North East Scotland Regional List Result 2007

'Is the Scottish parliament a real legislature, an autonomous law-making body equipped with a government capable of carrying out its wishes? Or is the Scottish parliament more like a local authority - a creature of stature.'
Iain MacWhirter in the Herald, 10 th January 2001.

North East Scotland Region

1999
	North East Scotland Region MSPs: 3 Conservatives 3 Scottish National Party 1 Liberal Democrat
2003
	North East Scotland Region MSPs: 3 Conservatives 2 Labour 1 Scottish National Party 1 Green Party
2007
	North East Scotland Region MSPs: 2 Scottish National Party 2 Labour 2 Conservatives 1 Liberal Democrat

North East Scotland region includes the constituencies of :

Constituency	1999	2003	2007
1. Aberdeen Central	Labour win	Labour hold	Labour hold (Scottish National Party majority in regional vote)
2. Aberdeen North	Labour win	Scottish National Party gain from Labour	Scottish National Party hold
3. Aberdeen South	Liberal Democrat win (Notional Liberal Democrat gain from Labour)	Liberal Democrat hold	Liberal Democrat hold (Scottish National Party majority in regional vote)
4. Aberdeenshire West & Kincardine	Liberal Democrat win	Liberal Democrat hold	Liberal Democrat hold (Scottish National Party majority in regional vote)
5. Angus	Scottish National Party win	Scottish National Party hold	Scottish National Party hold
6. Banff & Buchan	Scottish National Party win	Scottish National Party hold	Scottish National Party hold
7. Dundee East	Labour win (Scottish National Party majority in Regional vote)	Scottish National Party gain from Labour	Scottish National Party hold
8. Dundee West	Labour win	Labour hold	Scottish National Party gain from Labour
9. Gordon	Liberal Democrat win	Liberal Democrat hold	Scottish National Party gain from Liberal Democrat

Regional results are available for all constituencies for 1999, 2003 and 2007.

MSPs elected in North East Scotland Region in 2007

Party	Constituency MSPs	Regional MSPs	Total MSPs
Scottish National Party	6	2	8
Liberal Democrat	2	1	3
Labour	1	2	3
Conservative & Unionist	0	2	2

Members elected from Regional lists in 2007

	Rank	1
	Alex Johnstone MSP (Also stood in Angus constituency)
	Conservative & Unionist
	Rank	2
	Richard Baker MSP (Did not stand in a constituency)
	Labour
	Rank	3
	Dr Nanette Milne MSP (Also stood in Gordon constituency)
	Conservative & Unionist
	Rank	4
	Marlyn Glen MSP (Did not stand in a constituency)
	Labour
	Rank	5
	Maureen Watt MSP (Also stood in Aberdeen South constituency)
	Scottish National Party
	Rank	6
	Cllr Alison McInnes (Also stood in Banff & Buchan constituency)
	Liberal Democrat
	Rank	7
	Cllr Nigel Don (Did not stand in a constituency)
	Scottish National Party

3 rd May 2007 Holyrood Election - Regional list result

Party	Votes	%	% change
Scottish National Party	105,265	41.07 %	+ 13.79 %
Labour	52,125	20.34 %	+ 0.15 %
Liberal Democrats	40,934	15.97 %	- 2.84 %
Conservative & Unionist Party	37,666	14.70 %	- 2.67 %
Scottish Green Party	8,148	3.18 %	-2.04 %
British National Party	2,764	1.08 %	(+ 1.08 %)
Solidarity	2,004	0.78 %	(+ 0.78 %)
Scottish Christian Party	1,895	0.74 %	(+ 0.74 %)
Christian Peoples Alliance	1,173	0.46 %	(+ 0.46 %)
Scottish Socialist Party	1,051	0.41 %	- 3.79 %
UK Independence Party	1,045	0.41 %	- 0.20 %
Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party	930	0.36 %	(+ 0.36 %)
NHSFirst Party	569	0.22 %	(+ 0.22 %)
Socialist Labour Party	491	0.19 %	- 0.81 %
Scottish Enterprise Party	222	0.09 %	(+ 0.09 %)
Scottish National Party majority	53,140	20.73 %	+ 13.64 %

MSPs elected in North East Scotland Region in 2003

Party	Constituency MSPs	Regional MSPs	Total MSPs
Scottish National Party	4	1	5
Labour	2	2	4
Liberal Democrat	3	0	3
Conservative & Unionist	0	3	3
Scottish Green Party	0	1	1

Members elected from Regional lists in 2003

	Rank	1
	David Davidson MSP (Also stood in Aberdeenshire West & Kincardine constituency)
	Conservative & Unionist
	Rank	2
	Alex Johnstone MSP (Also stood in Angus constituency)
	Conservative & Unionist
	Rank	3
	Marlyn Glen (Did not stand in a constituency)
	Labour
	Rank	4
	Dr Nanette Milne MSP (Also stood in Gordon constituency)
	Conservative & Unionist
	Rank	5
	Richard Lochhead MSP (Also stood in Aberdeen Central constituency)
	Scottish National Party
	Rank	6
	Shiona Baird (Did not stand in a constituency)
	Scottish Green Party
	Rank	7
	Richard Baker (Did not stand in a constituency)
	Labour

1 st May 2003 Holyrood Election - Regional list result

Party	Votes	%	% change
Scottish National Party	66,463	27.28 %	- 5.07 %
Labour	49,189	20.19 %	- 5.27 %
Liberal Democrats	45,831	18.81 %	+ 0.72 %
Conservative & Unionist Party	42,318	17.37 %	- 0.90 %
Scottish Green Party	12,724	5.22 %	+ 2.39 %
Scottish Socialist Party	10,226	4.20 %	+ 2.95 %
Pensioners's Party	5,584	2.29 %	(+ 2.29 %)
The Fishing Party	5,566	2.28 %	(+ 2.28 %)
Socialist Labour Party	2,431	1.00 %	- 0.25 %
UK Independence Party	1,498	0.61 %	(+ 0.61 %)
Scottish Peoples Alliance	941	0.39 %	(+ 0.39 %)
Steven Mathers	902	0.37 %	(+ 0.37 %)
Scottish National Party majority	17,274	7.09 %	+ 0.20 %

MSPs elected in North East Scotland Region in 1999

Party	Constituency MSPs	Regional MSPs	Total MSPs
Scottish National Party	2	4	6
Labour	4	0	4
Liberal Democrat	3	0	3
Conservative & Unionist	0	3	3

Members elected from Regional lists in 1999

	Rank	1
	David Davidson (Also stood in Banff & Buchan constituency)
	Conservative & Unionist
	Rank	2
	Cllr Brian Adam (Also stood in Aberdeen North constituency)
	Scottish National Party
	Rank	3
	Ben Wallace (Also stood in Aberdeenshire West & Kincardine constituency)
	Conservative & Unionist
	Rank	4
	Richard Lochhead (Also stood in Aberdeen Central constituency)
	Scottish National Party
	Rank	5
	Shona Robison (Also stood in Dundee East constituency)
	Scottish National Party
	Rank	6
	Alex Johnstone MSP (Also stood in Angus constituency)
	Conservative & Unionist
	Rank	7
	Irene McGugan (Also stood in Aberdeen South constituency)
	Scottish National Party

6 th May 1999 Holyrood Election - Regional list result

Party	Votes	%
Scottish National Party	92,329	32.35 %
Labour	72,666	25.46 %
Conservative & Unionist Party	52,149	18.27 %
Liberal Democrats	49,843	17.46 %
Scottish Green Party	8,067	2.83 %
Socialist Labour Party	3,557	1.25 %
Scottish Socialist Party	3,016	1.06 %
Hamish Watt	2,303	0.81 %
Sleaze Buster	770	0.27 %
Natural Law Party	746	0.26 %
Scottish National Party majority	19,663	6.89 %

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