Ayr by-election Result 16 th March 2000

Scottish Parliament Elections - Ayr (South of Scotland Region)

16 th March 2000 by-election

Logo	Party	Candidate	Votes	%	% change
	Conservative	John Scott	12,580	39.44 %	+ 1.43 %
	Scottish National Party	Jim Mather	9,236	28.95 %	+ 9.48 %
	Labour	Cllr Rita Miller	7,054	22.11 %	- 15.98 %
	Scottish Socialist Party	James Stewart	1,345	4.22 %	(+ 4.22 %)
	Liberal Democrat	Stuart Ritchie	800	2.51 %	- 1.93 %
	Scottish Green Party	Gavin Corbett	460	1.44 %	(+ 1.44 %)
	The Radio Vet	William Clifton Botcherby	186	0.58 %	(+0.58 %)
	UK Independence	Alistair McConnachie	113	0.35 %	(+0.35 %)
	Pro Life Alliance	Robert Graham	111	0.35 %	(+0.35 %)
	Independent, Anti Cloning	Kevin James Dillon	15	0.05 %	(+ 0.05 %)
	Conservative gain from Labour	Conservative majority	3,344	10.48 %

6 th May 1999 Holyrood Election - Constituency result

Logo	Party	Candidate	Votes	%	% change
	Labour	Ian Welsh	14,263	38.08 %	- 10.36 %
	Conservative	Phil Gallie	14,238	38.01 %	+ 4.19 %
	Scottish National Party	Roger Mullin	7,291	19.47 %	+ 6.90 %
	Liberal Democrat	Elaine Morris	1,662	4.44 %	- 0.29 %
	Labour win	Labour majority	25	0.07 %	- 14.55 %

6 th May 1999 Holyrood Election - Regional list result

Logo	Party	Votes	%
	Labour	12,039	32.14 %
	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,582	30.92 %
	Scottish National Party	8,477	22.63 %
	Liberal Democrats	2,312	6.17 %
	Socialist Labour Party	1,510	4.03 %
	Scottish Green Party	832	2.22 %
	Scottish Socialist Party	347	0.93 %
	Liberal Party	150	0.40 %
	UK Independence Party	119	0.32 %
	Natural Law Party	87	0.23 %
	Labour majority	457	1.22 %

Westminster Parliament Elections - Ayr

1 st May 1997 Westminster Election

Logo	Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Sandra Osborne	21,679	48.44%
	Conservative	Phil Gallie	15,136	33.82%
	Scottish National Party	Ian Blackford	5,625	12.57%
	Liberal Democrat	Clare Hamblen	2,116	4.73%
	Referendum	John Enos	200	0.45%
	Labour gain from Conservative (Notional Labour hold)	Labour majority	6,543	14.62%

Change in % vote in Ayr