Election Results
| Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Aberdeen North | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| SNP | Brian Adam | 11,406 | 45.8 | +12.3 | |
| Labour | Elaine Thomson | 7,657 | 30.8 | -0.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Steve Delaney | 3,836 | 15.4 | -7.6 | |
| Conservative | Carol Garvie | 1,992 | 8.0 | -1.2 | |
| Majority | 3,749 | 15.1 | |||
| Turnout | 24,891 | 48.3 | +1.0 | ||
| SNP hold | Swing | ||||
| Scottish Parliament election, 2003: Aberdeen North | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| SNP | Brian Adam | 8,381 | 33.5 | -2.2 | |
| Labour | Elaine Thomson | 7,924 | 31.7 | -5.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Reynolds | 5,767 | 23.0 | +5.9 | |
| Conservative | Jim Gifford | 2,311 | 9.2 | -0.7 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Katrine Trolle | 644 | 2.6 | +2.6 | |
| Majority | 457 | 1.8 | |||
| Turnout | 25027 | 47.3 | |||
| SNP gain from Labour | Swing | +1.7 | |||
| Scottish Parliament election, 1999: Aberdeen North | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Elaine Thomson | 10,340 | 37.2 | N/A | |
| SNP | Brian Adam | 9,942 | 35.7 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | James Donaldson | 4,767 | 17.1 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Iain Haughie | 2,772 | 10 | N/A | |
| Majority | 398 | 1.4 | |||
| Turnout | 27,821 | ||||
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