Candidates and Constituency Assessments

'Margaret Ewing was an outstanding Member of Parliament in both Westminster and in Scotland and a hugely supportive friend and colleague. She will be missed across the political spectrum because Margaret was one of the few politicians without an enemy in the world.' SNP leader Alex Salmond MP, 21 st March 2006.

Moray (Highland Region)

27 th April 2006 Holyrood By-Election - (Constituency)

Electorate 60,285. Turnout 27,420, 45.70 % (- 0.63 %)
Logo	Party	Candidate	Votes	%	% change
	Scottish National Party	Richard Lochhead	12,653	46.15 %	+ 3.96 %
	Conservative	Mary Scanlon	6,268	22.86 %	+ 0.36 %
	Liberal Democrat	Cllr Linda Gorn	5,310	19.37 %	+ 7.20 %
	Labour	Cllr Alexander Keith	2,696	9.83 %	- 9.28 %
	NHSFirst Party	Mev Brown	493	1.80 %	(+ 1.80 %)
	Scottish National Party hold	Scottish National Party majority	6,385	23.29 %	+ 3.60 %

1 st May 2003 Holyrood Election - Constituency result

Electorate 58,242. Turnout 26,981, 46.33 % (- 11.18 %)
Logo	Party	Candidate	Votes	%	% change
	Scottish National Party	Margaret Ewing MSP	11,384	42.19 %	+ 3.39 %
	Conservative	Tim Wood	6,072	22.50 %	- 3.10 %
	Labour	Peter Peacock MSP	5,157	19.11 %	- 7.39 %
	Liberal Democrat	Cllr Linda Gorn	3,283	12.17 %	+ 3.07 %
	Scottish Socialist Party	Norma Anderson	1,085	4.02 %	(+ 4.02 %)
	Scottish National Party hold	Scottish National Party majority	5,312	19.69 %	+ 7.39 %

1 st May 2003 Holyrood Election - Regional list result

Electorate 58,242. Turnout 27,198, 46.70 % 248 rejected ballot papers
Logo	Party	Votes	%	% change
	Scottish National Party	8,333	30.92 %	+ 0.76 %
	Conservative & Unionist Party	5,732	21.27 %	- 1.02 %
	Labour	5,517	20.47 %	- 6.20 %
	Liberal Democrats	3,067	11,38 %	- 0.31 %
	Scottish Green Party	1,759	6.53 %	+ 2.92 %
	Scottish Socialist Party	804	2.98 %	+ 2.54 %
	Protect Rural Scotland	417	1.55 %	(+ 1.55 %)
	UK Independence Party	333	1.24 %	(+ 1.24 %)
	Socialist Labour Party	272	1.01 %	- 0.79 %
	The Countryside Party	231	0.86 %	(+ 0.86 %)
	Robbie the Pict (Scottish Peoples' Mission)	219	0.81 %	+ 0.41 %
	Scottish Peoples Alliance	155	0.58 %	(+ 0.58 %)
	Arthur Robertson	96	0.36 %	+ 0.03 %
	The Rural Party	15	0.06 %	(+ 0.06 %)
	Scottish National Party majority	2,601	9.65 %	+ 6.16 %

6 th May 1999 Holyrood Election - Constituency result

Logo	Party	Candidate	Votes	%	% change
	Scottish National Party	Margaret Ewing MP	13,027	38.80 %	- 2.77 %
	Labour	Cllr Ali Farquharson	8,898	26.50 %	+ 6.67 %
	Conservative	Andrew Findlay	8,595	25.60 %	- 1.97 %
	Liberal Democrat	Patsy Kenton	3,056	9.10 %	+ 0.18 %
	Scottish National Party win	Scottish National Party majority	4,129	12.30 %	- 1.70 %

6 th May 1999 Holyrood Election - Regional list result

Logo	Party	Votes	%
	Scottish National Party	10,101	30.16 %
	Labour	8,932	26.67 %
	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,467	22.29 %
	Liberal Democrats	3,915	11.69 %
	Scottish Green Party	1,208	3.61 %
	Socialist Labour Party	604	1.80 %
	Sir Iain Noble	473	1.41 %
	Highlands & Islands Alliance	159	0.47 %
	Scottish Socialist Party	148	0.44 %
	Scottish People's Mission	139	0.41 %
	International Independent	128	0.38 %
	Natural Law Party	113	0.34 %
	Arthur Robertson	109	0.33 %
	Scottish National Party majority	1,169	3.49 %

1 st May 1997 Westminster Election

Logo	Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Scottish National Party	Margaret Ewing	16,529	41.57 %
	Conservative	Andrew Findlay	10,963	27.57 %
	Labour	Lewis MacDonald	7,886	19.83 %
	Liberal Democrat	Debra Storr	3,548	8.92 %
	Referendum	Paddy Mieklejohn	840	2.11 %
	Scottish National Party hold	Scottish National Party majority	5,566	14.00 %