Election Results
| Scottish Parliament election, 2011: Na h-Eileanan an Iar | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| SNP | Alasdair Allan | 8,496 | 65.3 | +18.7 | |
| Labour | Donald Crichton | 3,724 | 28.6 | -13.0 | |
| Conservative | Charlie McGrigor | 563 | 4.3 | -1.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Morrison | 228 | 1.8 | -4.5 | |
| Majority | 4,772 | 36.7 | |||
| Turnout | 13,011 | 59.2 | -2.6 | ||
| SNP hold | Swing | ||||
| Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Western Isles | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| SNP | Alasdair Allan | 6,354 | 46.6 | +5.4 | |
| Labour | Alasdair Morrison | 5,667 | 41.6 | -5.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ruaraidh Ferguson | 852 | 6.3 | +2.2 | |
| Conservative | Dave Petrie | 752 | 5.5 | +0.6 | |
| Majority | 687 | 5.0 | |||
| Turnout | 13,625 | 61.8 | +3.4 | ||
| SNP gain from Labour | Swing | 5.4 | |||
| Scottish Parliament Election 2003: Western Isles | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Alasdair Morrison | 5,825 | 47.03 | ||
| SNP | Alasdair Nicholson | 5,105 | 41.21 | ||
| Conservative | Frank Warren | 612 | 4.94 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Conor Snowden | 498 | 4.02 | ||
| Scottish Socialist | Joanne Telfer | 347 | 2.80 | ||
| Majority | 720 | 5.81 | |||
| Turnout | 12,387 | 58.4 | -3.3 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Scottish Parliament Election 1999: Western Isles | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Alasdair Morrison | 7,248 | 50.68 | ||
| SNP | Alasdair Nicholson | 5,155 | 36.05 | ||
| Conservative | Jamie McGrigor | 1,095 | 7.65 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | John Horne | 456 | 3.19 | ||
| Scottish Socialist | Joanne Telfer | 347 | 2.43 | ||
| Majority | 2,093 | 14.64 | |||
| Turnout | 14301 | 61.7 | |||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
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