Glasgow Cathcart By-election result

'If you know anything about Lords, how they came by their titles, you wouldn't touch the bloody things with a barge pole. This title doesn't ennoble but demeans recipients. To this day the title can be bought by large donations to party funds. Party hacks are rewarded for services to the party, not the people. People are bought off with seats in the House of Lords. There is one current lord who might have caused trouble for his party in the run-up to the General Election and was subsequently elevated to the Lords.'
Jimmy Reid in the Herald, 9 th December 1998.

Glasgow Cathcart (Glasgow Region)

29 th September 2005 Holyrood By-Election - (Constituency)

Electorate . Turnout , 31.97 % (- 13.54 %)
Logo	Party	Candidate	Votes	%	% change
	Labour	Cllr Charles Gordon	5,811	37.69 %	- 1.50 %
	Scottish National Party	Marie Whitehead	3,406	22.09 %	+ 5.82 %
	Conservative	Richard Cook	2,306	14.96 %	+ 2.01 %
	Liberal Democrat	Arthur Sanderson	1,557	10.10 %	+ 2.30 %
	Independent	Pat Lally	856	5.55 %	- 5.29 %
	Scottish Socialist Party	Ronnie Stevenson	819	5.31 %	- 7.33 %
	Scottish Green Party	Chloe Stewart	548	3.55 %	(+ 3.55 %)
	Independent	Christopher Creighton	59	0.38 %	(+ 0.38 %)
	UKIP	Bryan McCormack	54	0.35 %	(+ 0.35 %)
	Labour hold	Labour majority	2,405	15.60 %	- 7.32 %

1 st May 2003 Holyrood Election - Constituency result

Electorate 49,017. Turnout 22,307, 45.51 % (- 7.04 %)
Logo	Party	Candidate	Votes	%	% change
	Labour	Lord Watson of Invergowrie MSP	8,742	39.19 %	- 8.87 %
	Scottish National Party	David Ritchie	3,630	16.27 %	- 11.87 %
	Conservative	Richard Cook	2,888	12.95 %	+ 0.68 %
	Scottish Socialist Party	Malcolm Wilson	2,819	12.64 %	(+ 12.64 %)
	Local Health Concern New Acute Victoria	Pat Lally	2,419	10.84 %	(+ 10.84 %)
	Liberal Democrat	Tom Henery	1,741	7.80 %	- 0. 31 %
	Parent Excluded	Robert Wilson	68	0.30 %	(+ 0.30 %)
	Labour hold	Labour majority	5,112	22.92 %	+ 3.00 %

1 st May 2003 Holyrood Election - Regional list result

Electorate 49,017. Turnout 22,259, 45.41 % 110 rejected ballot papers
Logo	Party	Votes	%	% change
	Labour	7,672	33.12 %	- 7.74 %
	Scottish National Party	3,433	15.42 %	- 8.99 %
	Scottish Socialist Party	3,369	15.14 %	+ 8.98 %
	Conservative & Unionist Party	2,539	11.41 %	- 0.30 %
	Scottish Green Party	1,830	8.22 %	+ 3.73 %
	Liberal Democrats	1,560	7.01 %	- 0.60 %
	Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party	477	2.14 %	(+ 2.14 %)
	Pro-Life Party	463	2.08 %	+ 0.73 %
	Socialist Labour Party	345	1.55 %	- 0.48 %
	British National Party	230	1.03 %	(+ 1.03 %)
	Scottish Unionist Party	212	0.95 %	+ 0.33 %
	UK Independence Party	61	0.27 %	(+ 0.27 %)
	Scottish Peoples Alliance	38	0.17 %	(+ 0.17 %)
	Communist Party Peace Democracy Socialism	30	0.13 %	- 0.05 %
	Labour majority	4,239	19.04 %	+ 2.59 %

6 th May 1999 Holyrood Election - Constituency result

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	% change
Labour	Lord Watson of Invergowrie	12,966	48.06 %	- 8.11 %
Scottish National Party	Maire Whitehead	7,592	28.14 %	+ 7.87 %
Conservative	Mary Leishman	3,311	12.27 %	- 0.18 %
Liberal Democrat	Callan Dick	2,187	8.11 %	+ 1.36 %
Socialist Workers Party	Roddy Slorach	920	3.41 %	+ 3.41 %
Labour win	Labour majority	5,374	19.92 %	- 15.98 %

6 th May 1999 Holyrood Election - Regional list result

Party	Votes	%
Labour	11,040	40.86 %
Scottish National Party	6,596	24.41 %
Conservative & Unionist Party	3,163	11.71 %
Liberal Democrats	2,057	7.61 %
Scottish Socialist Party	1,666	6.16 %
Scottish Green Party	1,213	4.49 %
Socialist Labour Party	549	2.03 %
Pro Life Alliance	364	1.35 %
Scottish Unionist Party	168	0.62 %
Natural Law Party	59	0.22 %
Communist Party of Britain	49	0.18 %
Humanist Party	41	0.15 %
Socialist Party of Great Britain	28	0.10 %
Bridget McGeechan, The People Choice	27	0.09 %
Labour majority	4,444	16.45 %

1 st May 1997 Westminster Election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	John Maxton	19,158	56.17%
Scottish National Party	Marie Whitehead	6,913	20.27%
Conservative	Alistair Muir	4,248	12.45%
Liberal Democrat	Keith Legg	2,302	6.75%
Pro Life Alliance	Zofia Indyk	687	2.01%
Scottish Socialist Alliance	Ronnie Stevenson	458	1.34%
Referendum	Strang Haldane	344	1.01%
Labour hold	Labour majority	12,245	35.90%

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