Banff & Buchan by-election Result 7 th June 2001

''People seemed aware of their MSPs and what they did. But their MPs and Westminster were fading into the background.' Ken MacDonald, BBC Scotland, 18 th May 2001.

Scottish Parliament Elections - Banff & Buchan (North East Scotland Region)

7 th June by-election

Logo	Party	Candidate	Votes	%	% change
	Scottish National Party	Stewart Stevenson	15,386	49.61 %	- 3.00 %
	Conservative	Ted Brocklebank	6,819	21.99 %	+ 4.96 %
	Labour	Megan Harris	4,897	15.79 %	+ 2.17 %
	Liberal Democrat	Canon Kenyon Wright	3,231	10.42 %	- 6.33 %
	Scottish Socialist Party	Peter Anderson	682	2.20 %	(+ 2.20 %)
	SNP hold	SNP majority	8,567	27.62 %	- 7.98 %

6 th May 1999 Holyrood Election - Constituency result

Logo	Party	Candidate	Votes	%	% change
	Scottish National Party	Alex Salmond MP	16,695	52.61 %	- 3.16 %
	Conservative	David Davidson	5,403	17.03 %	- 6.77 %
	Liberal Democrat	Dr Maitland Mackie	5,315	16.75 %	+ 10.78 %
	Labour	Megan Harris	4,321	13.62 %	+ 1.81 %
	SNP win	SNP majority	11,292	35.58 %	+ 3.61 %

6 th May 1999 Holyrood Election - Regional list result

Logo	Party	Votes	%
	Scottish National Party	14,987	47.25 %
	Conservative & Unionist Party	5,734	18.08 %
	Labour	4,992	15.74 %
	Liberal Democrats	4,372	13.78 %
	Scottish Green Party	640	2.02 %
	Hamish Watt	311	0.98 %
	Socialist Labour Party	254	0.80 %
	Scottish Socialist Party	243	0.77 %
	Sleaze Buster	96	0.30 %
	Natural Law Party	89	0.28 %
	SNP maj	9,253	29.17 %

1 st May 1997 Westminster Election

Logo	Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Scottish National Party	Alex Salmond	22,409	55.77%
	Conservative	William Frain-Bell	9,564	23.80%
	Labour	Megan Harris	4,747	11.81%
	Liberal Democrat	Neil Fletcher	2,398	5.97%
	Referendum	Alan Buchan	1,060	2.64%
	SNP hold	SNP majority	12,845	31.97%

Change in % vote in Banff & Buchan