2013 Aberdeen Donside by-election

February 2018 February 2018 2013 Aberdeen Donside by-election Scotland parliamentary no 20 June 2013 2011 Scottish Parliament election 2011 2016 Scottish Parliament election 2016 38.8% (9.0 pp) Mark McDonald MarkMcDonaldMSP20110507.JPG 150 120 160 0 10 Scottish National Party 9,814 41.98% 13.42 pp Willie Young Scottish Labour 7,789 33.32% 4.82 pp Official portrait of Christine Jardine crop 2.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Christine Jardine Scottish Liberal Democrats 1,940 8.30% 3.10 pp Official portrait of Ross Thomson crop 2.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Ross Thomson Scottish Conservatives 1,791 7.66% 0.44 pp Aberdeen Donside MSP Brian Adam Scottish National Party Mark McDonald Scottish National PartyThe 2013 Aberdeen Donside by-election was a by-election that was held for the Scottish Parliament constituency of Aberdeen Donside on Thursday 20 June, following the death from cancer of the constituency's MSP, Brian Adam.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-22291973 Aberdeen SNP MSP Brian Adam dies aged 64 25 April 2013 31 July 2013 BBC News The seat was created as Aberdeen North following the establishment of the Scottish Parliament in 1999. In the first election to the Scottish Parliament the seat was won by the Scottish Labour Party, but was gained by Brian Adam (who had contested, but lost, the seat in 1999) for the Scottish National Party in the next election. He held the seat in 2007 and 2011 with increased majorities. In the last election, Adam held the seat with a majority of 7,175 votes. In the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, the SNP became the first ever majority government of the Scottish Parliament, winning 69 seats out of 129. Prior to Adam's death, however, the SNP only held a majority of one (following the election of Tricia Marwick as presiding officer and the departure of three other MSPs). This meant that if the SNP lost the by-election then the government would lose its overall majority. SNP list MSP for the North-East region, Mark McDonald, resigned his seat to contest the constituency by-election.http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/aberdeen-donside-by-election-snp-msp-quits-holyrood-1-2927864 Aberdeen Donside by-election: SNP MSP quits Holyrood Frank Urquhart The Scotsman 14 May 2013 31 July 2013 McDonald held the seat for the SNP, but with a significantly reduced majority on a lower turnout. Result Nine candidates contested the election, with their details published on 17 May 2013.http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/nine-candidates-confirmed-for-donside-by-election-1-2935170 Nine candidates confirmed for Donside by-election Frank Urquhart The Scotsman 17 May 2013 30 April 2017 Aberdeen Donside by-election, 20 June 2013 Scottish National Party Mark McDonald 9,814 41.98 -13.42 Scottish Labour Party Willie Young 7,789 33.32 +4.82 Scottish Liberal Democrats Christine Jardine 1,940 8.30 +3.10 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Ross Thomson 1,791 7.66 -0.44 United Kingdom Independence Party Otto Inglis 1,128 4.83 +4.03 Scottish Green Party Rhonda Reekie 410 1.75 New National Front (UK) Dave MacDonald 249 1.07 +0.27 Scottish Christian Party Tom Morrow 222 0.95 New Scottish Democratic Alliance James Trolland 35 0.15 New 2,025 8.66 -18.2 23,396 38.8 -9.0 Scottish National Party -5.5 Scottish Parliament election result, 2011 Scottish Parliament election, 2011: Aberdeen Donsidehttp://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/council_government/councillors/elections_unit/elections/election_2011/regional_votes.asp Declaration of regional votes cast in a constituency 2013-05-02 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130724051718/http://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/council_government/councillors/elections_unit/elections/election_2011/regional_votes.asp 2013-07-24 Scottish National Party Brian Adam 14,790 55.4 +10.6 14,526 54.2 Scottish Labour Party Barney Crockett 7,615 28.5 -3.2 6,237 23.3 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Ross Thomson 2,166 8.1 +0.6 2,076 7.7 Scottish Liberal Democrats Millie McLeod 1,606 6.0 -10.0 1,390 5.2 Scottish Green Party 683 2.5 Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party All Scotland Pensioners Party 544 2.0 Socialist Labour Party (UK) 231 0.9 Scottish Socialist Party 220 0.8 United Kingdom Independence Party 217 0.8 Scottish Christian Party Christian Party "Proclaiming Christ's Lordship" 210 0.8 British National Party 177 0.7 Independent (politician) David Henderson 317 1.2 New 77 0.3 National Front (United Kingdom) Christopher Willett 213 0.8 New 135 0.5 Independent - John Cox Independent (politician) 38 0.1 Solidarity (Scotland) 17 0.1 Independent - Andrew McBride Independent (politician) 8 0.03 Angus Independent Representatives Independent (politician) 6 0.02 26,707 26,792 See also Aberdeen Donside, and its predecessor, Aberdeen North Elections in Scotland List of by-elections to the Scottish Parliament References Aberdeen Donside by-election Aberdeen Donside by-election Category:2010s elections in Scotland Aberdeen Donside 2013 Category:Elections in Aberdeen Category:2010s in Aberdeen Aberdeen Donside by-election