Smallest majorities at Holyrood


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Iain MacWhirter in the Herald, 7 th September 2004.
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Smallest majorities (under 4,100) at the 2003 Holyrood Parliamentary Election

Majority MSP Constituency Party 2 nd place Party
90 (0.34 %) Shona Robison MSP Dundee East Scottish National Party John McAllion MSP Labour
99 (0.33 %) Alex Fergusson MSP Galloway & Upper Nithsdale Conservative Alasdair Morgan MSP Scottish National Party
158 (0.51 %) Cllr Mike Pringle Edinburgh South Liberal Democrat Angus MacKay MSP Labour
296 (0.97 %) George Reid MSP Ochil Scottish National Party Dr Richard Simpson MSP Labour
438 (1.24 %) Dr Jean Turner Strathkelvin & Bearsden Independent Brian Fitzpatrick MSP Labour
457 (1.83 %) Brian Adam MSP Aberdeen North Scottish National Party Elaine Thomson MSP Labour
520 (2.13 %) Cathie Craigie MSP Cumbernauld & Kilsyth Labour Andrew Wilson MSP Scottish National Party
538 (2.01 %) Jeremy Purves Tweedale, Ettrick & Lauderdale Liberal Democrat Christine Grahame MSP Scottish National Party
720 (5.81 %) Alasdair Morrison MSP Western Isles Labour Alasdair Nicholson Scottish National Party
727 (2.30 %) Roseanna Cunningham MSP Perth Scottish National Party Alexander Stewart Conservative
1,046 (3.01 %) Fergus Ewing MSP Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber Scottish National Party Rhoda Grant MSP Labour
1,066 (4.26 %) Kate MacLean MSP Dundee West Labour Irene McGugan MSP Scottish National Party
1,096 (3.41 %) Dr Elaine Murray MSP Dumfries Labour David Mundell MSP Conservative
1,210 (3.84 %) Margaret Jamieson MSP Kilmarnock & Loudoun Labour Cllr Daniel Coffey Scottish National Party
1,235 (5.84 %) Gordon Jackson QC MSP Glasgow Govan Labour Nicola Sturgeon MSP Scottish National Party
1,242 (5.92 %) Dr Lewis MacDonald MSP Aberdeen Central Labour Richard Lochhead MSP Scottish National Party
1,755 (21.93 %) Rt Hon Jim Wallace QC MSP Orkney Liberal Democrat Christopher Zawadski Conservative
1,890 (5.98 %) John Scott MSP Ayr Conservative Cllr Rita Miller Labour
1,970 (7.13 %) Mary Mulligan MSP Linlithgow Labour Fiona Hyslop MSP Scottish National Party
2,092 (9.90 %) Jamie Stone MSP Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross Liberal Democrat Deirdrie Stephen Labour
2,111 (6.32 %) David McLetchie MSP Edinburgh Pentlands Conservative Iain Gray MSP Labour
2,260 (26.14 %) Tavish Scott MSP Shetland Liberal Democrat Willie Ross Scottish National Party
2,453 (9.82 %) Hugh Henry MSP Paisley South Labour Cllr Bill Martin Scottish National Party
2,490 (11.06 %) Euan Robson MSP Roxburgh & Berwickshire Liberal Democrat Sandy Scott Conservative
2,492 (8.81 %) Trish Godman MSP Paisley South Labour Cllr Bruce McFee Scottish National Party
2,666 (9.52 %) Sarah Boyack MSP Edinburgh Central Labour Andy Miles Liberal Democrat
2,762 (10.79 %) Cllr Christine May Central Fife Labour Tricia Marwick MSP Scottish National Party
2,880 (9.71 %) Dr Sylvia Jackson MSP Stirling Labour Brian Monteith MSP Conservative
3,009 (9.52 %) Duncan McNeill MSP Greenock & Inverclyde Labour Ross Finnie MSP Liberal Democrat
3,289 (14.90 %) Pauline McNeill MSP Glasgow Kelvin Labour Sandra White MSP Scottish National Party
3,341 (15.51 %) Johan Lamont MSP Glasgow Pollok Labour Tommy Sheridan MSP Scottish Socialist Party
3,387 (11.83 %) Allan Wilson MSP Cunninghame North Labour Campbell Martin Scottish National Party
3,670 (12.01 %) Bristow Muldoon MSP Linlithgow Labour Cllr Peter Johnston Scottish National Party
3,702 (9.52 %) Ken McIntosh MSP Eastwood Labour Jackson Carlaw Conservative
4,080 (16.16 %) Scott Barrie MSP Dunfermline West Labour David Wishart Independent Campaign for Local Hospital Services

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