Electoral history of Nicola Sturgeon

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Nicola Sturgeon was the First Minister of Scotland and Leader of the Scottish National Party, the first women to hold either of the positions.

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This is a summary of the electoral history of Nicola Sturgeon , the former First Minister of Scotland from 2014 to 2023 and Leader of the Scottish National Party from 2014 and 2023, and Member of the Scottish Parliament for various constituencies since 1999.

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Council elections

1992 Cunninghame District Council election, Irvine North

Cunninghame District Council Election 1992: Irvine North [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. McKinney50859.1
SNP Nicola Sturgeon34440

1994 Strathclyde Regional Council election, Baillieston/Mount Vernon

Strathclyde Regional Council Election 1994: Baillieston/Mount Vernon [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour D. Hay4,90862.2
SNP Nicola Sturgeon2,14027.1
Conservative J.M. How84010.6

1995 Glasgow City Council election, Bridgeton

Glasgow City Council Election 1995: Bridgeton [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour E. Smith1,33384.1
SNP Nicola Sturgeon25215.9

UK Parliamentary elections

1992 UK Parliament election

General Election 1992: Glasgow Shettleston [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Marshall 21,665 60.6 −3.0
SNP Nicola Sturgeon 6,83119.1+6.4
Conservative Norman Mortimer5,39615.1+1.8
Liberal Democrats Joan Orskov1,8815.3−5.1
Majority 14,83441.5−8.8
Turnout 35,77368.9−1.5
Labour hold Swing

1997 UK Parliament election

General Election 1997: Glasgow Govan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mohammad Sarwar 14,216 44.1 +1.0
SNP Nicola Sturgeon 11,30235.1+7.4
Conservative William Thomas2,8398.8−10.9
Liberal Democrats Bob Stewart1,9185.9+0.4
Scottish Socialist Alan McCombes 7552.3N/A
Independent Peter Paton3251.0N/A
Independent Islam Badar3191.0N/A
Independent Zahid Abbasi2210.7N/A
Referendum Kenneth MacDonald2010.6N/A
BNP James White1490.5N/A
Majority 2,9149.0N/A
Turnout 32,24564.5N/A
Labour Co-op hold Swing N/A

Scottish Parliamentary elections

1999 Scottish Parliament election

Constituency results

1999 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow Govan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gordon Jackson 11,42143.31N/A
SNP Nicola Sturgeon 9,66536.65N/A
Conservative Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh 2,3438.88N/A
Liberal Democrats Mohammed Aslam Khan1,4795.61N/A
Scottish Socialist Charlie McCarthy1,2754.83N/A
Majority 1,7566.66N/A
Labour win (new seat)

Additional member results

1999 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow
PartyElected candidatesSeats+/−Votes%+/−%
Labour 0N/A112,58843.9%N/A
SNP Nicola Sturgeon
Dorothy-Grace Elder
Kenneth Gibson
Sandra White 		4N/A65,36025.5%N/A
Conservative Bill Aitken 1N/A20,2397.9%N/A
Scottish Socialist Tommy Sheridan 1N/A18,5817.2%N/A
Liberal Democrats Robert Brown 1N/A18,4737.2%N/A
Green 0N/A10,1594.0%N/A
Socialist Labour 0N/A4,3911.7%N/A
ProLife Alliance 0N/A2,3570.9%N/A
Scottish Unionist Party (modern) 0N/A2,2830.9%N/A
Communist 0N/A5210.2%N/A
Humanist 0N/A4470.2%N/A
Natural Law 0N/A4190.2%N/A
Socialist (GB) 0N/A3090.1%N/A
People's Choice0N/A2210.1%N/A

2003 Scottish Parliament election

Constituency results

2003 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow Govan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gordon Jackson 7,83437.06−6.25
SNP Nicola Sturgeon 6,59931.22−5.43
Scottish Socialist Jimmy Scott2,36911.21+6.38
Conservative Faisal Butt1,8788.89+0.01
Liberal Democrats Paul Graham1,8078.55+2.94
Majority 1,2355.84−0.82
Turnout 21,13643.46−6.06
Labour hold Swing

Additional member results

2003 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow
PartyElected candidatesSeats+/−Votes%+/−%
Labour 0077,54037.7%-6.2%
SNP Nicola Sturgeon
Sandra White 		2−234,89417.1%-8.4%
Scottish Socialist Tommy Sheridan
Rosie Kane 		2+131,21615.2%+8.0%
Conservative Bill Aitken 1±015,2997.5%-0.4%
Liberal Democrats Robert Brown 1±014,8397.5%-0.4%
Green Patrick Harvie 1+114,5707.1%+3.1%
Scottish Senior Citizens 004,7502.3%N/A
Socialist Labour 003,0911.5%-0.2%
ProLife Alliance 002,4771.2%N/A
Scottish Unionist Party (modern) 002,3491.1%+0.2%
BNP 002,3441.1%N/A
Scottish People's 006120.3%N/A
UKIP 005520.3%N/A
Communist 003450.2%–

2007 Scottish Parliament election

2007 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow Govan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SNP Nicola Sturgeon 9,01041.9+10.7
Labour Gordon Jackson 8,26638.4+1.3
Liberal Democrats Chris Young1,8918.8+0.3
Conservative Martyn McIntyre1,6807.8−1.1
Independent Asif Nasir4232.0N/A
Communist Elinor McKenzie2511.2N/A
Majority 7443.5
Turnout 22,74145.4
Rejected ballots1,2205.36
SNP gain from Labour Swing 4.7

2011 Scottish Parliament election

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2011 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow Southside
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SNP Nicola Sturgeon 12,30654.4+14.8
Labour Stephen Curran7,95735.2−4.6
Conservative David Meikle1,7337.70
Liberal Democrats Kenn Elder6122.7−6.9
Majority 4,34919.2
Turnout 22,60843.1
SNP win (new seat)
Scottish Parliament election, 2007 Notional Result: Glasgow Southside
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 8,54339.8
SNP 8,51639.7
Liberal Democrats 2,0719.7
Conservative 1,6507.7
Others6803.2
Majority 270.1
Labour hold Swing

2016 Scottish Parliament election

2016 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow Southside
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SNP Nicola Sturgeon 15,28761.4+7.0
Labour Fariha Thomas5,69422.9−12.3
Conservative Graham Hutchison3,10012.4+4.8
Liberal Democrats Kevin Lewsey8223.3+0.6
Majority 9,59338.5
Turnout 24,90347.8
SNP hold Swing +9.7

2021 Scottish Parliament election

2021 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow Southside
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SNP Nicola Sturgeon 19,73560.2−1.2
Labour Anas Sarwar10,27931.3+8.4
Conservative Kyle Thornton1,7905.5−6.9
Liberal Democrats Carole Ford5041.5−1.8
Majority 9,45628.9−9.6
Turnout 33,02759.78+11.5
SNP hold Swing -4.8

Party elections

2004 Scottish National Party depute leadership election

CandidateVotes [6] [7]
Votes%
Nicola Sturgeon Green check.svg3,521
53.9%
Fergus Ewing 1,605
24.6%
Christine Grahame 1,410
21.6%

2014 Scottish National Party leadership election

Sturgeon was the only candidate in this election, and was therefore elected unopposed to the position of Leader of the Scottish National Party.

First Minister Nominating Elections

First minister nominative elections
Parliamentary termDateCandidatesVotes received
4th Parliament 19 November 2014 [8]  Nicola Sturgeon66
  Ruth Davidson 15
5th Parliament 17 May 2016 [9]  Nicola Sturgeon63
  Willie Rennie 5
6th Parliament 18 May 2021 [10]  Nicola Sturgeon64
  Douglas Ross 31
  Willie Rennie 4

References

  1. ↑ "Scottish District Elections 1992" (PDF). p. 85. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  2. ↑ "Scottish Regional Elections 1994" (PDF). p. 29. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  3. ↑ "Scottish Council Elections 1995" (PDF). p. 50. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  4. ↑ UK General Election results April 1992
  5. ↑ Candidates Glasgow City Council
  6. ↑ "Salmond named as new SNP leader". 3 September 2004.
  7. ↑ Declaration of Leadership Election Results [ permanent dead link ]
  8. ↑ "Nicola Sturgeon is elected first minister of Scotland". BBC News. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  9. ↑ "Nicola Sturgeon wins Scottish first minister vote". BBC News. 17 May 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  10. ↑ "Nicola Sturgeon re-elected as Scotland's first minister". BBC News. 18 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
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