Banff and Buchan by-election, 2001

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The Banff and Buchan by-election to the Scottish Parliament was held on June 7, 2001, the same day as a UK general election. The by-election was caused by the resignation of Scottish National Party (SNP) politician Alex Salmond as MSP for Banff and Buchan.

Alex Salmond had decided to return to Westminster, the United Kingdom parliament, as an MP and he won the contest for the Westminster Banff and Buchan constituency the same day as the by-election. The SNP retained the Holyrood seat with Stewart Stevenson (who had originally been selected to contest the Westminster constituency) winning for them.

[edit] Result

Banff and Buchan by-election, 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Scottish National Party	Stewart Stevenson	15,386	49.6
	Conservative	Ted Brocklebank	6,819	22.0
	Labour	Megan Harris	4,897	10.4
	Liberal Democrats	Canon Kenyon Wright	3,231	10.4
	Scottish Socialist	Peter Anderson	682	2.2
	Scottish National Party hold		Swing

[edit] Scottish Parliament Election result, 1999

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Alex Salmond	(SNP)	16,695	52.6%
David Davidson	(C)	5,403	17.0%
Maitland Mackie	(L Dem)	5,315	16.8%
Megan Harris	(Lab)	4,321	13.6%

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