Electoral history of Nicola Sturgeon

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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: 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

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: 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

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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)

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: 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

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