 | 'The Labour leader, Tony Blair, last night described the Labour party of the Eighties as 'a bit of a joke'. What does this say about his opinion of the majority of Scots who voted for it?' Julia Watt in The Scotsman 16 th December 1996. |  |
| 'The Labour leader, Tony Blair, last night described the Labour party of the Eighties as 'a bit of a joke'. What does this say about his opinion of the majority of Scots who voted for it?' Julia Watt in The Scotsman 16 th December 1996. | |
| Turnout: 30,891 (57.65 %) | |||||
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| Logo | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Major Eric Joyce | 16,022 | 51.87 % | - 7.48 % |
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Scottish National Party | David Kerr | 7,490 | 24.25 % | + 0.82 % |
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Conservative | Simon Murray | 2,231 | 7.51 % | - 4.58 % |
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Liberal Democrat | Hugh O'Donnell | 2,203 | 7.13 % | + 2.00 % |
| Independent | Billy Buchanan | 1,464 | 4.74 % | (+ 4.74 %) | |
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Scottish Socialist Party | Mhairi McAlpine | 707 | 2.29 % | (+ 2.29 %) |
| Independent | Hugh Lynch | 490 | 1.59 % | (+ 1.59 %) | |
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Socialist Labour Party | Ronnie Forbes | 194 | 0.63 % | (+ 0.63 %) |
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Lab hold | Lab majority | 8,532 | 27.62 % | - 8.30 % |
| Logo | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | % change |
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| Labour | Major Eric Joyce | 8,492 | 43.54 % | - 15.81 % |
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Scottish National Party | David Kerr | 7,787 | 39.93 % | + 16.50 % |
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Conservative | Craig Stevenson | 1,621 | 8.31 % | - 3.78 % |
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Scottish Socialist Party | Iain Hunter | 989 | 5.07 % | + 5.07 % |
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Liberal Democrat | Hugh O'Donnell | 615 | 3.15 % | - 0.65 % |
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Lab regain from Ind | Lab majority | 705 | 3.61 % | - 32.31 % |
| Turnout: 38,370 (72.60 %) | |||||
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| Logo | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Dennis Canavan | 22,772 | 59.35% | + 7.90 % |
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Scottish National Party | Cllr David Alexander | 8,989 | 23.43 % | - 0.10 % |
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Conservative | Carol Buchanan | 4,639 | 12.09 % | - 6.76 % |
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Liberal Democrat | Derek Houston | 1,970 | 3.80 % | - 2.36 % |
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Lab hold | Lab majority | 13,783 | 35.92 % | + 8.00 % |
| Labour | 21,065 | 51.45% |
| Scottish National Party | 9,635 | 23.53% |
| Conservative | 7,719 | 18.85% |
| Liberal Democrat | 2,522 | 6.16% |
| Lab win | Lab majority | 11,430 | 27.92% |
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