Perth and Kinross by-election, 1995

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A by-election for the UK Parliament constituency of Perth and Kinross in Scotland was held on 25 May 1995, following the death of Conservative MP Sir Nicholas Fairbairn on 19 February of that year.

Results

Perth and Kinross by-election, 1995^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Roseanna Cunningham	16,931	40.4	+4.4
	Labour	Douglas Alexander	9,620	22.9	+10.5
	Conservative	John Godfrey	8,990	21.4	-18.7
	Liberal Democrat	Mrs Veronica Linklater	4,952	11.8	+0.4
	Monster Raving Loony	Screaming Lord Sutch	586	1.4
	UKIP	Vivian Linacre	504	1.2
	Scottish Green	Robin Harper	223	0.5
	Independent	Michael Halford	88	0.2
	Natural Law	Gary Black	54	0.1
Majority			7,311	17.4
Turnout			41.948	62.1	-14.8
	SNP gain from Conservative		Swing	+11.6

↑ Boothroyd, David. "Results of Byelections in the 1992-97 Parliament". United Kingdom Election Results. Retrieved 2015-10-01.

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