Election Results
| Scottish Parliament election, 2007: North Tayside | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| SNP | John Swinney | 18,281 | 51.6 | +6.8 | |
| 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 | |||
| Turnout | 35.395 | 57.1 | |||
| SNP hold | Swing | +4.0 | |||
| Scottish Parliament election, 2003: 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 | -4.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Bob Forrest | 3,206 | 9.6 | +1.9 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Rosie Adams | 941 | 2.8 | +2.8 | |
| Scottish People's | George Ashe | 234 | 0.7 | +0.7 | |
| Majority | 4,503 | 13.5 | +0.8 | ||
| Turnout | 33,343 | 53.2 | |||
| SNP hold | Swing | +0.8 | |||
| Scottish Parliament election, 1999: 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 hold | Swing | N/A | |||
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