Electoral history of John Swinney

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This is a summary of the electoral history of John Swinney, the First Minister of Scotland and Leader of the Scottish National Party since 2024 and 2024.

Scottish Parliamentary elections

2020s

2021 Scottish Parliament election: Perthshire North[1][2]
Party Candidate Constituency Regional
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
SNP John Swinney[a] 19,860 49.5 Increase0.9 16,090 40.1 Decrease1.6
Conservative Murdo Fraser[b] 15,807 39.4 Increase0.6 14,670 36.5 Decrease 1.7
Scottish Green 3,241 8.1 Increase2.1
Labour Ryan Smart 2,324 5.8 Decrease1.9 2,838 7.1 Decrease0.5
Liberal Democrats Peter Barrett 1,802 4.5 Decrease0.5 1,728 4.3 Increase0.4
Alba 658 1.6 New
All for Unity 270 0.7 New
Scottish Family Donald Marshall 334 0.8 New 230 0.6 New
Reform UK 111 0.3 New
Abolish the Scottish Parliament 105 0.3 New
Freedom Alliance (UK) 96 0.2 New
Scottish Libertarian 51 0.1 Decrease0.1
UKIP 34 0.1 Decrease1.8
Independent Martin Keatings 25 0.1 New
Renew 8 0.0 New
Independent Mercy Kamanja 4 0.0 New
Majority 4,053 10.1 Increase0.3
Valid Votes 40,127 40,159
Invalid Votes 141 73
Turnout 40,268 69.9 Increase6.9 40,232 69.9 Increase6.9
SNP hold Swing
Notes
  1. ^ Incumbent member for this constituency
  2. ^ Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency

2010s

2016 Scottish Parliament election: Perthshire North[2]
Party Candidate Constituency Regional
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
SNP John Swinney[a] 16,526 48.6 Decrease12.2 14,218 41.7 Decrease11.4
Conservative Murdo Fraser[b] 13,190 38.8 Increase12.5 13,038 38.2 Increase13.2
Labour Anna McEwan 2,604 7.7 Decrease1.2 2,599 7.6 Decrease1.4
Scottish Green 2,045 6.0 Increase1.5
Liberal Democrats Peter Barrett 1,705 5.0 Increase1.0 1,336 3.9 Increase0.2
UKIP 634 1.9 Increase0.8
RISE 104 0.3 New
Solidarity 78 0.2 Increase0.1
Scottish Libertarian 60 0.2 New
Majority 3,336 9.8 Decrease24.7
Valid Votes 34,025 34,112
Invalid Votes 112 59
Turnout 34,137 63.0 Increase6.7 34,171 63.0 Increase6.7
SNP hold Swing
Notes
  1. ^ Incumbent member for this constituency
  2. ^ Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency
2011 Scottish Parliament election: Perthshire North[3][4]
Party Candidate Constituency Region
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
SNP John Swinney[a] 18,219 60.8 N/A 15,908 53.1 N/A
Conservative Murdo Fraser[b] 7,866 26.3 N/A 7,491 25.0 N/A
Labour Pete Cheema 2,672 8.9 N/A 2,690 9.0 N/A
Scottish Green 1,359 4.5 N/A
Liberal Democrats Victor Clements 1,196 4.0 N/A 1,121 3.7 N/A
Scottish Senior Citizens 440 1.5 N/A
UKIP 334 1.1 N/A
BNP 187 0.6 N/A
Scottish Christian 110 0.4 N/A
Socialist Labour 97 0.3 N/A
CPA 88 0.3 N/A
Scottish Socialist 74 0.2 N/A
Independent Andrew Roger 42 0.1 N/A
Solidarity 17 0.1 N/A
Majority 10,353 34.5 N/A
Valid Votes 29,953 29,958
Invalid Votes 117 117
Turnout 30,070 56.3 N/A 30,075 56.3 N/A
SNP win (new seat)
Notes
  1. ^ Incumbent member for the North Tayside constituency
  2. ^ Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency

2000s

2007 Scottish Parliament election: North Tayside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SNP John Swinney 18,281 51.6 +6.7
Conservative Murdo Fraser 10,697 30.2 -1.2
Labour Michael Marra 3,243 9.2 -1.4
Liberal Democrats James Taylor 3,175 9.0 -0.6
Majority 7,584 21.4 +7.9
Turnout 35.395 57.1 +3.9
SNP hold Swing +4.0
2003 Scottish Parliament election: North Tayside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SNP John Swinney 14,969 44.9 +0.8
Conservative Murdo Fraser 10,466 31.4 -1.7
Labour Gordon MacRae 3,527 10.6 -4.4
Liberal Democrats Bob Forrest 3,206 9.6 +1.9
Scottish Socialist Rosie Adams 941 2.8 New
Scottish People's George Ashe 234 0.7 New
Majority 4,503 13.5 +2.5
Turnout 33,343 53.2
SNP hold Swing +0.8

1990s

1999 Scottish Parliament election: North Tayside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SNP John Swinney 16,786 44.11 N/A
Conservative Murdo Fraser 12,594 33.09 N/A
Labour Marion Dingwall 5,727 15.05 N/A
Liberal Democrats Peter Regent 2,948 7.75 N/A
Majority 4,192 11.02 N/A
Turnout 38,055
SNP win (new seat)

Party elections

2024 Scottish National Party leadership election

Main article: 2024 Scottish National Party leadership election

TBA

First Minister Nominating Elections

TBA

References

  1. ^ "Constituencies A-Z: Perthshire North". BBC News. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Scottish Parliamentary election results". Archived from the original on 15 July 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Results and turnout at the 2011 Scottish Parliament election". Electoral Commission. 7 August 2019. Archived from the original on 15 July 2021. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  4. ^ "2011 Election analysis (Excel 2.37MB)". Scottish Parliament. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
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