Scots Pairlament election, 2003

1999 walin

2003 walin

2007 walin

The saicont Scots Pairlament walin wis hauden on Mey 1, 2003. The ootcome wis charactereised bi the heeze in support for the Scots Greens an the Scots Socialist Pairty — baith pairties ootwi the "big fower" — an a dwyne in support for baith the Scots Labour Pairty an the Scots National Pairty (SNP). Mauger predeictions o a foonder in thair support, the Tories' vote haudit up weel an thay managed tae wun three constituencies, as agin nane in the bygane walin.

Unthirlt MSP, Dennis Canavan wis jyned bi twa ither unthirlt members, Margo MacDonald an Jean Turner. Scots Senior Ceitizens Unity Pairty chief John Swinburne wis waled an aa.

Tho the dwyne in support for the SNP wis seen bi some as a rejection o the case for Unthirldom, the nummer of MSPs for unthirldom waled actually rose syne baith the Greens an Scots Socialists support Scots unthirldom.

Naitional Vote

Constituency (First-Past-the-Post) ootcome

Pairty	Votes	Saets	Loss/Gain	Share o Vote (%)
Labour	659,879	46	-7	34.6
SNP	449,476	9	+2	23.8
Tory	312,598	3	+3	16.6
Liberal Democrats	286,150	13	+1	15.3
SSP	117,709	0	0	6.2
Scots Greens	Didna kemp	0	0	0
Ithers	65,523	2	+1	3.4

Tot o votes cuisten - 1,891,335

Tap-up (Addeitional Member Seestem) ootcome

Pairty	Votes	Saets	Loss/Gain	Share o Vote (%)
Labour	561,379	4	+1	29.3
SNP	399,659	18	-10	20.9
Tory	296,929	15	-3	15.5
Liberal Democrats	225,774	4	-1	11.8
SSP	132,138	6	+5	6.9
Scots Greens	128,026	7	+6	6.7
Ithers	171,951	2	+2	8.9

Tot o votes cuisten - 1,915,856

Total turnoot - 49.4%

Scots Pairlamentary Representation

Labour - 50 MSPs (-6)
SNP - 27 MSPs (-8)
Tory - 18 MSPs (nae chynge frae '99)
Liberal Democrat - 17 MSPs (nae chynge frae '99)
Scots Greens - 7 MSPs (+6)
SSP - 6 MSPs (+5)
Ithers - 4 MSPs (+3)

Pairty Chiefs in 2003

Relatit airticles

Politics o Scotland

Airtins tae ootby steids

BBC: Vote Scotland 2003 (in Inglis)
The Scotsman: Scottish Parliament 2003 elections Archived 2004-11-25 at the Wayback Machine (in Inglis)