Labour’s Willie Bain has won the North East by-election with a majority of 8111 votes.
Results below:
Willie Bain, Scottish Labour Party Candidate 12,231
David Kerr, Scottish National Party (SNP) 4,120
Ruth Davidson, Scottish Conservative and Unionist 1,075
Charlie Baillie, British National Party 1,013
Tommy Sheridan, Solidarity – Scotland’s Socialist Movement 794
Eileen Baxendale, Scottish Liberal Democrats 474
David Doherty, Scottish Green Party 332
John David Smeaton, Jury Team 258
Kevin McVey, Scottish Socialist Party – Make Greed History 152
Mikey Hughes 54
Louise McDaid, Socialist Labour Party 47
Mev Brown, Independent 32
Colin Campbell, The Individuals Labour and Tory (TILT) 13
Only Labour, SNP and the Conservatives held their deposits. Turnout was 33.02 per cent.
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