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Nicola Sturgeon was the First Minister of Scotland and Leader of the Scottish National Party, the first women to hold either of the positions.

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Nicola Sturgeon
Deputy First Minister of Scotland (2004–2014)
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Leader of the SNP (2014–2023)


This is a summary of the electoral history of Nicola Sturgeon, the former First Minister of Scotland from 2014 to 2023 and Leader of the Scottish National Party from 2014 and 2023, and Member of the Scottish Parliament for various constituencies since 1999.

Council elections

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1992 Cunninghame District Council election, Irvine North

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Cunninghame District Council Election 1992: Irvine North[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. McKinney 508 59.1
SNP Nicola Sturgeon 344 40

1994 Strathclyde Regional Council election, Baillieston/Mount Vernon

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Strathclyde Regional Council Election 1994: Baillieston/Mount Vernon[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour D. Hay 4,908 62.2
SNP Nicola Sturgeon 2,140 27.1
Conservative J.M. How 840 10.6

1995 Glasgow City Council election, Bridgeton

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Glasgow City Council Election 1995: Bridgeton[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour E. Smith 1,333 84.1
SNP Nicola Sturgeon 252 15.9

UK Parliamentary elections

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1992 UK Parliament election

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General Election 1992: Glasgow Shettleston[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Marshall 21,665 60.6 −3.0
SNP Nicola Sturgeon 6,831 19.1 +6.4
Conservative Norman Mortimer 5,396 15.1 +1.8
Liberal Democrats Joan Orskov 1,881 5.3 −5.1
Majority 14,834 41.5 −8.8
Turnout 35,773 68.9 −1.5
Labour hold Swing

1997 UK Parliament election

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General Election 1997: Glasgow Govan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mohammad Sarwar 14,216 44.1 +1.0
SNP Nicola Sturgeon 11,302 35.1 +7.4
Conservative William Thomas 2,839 8.8 −10.9
Liberal Democrats Bob Stewart 1,918 5.9 +0.4
Scottish Socialist Alan McCombes 755 2.3 N/A
Independent Peter Paton 325 1.0 N/A
Independent Islam Badar 319 1.0 N/A
Independent Zahid Abbasi 221 0.7 N/A
Referendum Kenneth MacDonald 201 0.6 N/A
BNP James White 149 0.5 N/A
Majority 2,914 9.0 N/A
Turnout 32,245 64.5 N/A
Labour Co-op hold Swing N/A

Scottish Parliamentary elections

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1999 Scottish Parliament election

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Constituency results

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1999 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow Govan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gordon Jackson 11,421 43.31 N/A
SNP Nicola Sturgeon 9,665 36.65 N/A
Conservative Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh 2,343 8.88 N/A
Liberal Democrats Mohammed Aslam Khan 1,479 5.61 N/A
Scottish Socialist Charlie McCarthy 1,275 4.83 N/A
Majority 1,756 6.66 N/A
Labour win (new seat)

Additional member results

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1999 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow
Party Elected candidates Seats +/− Votes % +/−%
Labour 0 N/A 112,588 43.9% N/A
SNP Nicola Sturgeon
Dorothy-Grace Elder
Kenneth Gibson
Sandra White 		4 N/A 65,360 25.5% N/A
Conservative Bill Aitken 1 N/A 20,239 7.9% N/A
Scottish Socialist Tommy Sheridan 1 N/A 18,581 7.2% N/A
Liberal Democrats Robert Brown 1 N/A 18,473 7.2% N/A
Scottish Green 0 N/A 10,159 4.0% N/A
Socialist Labour 0 N/A 4,391 1.7% N/A
ProLife Alliance 0 N/A 2,357 0.9% N/A
Scottish Unionist Party (modern) 0 N/A 2,283 0.9% N/A
Communist 0 N/A 521 0.2% N/A
Humanist 0 N/A 447 0.2% N/A
Natural Law 0 N/A 419 0.2% N/A
Socialist (GB) 0 N/A 309 0.1% N/A
People's Choice 0 N/A 221 0.1% N/A

2003 Scottish Parliament election

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Constituency results

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2003 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow Govan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gordon Jackson 7,834 37.06 −6.25
SNP Nicola Sturgeon 6,599 31.22 −5.43
Scottish Socialist Jimmy Scott 2,369 11.21 +6.38
Conservative Faisal Butt 1,878 8.89 +0.01
Liberal Democrats Paul Graham 1,807 8.55 +2.94
Majority 1,235 5.84 −0.82
Turnout 21,136 43.46 −6.06
Labour hold Swing

Additional member results

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2003 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow
Party Elected candidates Seats +/− Votes % +/−%
Labour 0 0 77,540 37.7% -6.2%
SNP Nicola Sturgeon
Sandra White 		2 −2 34,894 17.1% -8.4%
Scottish Socialist Tommy Sheridan
Rosie Kane 		2 +1 31,216 15.2% +8.0%
Conservative Bill Aitken 1 ±0 15,299 7.5% -0.4%
Liberal Democrats Robert Brown 1 ±0 14,839 7.5% -0.4%
Scottish Green Patrick Harvie 1 +1 14,570 7.1% +3.1%
Scottish Senior Citizens 0 0 4,750 2.3% N/A
Socialist Labour 0 0 3,091 1.5% -0.2%
ProLife Alliance 0 0 2,477 1.2% N/A
Scottish Unionist Party (modern) 0 0 2,349 1.1% +0.2%
BNP 0 0 2,344 1.1% N/A
Scottish People's 0 0 612 0.3% N/A
UKIP 0 0 552 0.3% N/A
Communist 0 0 345 0.2% –

2007 Scottish Parliament election

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2007 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow Govan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SNP Nicola Sturgeon 9,010 41.9 +10.7
Labour Gordon Jackson 8,266 38.4 +1.3
Liberal Democrats Chris Young 1,891 8.8 +0.3
Conservative Martyn McIntyre 1,680 7.8 −1.1
Independent Asif Nasir 423 2.0 N/A
Communist Elinor McKenzie 251 1.2 N/A
Majority 744 3.5
Turnout 22,741 45.4
Rejected ballots 1,220 5.36
SNP gain from Labour Swing 4.7

2011 Scottish Parliament election

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2011 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow Southside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SNP Nicola Sturgeon 12,306 54.4 +14.8
Labour Stephen Curran 7,957 35.2 −4.6
Conservative David Meikle 1,733 7.7 0
Liberal Democrats Kenn Elder 612 2.7 −6.9
Majority 4,349 19.2
Turnout 22,608 43.1
SNP win (new seat)
Scottish Parliament election, 2007 Notional Result: Glasgow Southside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 8,543 39.8
SNP 8,516 39.7
Liberal Democrats 2,071 9.7
Conservative 1,650 7.7
Others 680 3.2
Majority 27 0.1
Labour hold Swing

2016 Scottish Parliament election

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2016 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow Southside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SNP Nicola Sturgeon 15,287 61.4 +7.0
Labour Fariha Thomas 5,694 22.9 −12.3
Conservative Graham Hutchison 3,100 12.4 +4.8
Liberal Democrats Kevin Lewsey 822 3.3 +0.6
Majority 9,593 38.5
Turnout 24,903 47.8
SNP hold Swing +9.7

2021 Scottish Parliament election

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2021 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow Southside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SNP Nicola Sturgeon 19,735 60.2 −1.2
Labour Anas Sarwar 10,279 31.3 +8.4
Conservative Kyle Thornton 1,790 5.5 −6.9
Liberal Democrats Carole Ford 504 1.5 −1.8
Majority 9,456 28.9 −9.6
Turnout 33,027 59.78 +11.5
SNP hold Swing -4.8

Party elections

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2004 Scottish National Party depute leadership election

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Candidate Votes[6][7]
Votes %
Nicola Sturgeon Green tickY 3,521
53.9%
Fergus Ewing 1,605
24.6%
Christine Grahame 1,410
21.6%

2014 Scottish National Party leadership election

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Main article: Scottish National Party leadership election, 2014

Sturgeon was the only candidate in this election, and was therefore elected unopposed to the position of Leader of the Scottish National Party.

First Minister Nominating Elections

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First minister nominative elections
Parliamentary term Date Candidates Votes received
4th Parliament 19 November 2014[8]   Nicola Sturgeon 66
  Ruth Davidson 15
5th Parliament 17 May 2016[9]   Nicola Sturgeon 63
  Willie Rennie 5
6th Parliament 18 May 2021[10]   Nicola Sturgeon 64
  Douglas Ross 31
  Willie Rennie 4

References

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  1. ^ "Scottish District Elections 1992" (PDF). p. 85. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Scottish Regional Elections 1994" (PDF). p. 29. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Scottish Council Elections 1995" (PDF). p. 50. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  4. ^ UK General Election results April 1992
  5. ^ Candidates Glasgow City Council
  6. ^ "Salmond named as new SNP leader". 3 September 2004.
  7. ^ Declaration of Leadership Election Results[permanent dead link‍]
  8. ^ "Nicola Sturgeon is elected first minister of Scotland". BBC News. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  9. ^ "Nicola Sturgeon wins Scottish first minister vote". BBC News. 17 May 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  10. ^ "Nicola Sturgeon re-elected as Scotland's first minister". BBC News. 18 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
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