ABERDEEN DONSIDE BYELECTION

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The Nationalist MSP for Aberdeen Donside, Brian Adam, has died at the age of 64 after a battle with cancer.

The trained biochemist served as a councillor in the north east of Scotland before being elected to the first Scottish Parliament in 1999.
Mr Adam, who was a Mormon and keen Aberdeen football fan, was briefly a minister for parliamentary business in Alex Salmond's second government.
The death of the father-of-five will trigger a by-election in Aberdeen.

Past Election results

Scottish Parliament election, 2011: Aberdeen Donside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Brian Adam	14,790	55.4	+ 10.6
	Labour	Barney Crockett	7,615	28.5	-3.2
	Conservative	Ross Thomson	2,166	8.1	+0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Millie McLeod	1,606	6	-10
	Independent	David Henderson	317	1.2	+1.2
	National Front	Christopher Willett	213	0.8	+0.8
Majority			7,175	26.9
Turnout			26,707	47.3
	SNP hold		Swing	+6.9

Scottish Parliament election, 2007 Notional Result: Aberdeen Donside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP		12,165	44.8
	Labour		8,614	31.7
	Liberal Democrats		4,340	16.0
	Conservative		2,027	7.5
Majority			3,551	13.1
	SNP hold		Swing

Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Aberdeen North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Brian Adam	11,406	45.8	+12.3
	Labour	Elaine Thomson	7,657	30.8	-0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Delaney	3,836	15.4	-7.6
	Conservative	Carol Garvie	1,992	8.0	-1.2
Majority			3,749	15.1
Turnout			24,891	48.3	+1.0
	SNP hold		Swing

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 It will be interesting to see if Labour can whittle down the SNP vote.