List of Scottish parliamentary by-elections
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This is a list of by-elections to the Scottish Parliament, in reverse chronological order.
Where seats changed political party at the by-election, the result is highlighted: red for a Labour gain, yellow for a Scottish National Party (SNP) gain, blue for a Conservative and Unionist gain, orange for a Liberal Democrat, and grey for any other gain.
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[edit] List of by-elections
[edit] 2003 - 2007 Parliamentary term
| By-election | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | ||
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| Moray | April 27, 2006 | Margaret Ewing | Scottish National Party | Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | Death (breast cancer) | ||
| Glasgow Cathcart | September 29, 2005 | Mike Watson | Labour | Charlie Gordon | Labour | Scandal (convicted of fire-raising) | ||
[edit] 1999 - 2003 Parliamentary term |
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| By-election | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | ||
| Banff and Buchan | June 7, 2001 | Alex Salmond | Scottish National Party | Stewart Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Resignation (elected as MP) | ||
| Strathkelvin and Bearsden | June 7, 2001 | Sam Galbraith | Labour | Brian Fitzpatrick | Labour | Resignation (health reasons) | ||
| Glasgow Anniesland | November 23, 2000 | Donald Dewar | Labour | Bill Butler | Labour | Death (brain hemorrhage) | ||
| Ayr | March 16, 20001 | Ian Welsh | Labour | John Scott | Conservative | Resignation (family reasons) | ||
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[edit] See also
| By-elections in the United Kingdom |
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| British Parliament: 1885 - 1900 • 1900 - 1918 • 1918 - 1931 • 1931 - 1950 • 1950 - 1979 • 1979 - present |
| Scottish Parliament • Welsh Assembly |
