 | 'I think a 55% turnout in a British General Election speaks volumes about the low respect that politicians are now held.' Tam Dalyell, Labour MP for Linlithgow and Father of the House of Commons, 8 th June 2001. |  |
| 'I think a 55% turnout in a British General Election speaks volumes about the low respect that politicians are now held.' Tam Dalyell, Labour MP for Linlithgow and Father of the House of Commons, 8 th June 2001. | |
Only two seats changed hands at the 2001 Westminster election. The Tories won back Galloway & Upper Nithsdale from the Scottish National Party with a majority of 74 votes. Renfrewshire West reverted to Labour, who had won the seat in 1997. The sitting MP, Tommy Graham, was expelled from the Labour Party, and sat as a Independent before retiring at the general election.
| Constituency | Winner | Loser |
|---|---|---|
| Galloway & Upper Nithsdale |  |
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A record number of Scottish MPs retired in 2001 - no less than 19, compared to 10 in 1997, four in 1992, 11 in 1987, four in 1983 and 11 in 1979. However, this total included twelve MPs (five Labour, five SNP and two Liberal Democrats) who retired from Westminster because of a dual mandate and who continued to serve in the Scottish Parliment. Seven other MPs retired from Westminster - four Labour, two Liberal Democrats and one Independent. Three entered the House of Lords- former Argyll and Bute MP Ray Michie as Baroness Michie of Gallanach, former Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross MP, Robert Maclennan as Lord Maclennan of Rogart, and frmr Glasgow Cathcart MP John maxton as Lod Maxton.
| MP | Constituency | Party | Replacement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malcolm Chisholm MP MSP | Edinburgh Leith 1992 - 1997 Edinburgh North & Leith 1997-2001 |
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Marek Lazarowicz |
| Eric Clarke MP | Midlothian 1992 - 2001 | |
David Hamilton |
| Roseanna Cunningham MP MSP | Perth & Kinross 1995 (by-election) - 1997 Perth 1997 - 2001 |
|
Annabelle Ewing |
| Margaret Ewing MP MSP | Dunbartonshire East October 1974 - 1979 Moray 1987 - 2001 |
|
Angus Robertson |
| Dr Sam Galbraith MP MSP | Strathkelvin & Bearsden 1987 - 2001 | |
John Lyons |
| Maria Fyfe MP | Glasgow Maryhill 1987 - 2001 | |
Ann McKechin |
| Dr Norman Godman MP | Greenock & Port Glasgow 1983 - 1997 Greenock & Inverclyde 1997 - 2001 |
|
David Cairns |
| Donald Gorrie MP MSP | Edinburgh West 1997 - 2001 |  |
John Barrett |
| Tommy Graham MP | Labour MP for Renfrew West & Inverclyde 1987 - 1997 Labour MP for Renfrewfrewshire West 1997 - 1998 Independent MP for Renfrewfrewshire West 1998 - 2001 |
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No successor |
| John Home Robertson MP MSP | East Lothian 1978 (by-election) - 2001 | |
Anne Picking |
| Robert Maclennan MP (Later Lord Maclennan of Rogart) | Labour MP for Caithness & Sutherland 1966 - 1981 Social/Liberal Democrat MP for Caithness & Sutherland 1981 - 1997 Liberal Democrat MP for Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross, 1997 - 2001 |
|
John Sinclair, Third Viscount Thurso |
| John Maxton MP (Later Lord Maxton) | Glasgow Cathcart 1979 - 2001 | |
Tom Harris |
| John McAllion MP MSP | Dundee East 1987 - 2001 | |
Iain Luke |
| Henry McLeish MP MSP | Fife Central 1987 - 2001 | |
John MacDougall |
| Ray Michie MP (Later Baroness Michie of Gallanach) | Argyll & Bute 1987 - 2001 | |
Alan Reid |
| Alasdair Morgan MP MSP | Galloway & Upper Nithsdale 1997 - 2001 | |
Malcolm Fleming (not elected) |
| John Swinney MP MSP | Tayside North 1997 - 2001 | |
Pete Wishart |
| Jim Wallace MP MSP QC | Orkney & Shetland 1983 - 2001 | |
Alistair Carmichael |
| Andrew Welsh MP MSP | Angus South October 1974-1979 Angus East 1987 - 1997 Angus 1997 - 2001 |
|
Michael Weir |
53 of Scotland's 72 MPs stood for re-election in 2001 and all of them were re-elected.
| MP | Constituency | Party | Means of Election |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Barrett | Edinburgh West | |
Succeeded Donald Gorrie MP MSP MP (Liberal Democrat) |
| David Cairns | Greenock & Inverclyde | |
Succeeded Dr Norman Godman MP (Labour) |
| Alistair Carmichael | Orkney & Shetland | |
Succeeded Jim Wallace MP MSP (Liberal Democrat) |
| Peter Duncan | Galloway & Upper Nithsdale | |
Defeated Malcolm Flemming (SNP) following retirment of Alasdair Morgan MP (SNP) |
| Annabelle Ewing | Perth | |
Succeeded Roseanna Cunningham MP MSP (SNP) |
| David Hamilton | Midlothian | |
Succeeded Eric Clarke MP (Labour) |
| Tom Harris | Glasgow Cathcart | |
Succeeded John Maxton MP (Labour) |
| Marek Lazarowicz | Edinburgh North & Leith | |
Succeeded Malcolm Chisholm MP MSP (Labour) |
| Iain Luke | Dundee East | |
Succeeded John McAllion MP MSP |
| John Lyons | Strathkelvin & Bearsden | |
Succeeded Dr Sam Galbraith MP MSP (Labour) |
| John MacDougall | Fife Central | |
Succeeded Henry McLeish MP MSP (Labour) MP |
| Ann McKechin | Glasgow Maryhill | |
Succeeded Maria Fyfe MP (Labour) |
| Anne Picking | East Lothian | |
Succeeded John Home Robertson MP MSP (Labour) |
| Alan Reid | Argyll & Bute | |
Succeeded Ray Michie MP (Liberal Democrat) |
| Angus Robertson | Moray | |
Succeeded Margaret Ewing MP MSP (SNP) |
| Jim Sheridan | Renfrewshire West | |
Won seat after retirement of Tommy Graham MP (Independent) |
| Viscount Thurso | Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross | |
Succeeded Robert Maclennan MP (Liberal Democrat) |
| Michael Weir | Angus | |
Succeeded Andrew Welsh MP MSP (SNP) |
| Pete Wishart | Tayside North | |
Succeeded John Swinney MP MSP (SNP) |
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