Candidates and Constituency Assessments

'Mr Salmond claimed yesterday that Dr Reid's 'new-found enthusiasm' for the Scottish Grand Committee contrasted with his 'dismal' record in attending only one of its 13 meetings from May 1997 to March last year.' Robbie Dinwoodie in the Herald, 11 th February 2000.

Glasgow Rutherglen

7 th June 2001 Westminster Election

Turnout: 29,213 (56.34 %)
Logo	Party	Candidate	Votes	%	% change
	Labour Co-op	Tom McAvoy	16,760	57.37 %	- 0.15 %
	Scottish National Party	Ann McLaughlin	4,135	14.15 %	- 1.12 %
	Liberal Democrat	David Jackson	3,689	12.63 %	- 1.92 %
	Conservative	Malcolm Macaskill	3,301	11.30 %	+ 2.04 %
	Scottish Socialist Party	William Bonnar	1,328	4.55 %	+ 3.84 %
	Lab hold	Lab majority	12,625	43.22 %	+ 0.97 %

1 st May 1997 Westminster Election

Turnout: 35,521 (70.14 %)
Logo	Party	Candidate	Votes	%	% change
	Labour	Tom McAvoy	20,430	57.52 %	+ 4.15 %
	Scottish National Party	Cllr Iain Gray	5,423	15.27 %	- 0.30 %
	Liberal Democrat	Cllr Robert Brown	5,167	14.55 %	+ 2.88 %
	Conservative	David Campbell-Bannerman	3,288	9.26 %	- 9.89 %
	Independent Labour	George Easton	812	2.29 %	(+ 2.29 %)
	Scottish Socialist Alliance	Rosie Kane	251	0.71 %	(+ 0.71 %)
	Referendum	Julia Kerr	150	0.42%	(+ 0.42 %)
	Lab hold	Lab majority	15,007	42.25 %	+ 8.03 %

Notional 1992 result

	Labour	20,742	53.37 %
	Conservative	7,443	19.15 %
	Scottish National Party	6,052	15.57 %
	Liberal Democrat	4,529	11.65 %
	Others	92	0.23 %
Lab win	Lab majority	13,299	34.22 %