold Swing
Notes
  1. ↑ Incumbent member for this constituency
  2. ↑ Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency
2011 Scottish Parliament election: Perthshire North [3] [4]
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegion
Votes%±%Votes%±%
SNP John Swinney [lower-alpha 1] 18,21960.8N/A15,90853.1N/A
Conservative Murdo Fraser [lower-alpha 2] 7,86626.3N/A7,49125.0N/A
Labour Pete Cheema2,6728.9N/A2,6909.0N/A
Scottish Green 1,3594.5N/A
Liberal Democrats Victor Clements1,1964.0N/A1,1213.7N/A
Scottish Senior Citizens 4401.5N/A
UKIP 3341.1N/A
BNP 1870.6N/A
Scottish Christian 1100.4N/A
Socialist Labour 970.3N/A
CPA 880.3N/A
Scottish Socialist 740.2N/A
Independent Andrew Roger420.1N/A
Solidarity 170.1N/A
Majority10,35334.5N/A
Valid Votes29,95329,958
Invalid Votes117117
Turnout 30,07056.3N/A30,07556.3N/A
SNP win (new seat)
Notes
  1. ↑ Incumbent member for the North Tayside constituency
  2. ↑ Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency

2000s

2007 Scottish Parliament election: North Tayside
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SNP John Swinney 18,281 51.6 +6.7
Conservative Murdo Fraser 10,69730.2−1.2
Labour Michael Marra3,2439.2−1.4
Liberal Democrats James Taylor3,1759.0−0.6
Majority7,58421.4+7.9
Turnout 35.39557.1+3.9
SNP hold Swing +4.0
2003 Scottish Parliament election: North Tayside
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SNP John Swinney 14,969 44.9 +0.8
Conservative Murdo Fraser 10,46631.4−1.7
Labour Gordon MacRae3,52710.6−4.4
Liberal Democrats Bob Forrest3,2069.6+1.9
Scottish Socialist Rosie Adams9412.8New
Scottish People's George Ashe2340.7New
Majority4,50313.5+2.5
Turnout 33,34353.2
SNP hold Swing +0.8

1990s

1999 Scottish Parliament election: North Tayside
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SNP John Swinney 16,786 44.11 N/A
Conservative Murdo Fraser 12,59433.09N/A
Labour Marion Dingwall5,72715.05N/A
Liberal Democrats Peter Regent2,9487.75N/A
Majority4,19211.02N/A
Turnout 38,055
SNP win (new seat)

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  2. 1 2 "Scottish Parliamentary election results". Archived from the original on 15 July 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
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