The Glasgow Anniesland By-elections 2000

'McLeish narrowly won the succession battle claiming to be continuing the Dewar legacy, but by the end of it, his own team were on a mission, in their own words, to 'dump the crap' which the late father of Scotland's Parliament had included in his programme.' Douglas Fraser in the Sunday Herald, 29 th October 2000.

Glasgow Anniesland by-elections, Thursday, 23 rd November 2000

The late Donald Dewar MP MSP, First Minister of Scotland His policies were described by Team McLeish as crap

The Results

• Scottish Parliament constituency

• Westminster Constituency

• Reaction to Anniesland result 24 th November 2000

• Labour holds Dewar seats 24 th November 2000

• Labour's by-elections clean sweep 24 th November 2000

• Double victory for Labour 24 th November 2000

• Dewar legacy proves too much for SNP challenge 24 th November 2000

• Invisible men of Anniesland 27 th November 2000

Assessment

• Scottish Parliament Candidates

• Westminster Candidates

• Constituency assessments

• Previous electoral statistics for the Glasgow Anniesland Westminster constituency

• How Glasgow Anniesland voted in the 1999 Holyrood and European elections

• How Glasgow Anniesland voted in the 1999 Council elections

• Links

Rt Hon Donald Dewar MP MSP

• Who could fill the Big Man's shoes? 14 th August 2000

• Donald Dewar by Iain MacWhirter 15 th October 2000

• Donald Dewar by Alex Salmond 15 th October 2000

The Glasgow Anniesland by-elections

• Labour's by-election dilemmas 13 th October 2000

• Trouble ahead 22 nd October 2000

• Former Runrig singer in Dewar seat bid 23 rd October 2000

• Dewar by-elections date revealed 25 th October 2000

• Labour, Tories & SSP name Dewar seat candidates 30 th October 2000

• Munro fight falls flat 31 st October 2000

• Blair faces triple by-election test 31 st October 2000

• Anniesland nominations close 5 th November 2000

• Dewar by-elections gather pace 6 th November 2000

• By-elections and fuel protests will keep heat on McLeish 6 th November 2000

• SNP on offensive over £44m transferred from NHS funds 7 th November 2000

• Labour pursues Dewar's legacy 8 th November 2000

• Labour candidate quizzed on his socialist principles 8 th November 2000

• Package geared for Anniesland by-elections 9 th November 2000

• Nominations in for by-elections 9 th November 2000

• SNP and Lib Dems link to housing transfers 14 th November 2000

• One party two policies makes for a quiet life 15 th November 2000

• Banana skin awaits Labour 15 th November 2000

• Phantoms who won't come out to play 15 th November 2000

• The parties must wake up to Anniesland challenge 15 th November 2000

• Hustings hopefuls resist reforms 16 th November 2000

• Hague faces up to role of underdog on flying visit to Anniesland seat 16 th November 2000

• Hague airs the English grievance 17 th November 2000

• SNP get their numbers wrong in the Anniesland by-election 19 th November 2000

• Elderly care comes centre stage 20 th November 2000

• A Tory candidate playing the long game 20 th November 2000

• Blair's triple challenge 20 th November 2000

• Labour asks voters to switch 21 st November 2000

• Candidate who relishes the stress 21 st November 2000

• When Donald Dewar stopped the SNP 22 nd November 2000

• Labour bid to avoid split vote 22 nd November 2000

• A real socialist 22 nd November 2000

• Super Thursday puts Labour to the test 22 nd November 2000

• Super Thursday dawns 23 rd November 2000

• Anniesland goes to the polls 23 rd November 2000

• How apathy could win at Anniesland 23 rd November 2000

• By-elections ain't what they used to be 23 rd November 2000

• What matters to the voters 23 rd November 2000

• Faithful urged to honour Dewar 23 rd November 2000

• Anniesland count under way 23 rd November 2000