UKIP loses deposit in by-election
The SNP has held Aberdeen Donside in the Scottish parliamentary by-election. But the UKIP candidate lost his deposit after polling 4% of the vote.
SNP majority falls by more than 5,000 votes
The Scottish National Party has won the Aberdeen Donside by-election, but with a greatly reduced majority.
Mark McDonald won the seat after polling 9,814 votes, just over 2,000 more than the Labour candidate who was his nearest rival in the contest.
However the SNP's majority fell by more than 5,000 votes from the result in the 2011 Scottish Parliament election.
- Mark McDonald (SNP) 9,814
- Willie Young (Labour) 7,789
- Christine Jardine (Liberal Democrat) 1,940
- Ross Thomson (Conservative) 1,791
- Otto Inglis (UKIP) 1,128
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