2001 Banff and Buchan by-election
The Banff and Buchan by-election to the Scottish Parliament was held on 7 June 2001, the same day as a UK general election and also a Scottish Parliament by-election in Strathkelvin and Bearsden. The by-election was caused by the resignation of Scottish National Party (SNP) politician Alex Salmond as MSP for Banff and Buchan.
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The SNP retained the Holyrood seat with Stewart Stevenson (who had originally been selected to contest the Westminster constituency) winning for them.
Result
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| SNP | Stewart Stevenson | 15,386 | 49.6 | -3.0 | |
| Conservative | Ted Brocklebank | 6,819 | 22.0 | +5.0 | |
| Labour | Megan Harris | 4,897 | 15.8 | +2.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Kenyon Wright | 3,231 | 10.4 | -6.4 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Peter Anderson | 682 | 2.2 | New | |
| Majority | 8,567 | 27.6 | -8.0 | ||
| Turnout | 31,015 | ||||
| SNP hold | Swing | ||||
Scottish Parliament Election result, 1999
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| SNP | Alex Salmond | 16,695 | 52.6 | N/A | |
| Conservative | David Davidson | 5,403 | 17.0 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Maitland Mackie | 5,315 | 16.8 | N/A | |
| Labour | Megan Harris | 4,321 | 13.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 11,292 | 35.6 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 31,734 | N/A | |||
| SNP win (new seat) | |||||
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