Elections in Scotland

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Scotland has elections to several bodies: the Scottish Parliament, the United Kingdom Parliament, the European Parliament, local councils and community councils.

Contents 1 Scottish Parliament 1.1 2011 1.2 2007 1.3 2003 1.4 1999 1.5 By-elections 2 UK Parliament, Westminster 2.1 2010 2.2 2005 2.3 2001 2.4 1997 2.5 1992 2.6 1987 2.7 1983 2.8 Pre 1983 2.9 By-elections 3 Local councils 3.1 2007 3.2 Past Elections 3.3 By-elections 3.3.1 2008 3.3.2 2007 3.3.3 2006 3.3.4 2005 4 European Parliament 4.1 2009 4.2 2004 4.3 1999 4.4 Pre 1999 elections 5 Referendums 5.1 Church of Scotland 6 See also 7 References 8 External links

Scottish Parliament

Since the formation of the Scottish parliament in 1999 there have been to date four Scottish elections, which are held every 4 years on the first Thursday in May. The electoral system used is mixed member proportional representation (MMS) system.^[1] The system is a form of the additional member method of proportional representation (PR), and is better known as such in the United Kingdom. Under the system, voters are given two votes: one for a specific candidate and one for a political party. Full details are explained here.

2011 Main article: Scottish Parliament election, 2011 Overall turnout - 50.4%

2007 Main article: Scottish Parliament election, 2007 Overall turnout - 51.8%[2]

2003

1999

By-elections

• Moray by-election, 2006 SNP hold
• Cathcart by-election, 2005 Lab hold
• Banff and Buchan by-election, 2001 SNP hold
• Strathkelvin and Bearsden by-election, 2001 Lab hold
• Glasgow Anniesland by-election, 2000 Lab hold
• Ayr by-election, 2000 Con gain from Lab

UK Parliament, Westminster

2010

Party		Seats	Seats change	Seats Contested	Votes	%	% change
	Labour	41	0	59	1,035,528	42.0	+2.5
	Liberal Democrat	11	0	59	465,471	18.9	-3.7
	SNP	6	0	59	491,386	19.9	+2.3
	Conservative	1	0	59*	412,855	16.7	+0.9
	UKIP	0	0	34	17,223	0.7	+0.3
	Scottish Green	0	0	20	16,827	0.7	-0.3
	BNP	0	0	13	8,910	0.4	+0.3
	Trade Unionist & Socialist	0	0	10	3,530	0.1	N/A
	Scottish Socialist	0	0	10	3,157	0.1	-1.7
	Socialist Labour	0	0	5	1,673	0.0	-
	Christian	0	0	1	835	0.0	N/A
	Trust	0	0	1	534	0.0	N/A
	Liberal	0	0	1	389	0.0	N/A
	Scottish Jacobite	0	0	2	290	0.0	N/A
	Communist	0	0	2	237	0.0	N/A
Turnout:				2,465,722	63.8

2005

Party		Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% change
	Labour	41	-15	922,402	39.5	-4.5
	Liberal Democrat	11	+1	528,076	22.6	+6.3
	SNP	6	+1	412,267	17.7	-2.4
	Conservative	1	0	369,388	15.8	+0.2
	Scottish Socialist	0	0	43,514	1.9	-1.2
	Scottish Green	0	0	25,760	1.1	+1.1
	UKIP	0	0	8,859	0.4	+0.3
	Socialist Labour	0	0	6,696	0.3	+0.2
	Christian	0	0	4,004	0.2	+0.2
	BNP	0	0	1,591	0.1	+0.1
	Scottish Unionist	0	0	1,266	0.1	0
	Scottish Senior Citizens	0	0	1,017	0.0	0
	Liberal	0	0	916	0.0	0
Turnout:				2,333,887	60.6

2001

Party		Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% change
	Labour	55	-1	1,001,173	43.3	-2.3
	Liberal Democrat	10	0	378,034	16.3	+3.4
	SNP	5	-1	464,314	20.1	-2.1
	Conservative	1	+1	360,658	15.6	-1.9
	Scottish Socialist	0	0	72,516	3.1	+2.8
Turnout:				2,315,703	58.2	-13.1

1997

Party		Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% change
	Labour	56	+6	1,283,350	45.6	+6.6
	Liberal Democrat	10	+1	365,362	13.0	-0.1
	SNP	6	+3	621,550	22.1	+0.6
	Conservative	0	-11	493,059	17.5	-8.2
	Other	0	0	53,427	2.0	+1.2
Turnout:				2,816,748	71.3	-4.2

1992

Party		Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% change
	Labour	49	-1	1,142,911	39.0	-3.4
	Conservative	11	+1	751,950	25.6	+1.6
	Liberal Democrat	9	0	383,856	13.1	-6.1
	SNP	3	0	629,564	22.1	+7.1
	Other	0	0	23,417	0.8	+0.5
Turnout:				2,931,698	75.5	+4.0

1987

Party		Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% change
	Labour	50	+9	1,258,132	39.0	-3.4
	Conservative	10	-11	713,081	24.0	-4.4
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	9	0	570,053	19.2	-5.3
	SNP	3	+1	416,473	14.1	+2.3
	Other	0	0	10,069	0.3	0.0
Turnout:				2,967,808	75.1	+2.4

1983

Party		Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% change
	Labour	41	-3	990,654	35.1
	Conservative	21	-1	801,487	28.4
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	8	0	692,634	24.5
	SNP	2	0	331,975	11.8
	Other	0	0	7,830	0.3	0.0
Turnout:				2,824,580	72.7

Pre 1983

Party Year	Conservative	Labour	Liberal	Scottish National Party	others
3 May 1979	22	44	3	2	0
10 October 1974	16	41	3	11	0
28 February 1974	21	40	3	7	0
18 June 1970	19	48	3	1	0
31 March 1966	21	46	5	0	0
15 October 1964	23	44	4	0	0
8 October 1959	26	43	1	0	1
26 May 1955	36	34	1	0	0
25 October 1951	35	35	1	0	0
23 February 1950	32	37	2	0	0
5 July 1945	30	34	0	0	7

By-elections

Inverclyde by-election, 2011, Labour hold Glasgow North East by-election, 2009, Labour hold Glenrothes by-election, 2008, Labour hold Glasgow East by-election, 2008, SNP gain from Labour Dunfermline and West Fife by-election, 2006, Lib Dem gain from Labour Livingston by-election, 2005, Labour hold Falkirk West by-election, 2000, Labour hold Glasgow Anniesland by-election, 2000, Labour hold Hamilton South by-election, 1999, Labour hold Paisley South by-election, 1997, Labour hold Perth and Kinross by-election, 1995, SNP gain from Conservative

Monklands East by-election, 1994, Labour hold Kincardine and Deeside by-election, 1991, Lib Dem gain from Conservative Paisley South by-election, 1990, Labour hold Paisley North by-election, 1990, Labour hold Glasgow Central by-election, 1989, Labour hold Glasgow Govan by-election, 1988, SNP gain from Labour Glasgow Queen's Park by-election, 1982, Labour hold Coatbridge and Airdrie by-election, 1982, Labour hold Glasgow Hillhead by-election, 1982, SDP gain from Conservative Glasgow Central by-election, 1980, Labour hold

Local councils

Since 1995 Local elections are genially held in Scotland every 4 years, for all 32 unitary authorities which were created under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994. Between 1975 and 1992 elections were held every 2 years for either District or regional council, which sat for 4 year terms. The set up was created under Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973

As one consequence of the Gould Report,^[3] which was a response to the fiasco of the 2007 elections, the next council elections are scheduled for 2012 (one year after the Parliamentary elections).

2007

The election was contested for the first time under the STV system of proportional representation. For full analysis see Scottish council elections, 2007.

e • d Summary of the 3 May 2007 Scottish council election results^[4]

Parties		First-Preference Votes[5]	Votes %	+/-	Councillors	Net Gain/Loss
	Labour	590,085	28.1	-4.5%	348	-161
	SNP	585,885	27.9	+3.8%	363	+182
	Conservative	327,591	15.6	+0.5%	143	+21
	Liberal Democrats	266,693	12.7	-1.8%	166	-9
	Independent	228,894	10.9	+0.8%	192	-38
	Other	102,897	4.9	+1.3%	10[6]	+6
Total		2,099,945			1,222

Past Elections

Scottish local elections, 2003 Scottish local elections, 1999 Scottish local elections, 1995 Scottish local Regional elections, 1994 Scottish District local elections, 1992 Scottish local Regional elections, 1990

Scottish District local elections, 1988 Scottish local Regional elections, 1986 Scottish District local elections, 1984 Scottish local Regional elections, 1982 Scottish District local elections, 1980 Scottish District local elections, 1977

By-elections

2008

• date to be announced: Abbey (4-member ward), Dumfries and Galloway, 1 member elected by single transferable vote: result pending (result May 2007: 2 Con, 1 SNP, 1 Lab)
• 1 May: Troup (3-member ward), Aberdeenshire, 1 member elected by single transferable vote: result pending (result May 2007: 1 SNP, 1 Con, 1 Ind)
• 6 March: Cambuslang East (3-member ward), South Lanarkshire, 1 member elected by single transferable vote: Lab gain from SNP (result May 2007: 2 Lab, 1 SNP; after by election: 3 Lab)
• 28 February: Lerwick South (4-member ward), Shetland, 1 member elected by single transferable vote: Ind hold (result May 2007: 4 Ind; after by election: 4 Ind)
• 21 February: Highland (3-member ward), Perth and Kinross, 1 member elected by single transferable vote: SNP hold (result May 2007: 2 SNP, 1 Con; after by election: 2 SNP, 1 Con)
• 14 February: Elgin City South (3-member ward), Moray, 1 member elected by single transferable vote: SNP gain from Ind (result May 2007: 1 SNP, 1 Lab, 1 Ind; after by election: 2 SNP, 1 Lab)
• 31 January: Kilsyth (3-member ward), North Lanarkshire, 1 member elected by single transferable vote: Lab hold (result May 2007: 2 Lab, 1 SNP; after by election: 2 Lab, 1 SNP)

2007

• 22 November: Lochee (4-member ward), Dundee, 1 member elected by single transferable vote: SNP hold (result May 2007: 2 SNP, 2 Lab; after by election: 2 SNP, 2 Lab)
• 4 October: Helensburgh and Lomond South (3-member ward), Argyll and Bute, 1 member elected by single transferable vote: Lib Dem gain from Ind (result May 2007: 1 Con, 1 Ind, 1 Lib Dem; after by election: 2 Lib Dem, 1 Con)
• 16 August: Midstocket/Rosemount (3-member ward), Aberdeen, 1 member elected by single transferable vote: SNP gain from Con (result May 2007: 1 Con, 1 SNP, 1 Lab; after by election: 2 SNP, 1 Lab)

2006

• 8 December: Elderslie, Renfrewshire, Lab hold (16% swing Lab to SNP)
• 28 September: Markinch and Woodside East, Fife, SNP gain from Lab
• 10 August: Lochardil, Highland, Lib Dem gain from Ind
• 15 June: Dumbarton West, West Dunbartonshire, SNP gain from Lab
• 18 May: Altonhill Hillhead and Longpark, East Ayrshire, SNP hold
• 11 May: Biggar, Symington and Black Mount, South Lanarkshire, Con gain from SNP
• 30 March: Avondale South, South Lanarkshire, Con hold
• 30 March: Borestone, Stirling, SNP gain from Lab
• 30 March: King's Park, Glasgow, Lib Dem gain from Lab
• 16 February: Milton, Glasgow, SNP gain from Lab
• 2 February: North Carrick and Maybole East, South Ayrshire, Ind gain from Lab

2005

• 8 December: Kirkshaws, North Lanarkshire, Lab hold
• 10 November: Knightswood Park, Glasgow, Lab hold
• 10 November: Loanhead, Midlothian, SNP gain from Ind
• 10 November: Murrayfield, Edinburgh, Con hold
• 13 October: Lochside, Dumfries and Galloway, Lab gain from Ind
• 29 September: Auchtertool and Burntisland East, Fife, SNP gain from Ind
• 11 August: Herbertshire, Falkirk, SNP gain from Lab
• 16 June: Kildrum and Park, North Lanarkshire, SNP gain from Ind
• 9 June: Huntly East, Aberdeenshire, Con hold
• 9 June: Kilnknowe and Clovenfords, Borders, SNP gain from Ind
• 17 March: Dalkeith/Woodburn, Midlothian, Lib Dem gain from Lab
• 17 March: Dumbarton West, West Dunbartonshire, Lab hold

European Parliament

In 1999, a Scotland-wide constituency replaced 8 first-past-the-post constituencies, which were used in the elections between 1979 and 1994: which returned 8 MEPS under the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation system. Since then, the number of MEPs returned by Scotland has been reduced twice more to seven in (2004) and then to six in (2009).

Elected candidates are shown in bold. Brackets indicate the number of votes per seat won.

2009

European Election 2009: Scotland[7][8]
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Ian Hudghton, Alyn Smith Aileen McLeod, Drew Hendry, Duncan Ross, Gordon Archer	321,007 (160,503.5)	29.1	+9.4
	Labour	David Martin, Catherine Stihler Mary Lockhart, Paul McAleavely, Kirsty Connell, Nasim Khan[9]	229,853 (114,926.5)	20.8	-5.6
	Conservative	Struan Stevenson Belinda Don, Helen Gardiner, Donald G. MacDonald, Gerald Michaluk, PJ Lewis[10]	185,794	16.8	-0.9
	Liberal Democrat	George Lyon Euan Robson, Robert Aldridge, Patsy Kenton, Douglas Herbison, Clive Sneddon[11]	127,038	11.5	-1.6
	Scottish Green	Elaine Morrison, Chas Booth, Kirsten Robb, Alastair Whitelaw, Ruth Dawkins, Peter McColl	80,442	7.3	+0.5
	UKIP	Peter Adams, Paul Hencke, Phillip Anderson, Matthew Desmond, Donald Mackay, Paul Wiffen, Kathleen Desmond [12]	57,788	5.2	-1.5
	BNP	Gary Raikes, Charlie Baillie, Deborah McKnight, Roy Jones, Max Dunbar, Elise Jones [13]	27,174	2.5	+0.8
	Socialist Labour	Louise McDaid, David Jacobsen, Katherine McGavigan, James Berrington, Claire Watt, James McDaid	22,135	2.0	+2.0
	Scottish Christian	Sheila McLaughlan, John Smart, Brian Ross, Archie Linnegan, Christine Cormack, Isobel Anne Macleod	16,738	1.5	+1.5
	Scottish Socialist	Colin Fox, Angela Gorrie, Johanna Dind, Nick McKerrell, Raphie de Santos, Felicity Garvie	10,404	0.9	-4.3
	Independent	Duncan Robertson	10,189	0.9	+0.9
	NO2EU	John Foster, Tommy Sheridan, Leah Ganley, Stuart Hyslop, Ajit Singh Uppal, Tom Morrison	9,693	0.9	+0.9
	Jury Team	Alan Wallace, John O'Callaghan, Stuart Brown, Kenneth Lees, Mev Brown, Austin Compson-Bradford[14]	6,257	0.6	+0.6
Turnout			1,104,512	28.5	−2.4

2004

European Election 2004: Scotland[15]
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Martin, Catherine Stihler Bill Miller, Kirsty O'Brien, Colin Smyth, Catriona Renton, Gemma Doyle	310,865 (155,432.5)	26.4	-2.3
	SNP	Ian Hudghton, Alyn Smith Kenneth Gibson, Douglas Henderson, Alexander Nicholson, Alex Orr, Janet Law, Duncan Ross	231,505 (115,752.5)	19.7	-7.5
	Conservative	Struan Stevenson, John Purvis Cameron Buchanan, Sebastian Leslie, Anne Harper, Paul Nelson, Douglas Taylor	209,028 (104,514)	17.8	-2.0
	Liberal Democrat	Elspeth Attwooll Robert Aldridge, Alex Bruce, Karen Freel, Douglas Herbison, Clive Sneddon, Christine James, Jermaine Allison	154,178	13.1	+3.3
	Scottish Green	Chas Booth, Tara O'Leary, Martin Bartos, Moira Dunworth, Alastair Whitelaw, Katherine Joester, James Park	79,695	6.8	+1.0
	UKIP	Peter Troy, Philip Anderson, George Cormack, Michael Phillips, Janice Murdock, Donald Mackay, Peter Nielson	78,828	6.7	+5.4
	Scottish Socialist	Felicity Garvie, Nick McKerrel, Hugh Kerr, Catriona Grant, Lynn Sheridan, John Sangster, Andrew Rossiter	61,356	5.2	+1.2
	Christian Vote	George Hargreaves, William Thompson, Richard Russell, David Braid, Marion McNeill, Mary Hay, Rose Irtwange	21,056	1.8	N/A
	BNP	Steven Blake, Scott McLean, David Kerr, Stephen Burns, Bryan Dickson, Craig McComb, John Bean[16]	19,427	1.7	+1.3
	Scottish Wind Watch	Brendan Hamill, Sylvia Thorne, Charles Bennie, Jennifer Scobie, Bennie Palmer, Helen Pass, Richard Hammock	7,255	0.6	N/A
	Independent	Fergus Tait	3,624	0.3	N/A
Turnout			1,176,817	30.9	+6.2

1999

European Election 1999: Scotland[17]
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Martin, Bill Miller, Catherine Taylor Christine May, Hugh McMahon, James Paton, John Clifford, Jeanette Bradley	283,490 (94,496.67)	28.7	N/A
	SNP	Ian Hudghton, Neil MacCormick Anne Gillies, Gordon Wilson, Janet Law, Kris Browne, Ian Goldie, Josephine Docherty	268,528 (134,264)	27.2	N/A
	Conservative	Struan Stevenson, John Purvis Anne Harper, Cameron Buchanan, Sebastian Leslie, Iain Mitchell, Peter Ramsay, Anthony Gilbey	195,296 (97,648)	19.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Elspeth Attwooll Robert Aldridge, Neil Mitchison, Heather Lyall, Clive Sneddon, Danus Skene, Karen Freel, Jayne Struthers	96,971	9.8	N/A
	Scottish Green	Marion Coyne, Eleanor Scott, Phil O'Brien, Graeme Farmer, Linda Hendry, Chris Ballance, Kay Allan, Alastair Whitelaw	57,142	5.8	N/A
	Scottish Socialist	Hugh Kerr, Rosie Kane, Harvey Duke, Catherine Stewart, Colin Fox, Shareen Blackall, Steve Arnott, Frances Curran	39,720	4.0	N/A
	Pro-Euro Conservative	Paul Dwyer, Joanna Lavender, Douglas McConchie, Richard Ashurst, Neasa MacEarlean, Oliver Grant, Alexander Skinner, James Waters	17,781	1.8	N/A
	UKIP	Alistair McConnachie, Donald Mackay, James McKenna, Stuart Brown, Matthew Henderson, Joseph Smith, Peter Nielson, John Mumford	12,459	1.3	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Louise McDaid, Christopher Herriot, Katharine McGavigan, Stephen Mayes, Patricia Graham, Colin Turbett, Margaret Stead, James Galloway	9,385	1.0	N/A
	BNP	Kenneth Smith, Scott McLean,[18] Russell Bradley, Mark Allen, Paul Wilkinson, Robert Currie, David Kerr,[19] James Mills	3,729	0.4	N/A
	Natural Law	James McKissock, George Stidolph, Diana Kras, Kenneth Blair, David Pettigrew, Iain Petrie, Anna Rawlinson, Thomas Pringle	2,087	0.2	N/A
	Accountant for Lower Scottish Taxes	Charles Lawson	1,632	0.2	N/A
Turnout			988,310	24.7	N/A

Pre 1999 elections

For full details of results please referee to related articles;

• Glasgow
• Highlands and Islands
• Lothians
• Mid Scotland and Fife
• North East Scotland
• South of Scotland
• Strathclyde East
• Strathclyde West

Referendums

To-date 5 referendums have been held in Scotland, covering a wide range of issues.

• United Kingdom European Communities membership referendum, 1975
• Scottish devolution referendum, 1979
• Strathclyde water referendum, 1994
• Scottish devolution referendum, 1997
• Edinburgh congestion charge#Referendum

Church of Scotland

See also

• Politics of Scotland
• Electoral systems in Scotland
• political parties

References

External links

• Scotland - Electoral Commission
• Boundary Commission for Scotland

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