2013 Aberdeen Donside by-election

The 2013 Aberdeen Donside by-election was a by-election that was held for the Scottish Parliament constituency of Aberdeen Donside on Thursday 20 June, following the death from cancer of the constituency's MSP, Brian Adam.^[1]

The seat was created as

Scottish Labour Party, but was gained by Brian Adam (who had contested, but lost, the seat in 1999) for the Scottish National Party in the next election

. He held the seat in 2007 and 2011 with increased majorities. In the last election, Adam held the seat with a majority of 7,175 votes.

In the

departure of three other MSPs

). This meant that if the SNP lost the by-election then the government would lose its overall majority.

SNP list MSP for the North-East region, Mark McDonald, resigned his seat to contest the constituency by-election.^[2] McDonald held the seat for the SNP, but with a significantly reduced majority on a lower turnout.

Result

Nine candidates contested the election, with their detail published on 17 May 2013.^[3]

Aberdeen Donside by-election, 20 June 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Mark McDonald	9,814	41.98	−13.42
	Labour	Willie Young	7,789	33.32	+4.82
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Jardine	1,940	8.30	+3.10
	Conservative	Ross Thomson	1,791	7.66	−0.44
	UKIP	Otto Inglis	1,128	4.83	+4.03
	Scottish Green	Rhonda Reekie	410	1.75	New
	National Front	Dave MacDonald	249	1.07	+0.27
	Scottish Christian	Tom Morrow	222	0.95	New
	SDA	James Trolland	35	0.15	New
Majority			2,025	8.66	−18.2
Turnout			23,396	38.8
	SNP hold		Swing

Scottish Parliament election result, 2011

Scottish Parliament election, 2011: Aberdeen Donside^[4]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	SNP	Y Brian Adam	14,790	55.4	+10.6	14,526	54.2
	Labour	Barney Crockett	7,615	28.5	-3.2	6,237	23.3
	Conservative	Ross Thomson	2,166	8.1	+0.6	2,076	7.7
	Liberal Democrats	Millie McLeod	1,606	6.0	-10.0	1,390	5.2
	Scottish Green					683	2.5
	All Scotland Pensioners Party					544	2.0
	Socialist Labour					231	0.9
	Scottish Socialist					220	0.8
	UKIP					217	0.8
	Christian Party "Proclaiming Christ's Lordship"					210	0.8
	BNP					177	0.7
	Independent	David Henderson	317	1.2	New	77	0.3
	National Front	Christopher Willett	213	0.8	New	135	0.5
	Independent - John Cox					38	0.1
	Solidarity					17	0.1
	Independent - Andrew McBride					8	0.03
	Angus Independent Representatives					6	0.02
Total valid votes			26,707			26,792

References

^ "Aberdeen SNP MSP Brian Adam dies aged 64". BBC News. 25 April 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
^ Urquhart, Frank (14 May 2013). "Aberdeen Donside by-election: SNP MSP quits Holyrood". The Scotsman. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
^ Urquhart, Frank (17 May 2013). "Nine candidates confirmed for Donside by-election". The Scotsman. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
^ "Declaration of regional votes cast in a constituency". Archived from the original on 24 July 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2013.

[1] "Aberdeen SNP MSP Brian Adam dies aged 64". BBC News. 25 April 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2013.

[quit-2] Urquhart, Frank (14 May 2013). "Aberdeen Donside by-election: SNP MSP quits Holyrood". The Scotsman. Retrieved 31 July 2013.

[3] Urquhart, Frank (17 May 2013). "Nine candidates confirmed for Donside by-election". The Scotsman. Retrieved 30 April 2017.

[4] "Declaration of regional votes cast in a constituency". Archived from the original on 24 July 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2013.

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Result

Scottish Parliament election result, 2011

See also

References