Electoral history of Nicola Sturgeon
List of elections featuring Nicola Sturgeon as a candidate
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This is a summary of the electoral history of Nicola Sturgeon, the former First Minister of Scotland from 2014 to 2023 and Leader of the Scottish National Party from 2014 and 2023, and Member of the Scottish Parliament for various constituencies since 1999.
Council elections
1992 Cunninghame District Council election, Irvine North
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J. McKinney | 508 | 59.1 | ||
SNP | Nicola Sturgeon | 344 | 40 |
1994 Strathclyde Regional Council election, Baillieston/Mount Vernon
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | D. Hay | 4,908 | 62.2 | ||
SNP | Nicola Sturgeon | 2,140 | 27.1 | ||
Conservative | J.M. How | 840 | 10.6 |
1995 Glasgow City Council election, Bridgeton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | E. Smith | 1,333 | 84.1 | ||
SNP | Nicola Sturgeon | 252 | 15.9 |
UK Parliamentary elections
1992 UK Parliament election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Marshall | 21,665 | 60.6 | −3.0 | |
SNP | Nicola Sturgeon | 6,831 | 19.1 | +6.4 | |
Conservative | Norman Mortimer | 5,396 | 15.1 | +1.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Joan Orskov | 1,881 | 5.3 | −5.1 | |
Majority | 14,834 | 41.5 | −8.8 | ||
Turnout | 35,773 | 68.9 | −1.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
1997 UK Parliament election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mohammad Sarwar | 14,216 | 44.1 | +1.0 | |
SNP | Nicola Sturgeon | 11,302 | 35.1 | +7.4 | |
Conservative | William Thomas | 2,839 | 8.8 | −10.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Bob Stewart | 1,918 | 5.9 | +0.4 | |
Scottish Socialist | Alan McCombes | 755 | 2.3 | N/A | |
Independent | Peter Paton | 325 | 1.0 | N/A | |
Independent | Islam Badar | 319 | 1.0 | N/A | |
Independent | Zahid Abbasi | 221 | 0.7 | N/A | |
Referendum | Kenneth MacDonald | 201 | 0.6 | N/A | |
BNP | James White | 149 | 0.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,914 | 9.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 32,245 | 64.5 | N/A | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | N/A |
Scottish Parliamentary elections
1999 Scottish Parliament election
Constituency results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gordon Jackson | 11,421 | 43.31 | N/A | |
SNP | Nicola Sturgeon | 9,665 | 36.65 | N/A | |
Conservative | Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh | 2,343 | 8.88 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Mohammed Aslam Khan | 1,479 | 5.61 | N/A | |
Scottish Socialist | Charlie McCarthy | 1,275 | 4.83 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,756 | 6.66 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) |
Additional member results
1999 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow | |||||||
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Party | Elected candidates | Seats | +/− | Votes | % | +/−% | |
Labour | 0 | N/A | 112,588 | 43.9% | N/A | ||
SNP | Nicola Sturgeon Dorothy-Grace Elder Kenneth Gibson Sandra White | 4 | N/A | 65,360 | 25.5% | N/A | |
Conservative | Bill Aitken | 1 | N/A | 20,239 | 7.9% | N/A | |
Scottish Socialist | Tommy Sheridan | 1 | N/A | 18,581 | 7.2% | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert Brown | 1 | N/A | 18,473 | 7.2% | N/A | |
Scottish Green | 0 | N/A | 10,159 | 4.0% | N/A | ||
Socialist Labour | 0 | N/A | 4,391 | 1.7% | N/A | ||
ProLife Alliance | 0 | N/A | 2,357 | 0.9% | N/A | ||
Scottish Unionist Party (modern) | 0 | N/A | 2,283 | 0.9% | N/A | ||
Communist | 0 | N/A | 521 | 0.2% | N/A | ||
Humanist | 0 | N/A | 447 | 0.2% | N/A | ||
Natural Law | 0 | N/A | 419 | 0.2% | N/A | ||
Socialist (GB) | 0 | N/A | 309 | 0.1% | N/A | ||
People's Choice | 0 | N/A | 221 | 0.1% | N/A |
2003 Scottish Parliament election
Constituency results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gordon Jackson | 7,834 | 37.06 | −6.25 | |
SNP | Nicola Sturgeon | 6,599 | 31.22 | −5.43 | |
Scottish Socialist | Jimmy Scott | 2,369 | 11.21 | +6.38 | |
Conservative | Faisal Butt | 1,878 | 8.89 | +0.01 | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul Graham | 1,807 | 8.55 | +2.94 | |
Majority | 1,235 | 5.84 | −0.82 | ||
Turnout | 21,136 | 43.46 | −6.06 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Additional member results
2003 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow | |||||||
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Party | Elected candidates | Seats | +/− | Votes | % | +/−% | |
Labour | 0 | 0 | 77,540 | 37.7% | -6.2% | ||
SNP | Nicola Sturgeon Sandra White | 2 | −2 | 34,894 | 17.1% | -8.4% | |
Scottish Socialist | Tommy Sheridan Rosie Kane | 2 | +1 | 31,216 | 15.2% | +8.0% | |
Conservative | Bill Aitken | 1 | ±0 | 15,299 | 7.5% | -0.4% | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert Brown | 1 | ±0 | 14,839 | 7.5% | -0.4% | |
Scottish Green | Patrick Harvie | 1 | +1 | 14,570 | 7.1% | +3.1% | |
Scottish Senior Citizens | 0 | 0 | 4,750 | 2.3% | N/A | ||
Socialist Labour | 0 | 0 | 3,091 | 1.5% | -0.2% | ||
ProLife Alliance | 0 | 0 | 2,477 | 1.2% | N/A | ||
Scottish Unionist Party (modern) | 0 | 0 | 2,349 | 1.1% | +0.2% | ||
BNP | 0 | 0 | 2,344 | 1.1% | N/A | ||
Scottish People's | 0 | 0 | 612 | 0.3% | N/A | ||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 552 | 0.3% | N/A | ||
Communist | 0 | 0 | 345 | 0.2% | – |
2007 Scottish Parliament election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SNP | Nicola Sturgeon | 9,010 | 41.9 | +10.7 | |
Labour | Gordon Jackson | 8,266 | 38.4 | +1.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Chris Young | 1,891 | 8.8 | +0.3 | |
Conservative | Martyn McIntyre | 1,680 | 7.8 | −1.1 | |
Independent | Asif Nasir | 423 | 2.0 | N/A | |
Communist | Elinor McKenzie | 251 | 1.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 744 | 3.5 | |||
Turnout | 22,741 | 45.4 | |||
Rejected ballots | 1,220 | 5.36 | |||
SNP gain from Labour | Swing | 4.7 |
2011 Scottish Parliament election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | Nicola Sturgeon | 12,306 | 54.4 | +14.8 | |
Labour | Stephen Curran | 7,957 | 35.2 | −4.6 | |
Conservative | David Meikle | 1,733 | 7.7 | 0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kenn Elder | 612 | 2.7 | −6.9 | |
Majority | 4,349 | 19.2 | |||
Turnout | 22,608 | 43.1 | |||
SNP win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 8,543 | 39.8 | |||
SNP | 8,516 | 39.7 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 2,071 | 9.7 | |||
Conservative | 1,650 | 7.7 | |||
Others | 680 | 3.2 | |||
Majority | 27 | 0.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
2016 Scottish Parliament election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | Nicola Sturgeon | 15,287 | 61.4 | +7.0 | |
Labour | Fariha Thomas | 5,694 | 22.9 | −12.3 | |
Conservative | Graham Hutchison | 3,100 | 12.4 | +4.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kevin Lewsey | 822 | 3.3 | +0.6 | |
Majority | 9,593 | 38.5 | |||
Turnout | 24,903 | 47.8 | |||
SNP hold | Swing | +9.7 |
2021 Scottish Parliament election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | Nicola Sturgeon | 19,735 | 60.2 | −1.2 | |
Labour | Anas Sarwar | 10,279 | 31.3 | +8.4 | |
Conservative | Kyle Thornton | 1,790 | 5.5 | −6.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Carole Ford | 504 | 1.5 | −1.8 | |
Majority | 9,456 | 28.9 | −9.6 | ||
Turnout | 33,027 | 59.78 | +11.5 | ||
SNP hold | Swing | -4.8 |
Party elections
2004 Scottish National Party depute leadership election
Candidate | Votes[6][7] | |||
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Votes | % | |||
Nicola Sturgeon ![]() | 3,521 | 53.9% | ||
Fergus Ewing | 1,605 | 24.6% | ||
Christine Grahame | 1,410 | 21.6% |
2014 Scottish National Party leadership election
Sturgeon was the only candidate in this election, and was therefore elected unopposed to the position of Leader of the Scottish National Party.
First Minister Nominating Elections
First minister nominative elections | |||
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Parliamentary term | Date | Candidates | Votes received |
4th Parliament | 19 November 2014[8] | Nicola Sturgeon | 66 |
Ruth Davidson | 15 | ||
5th Parliament | 17 May 2016[9] | Nicola Sturgeon | 63 |
Willie Rennie | 5 | ||
6th Parliament | 18 May 2021[10] | Nicola Sturgeon | 64 |
Douglas Ross | 31 | ||
Willie Rennie | 4 |
References
- ^ "Scottish District Elections 1992" (PDF). p. 85. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
- ^ "Scottish Regional Elections 1994" (PDF). p. 29. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
- ^ "Scottish Council Elections 1995" (PDF). p. 50. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
- ^ UK General Election results April 1992
- ^ Candidates Glasgow City Council
- ^ "Salmond named as new SNP leader". 3 September 2004.
- ^ Declaration of Leadership Election Results[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Nicola Sturgeon is elected first minister of Scotland". BBC News. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
- ^ "Nicola Sturgeon wins Scottish first minister vote". BBC News. 17 May 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
- ^ "Nicola Sturgeon re-elected as Scotland's first minister". BBC News. 18 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.