Candidates and Constituency Assessments

'Alex Salmond is the only leader with obvious Scottish connections, and it is accepted without question that he understands the Scottish psyche.' Confidential System 3 survey for the Scottish Labour Party.

Banff & Buchan

7 th June 2001 Westminster Election

Turnout: 30,806 (54.24 %)
Logo	Party	Candidate	Votes	%	% change
	Scottish National Party	Alex Salmond	16,710	54.24 %	- 1.53 %
	Conservative	Alexander Wallace	6,207	20.15 %	- 3.65 %
	Labour	Ted Harris	4,363	14.16 %	+ 2.35 %
	Liberal Democrat	Douglas Herbison	2,769	8.99 %	+ 3.02 %
	Scottish Socialist Party	Alice Rowan	447	1.45 %	(+ 1.45 %)
	UK Independence Party	Eric Davidson	310	1.01 %	(+ 1.01 %)
	SNP hold	SNP majority	10,503	34.09 %	+ 2.12 %

1 st May 1997 Westminster Election

Turnout: 40,178 (68.69 %)
Logo	Party	Candidate	Votes	%	% change
	Scottish National Party	Alex Salmond	22,409	55.77 %	+ 4.97 %
	Conservative	William Frain-Bell	9,564	23.80 %	- 10.92 %
	Labour	Megan Harris	4,747	11.81 %	+ 3.23 %
	Liberal Democrat	Neil Fletcher	2,398	5.97 %	+ 0.12 %
	Referendum	Alan Buchan	1,060	2.64 %	(+ 2.64 %)
	SNP hold	SNP majority	12,845	31.97 %	+ 15.86 %

Notional 1992 result

	Scottish National Party	20,724	50.83 %
	Conservative	14,156	34.72 %
	Labour	3,501	8.58 %
	Liberal Democrat	2,387	5.85 %
SNP win	SNP majority	6,568	16.11 %