Candidates and Constituency Assessments

'Just because a man wears tights and garters does not mean we won't stand against him.' Tommy Sheridan MSP, 14 th February 2001.

Glasgow Springburn

7 th June 2001 Westminster Election

Turnout: 24,104 (43.67 %)
Logo	Party	Candidate	Votes	%	% change
	Speaker of the House of Commons	Michael Martin	16,053	66.60 %	(+ 66.60 %)
	Scottish National Party	Sandy Bain	4,675	19.40 %	+ 2.91 %
	Scottish Socialist Party	Carolyn Leckie	1,879	7.80 %	+ 6.51 %
	Scottish Unionist Party	Daniel Houston	1,289	5.35 %	(+ 5.35 %)
	Independent	Richard Silvester	208	5.35 %	(+ 0.86 %)
	Speaker hold (notional Speaker gain from Labour)	Speaker majority	11,378	47.20 %

1 st May 1997 Westminster Election

Turnout: 31,577 (59.05 %)
Logo	Party	Candidate	Votes	%	% change
	Labour	Michael Martin	22,534	71.36 %	+ 6.45 %
	Scottish National Party	John Brady	5,208	16.49 %	- 3.39 %
	Conservative	Mark Holdsworth	1,893	5.99 %	- 4.87 %
	Liberal Democrat	Jim Alexander	1,349	4.27 %	- 0.06 %
	Scottish Socialist Alliance	Carol Heron	407	1.29 %	(+ 1.29 %)
	Referendum	Andrew Keating	186	0.59 %	(+ 0.59 %)
	Lab hold	Lab majority	17,326	54.87 %	+ 9.83 %

Notional 1992 result

	Labour	23,347	64.91 %
	Scottish National Party	7,150	19.88 %
	Conservative	3,909	10.86 %
	Liberal Democrat	1,559	4.33 %
Lab win	Lab majority	16,197	45.04 %