Election Results
| Scottish Parliament election, 2011: Airdrie and Shotts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| SNP | Alex Neil | 11,984 | 50.2 | +10.1 | |
| Labour | Karen Whitefield | 9,983 | 41.8 | -0.9 | |
| Conservative | Robert Crozier | 1,396 | 5.8 | -2.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Love | 531 | 2.2 | -3 | |
| Majority | 2,001 | 8.4 | |||
| Turnout | 23,894 | 45.9 | |||
| SNP gain from Labour | Swing | +5.5 | |||
| Scottish Parliament election, 2007 Notional Result: Airdrie and Shotts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | 10,280 | 42.7 | |||
| SNP | 9,647 | 40.1 | |||
| Conservative | 2,028 | 8.4 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | 1,258 | 5.2 | |||
| Others | 862 | 3.6 | |||
| Majority | 633 | 2.6 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Airdrie and Shotts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Karen Whitefield | 11,907 | 43.8 | -12.8 | |
| SNP | Sophia Coyle | 10,461 | 38.5 | +17.6 | |
| Conservative | Iain McGill | 2,370 | 8.7 | -0.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Gorrie | 1,452 | 5.4 | -0.0 | |
| Scottish Voice | Mev Brown | 970 | 3.6 | +3.6 | |
| Majority | 1,446 | 5.3 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 1536 | 2.7 | {{{change}}} | ||
| Turnout | 27,160 | 47.1 | +2.8 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -15.2 | |||
| Scottish Parliament election, 2003: Airdrie and Shotts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Karen Whitefield | 14,209 | 59.03 | +0.47 | |
| SNP | Gil Paterson | 5,232 | 20.86 | -7.30 | |
| Conservative | Patrick Ross-Taylor | 2,203 | 8.76 | -0.81 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Fraser Coates | 2,096 | 8.36 | +8.36 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Kevin Lang | 1,346 | 5.37 | -1.69 | |
| Majority | 8,977 | 35.78 | +8.73 | ||
| Turnout | 25,086 | 46.26 | -12.53 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Scottish Parliament election, 1999: Airdrie and Shotts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Karen Whitefield | 18,338 | 55.21 | N/A | |
| SNP | Gil Paterson | 9,353 | 28.16 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Patrick Ross-Taylor | 3,177 | 9.57 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | David Miller | 2,345 | 7.06 | N/A | |
| Majority | 8,985 | 27.05 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 33,213 | 57.58 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |||
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