Candidates and Constituency Assessments


saltire shield'Oh, the Lib Dems will claim to have abolished tuition fees, but that is a travesty and we all know it. Fees exist by another name, their impact only postponed and slightly softened.'
Murray Ritchie in the Herald, 6 th September 2000.
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Argyll & Bute

7 th June 2001 Westminster Election

Turnout: 30,957 (62.95 %)
LogoPartyCandidateVotes%% change
Liberal logo Liberal Democrat Alan Reid 9,245 29.86 % - 10.34 %
Labour logo Labour Hugh Raven 7,592 24.52 % + 8.85 %
Con logo Conservative David Petrie 6,436 20.79 % + 1.83 %
SNP logo Scottish National Party Agnes Samuel 6,433 20.78 % - 2.39 %
SSP logo Scottish Socialist Party Des Divers 1,251 4.04 % (+ 4.04 %)
Lib Lib Dem hold Lib Dem majority 1,653 5.34 % - 11.69 %

1 st May 1997 Westminster Election

Turnout: 35,720 (72.23 %)
LogoPartyCandidateVotes%% change
Liberal logo Liberal Democrat Ray Michie 14,359 40.20 % + 5.30 %
SNP logo Scottish National Party Professor Neil MacCormick 8,278 23.17 % - 0.64 %
Con logo Conservative Ralph Leishman 6,774 18.96 % - 8.76 %
Labour logo Labour Ali Syed 5,596 15.67 % + 2.12 %
Referendum logo Referendum Michael Stewart 713 2.00 % (+ 2.00 %)
Lib Lib Dem hold Lib Dem majority 6,081 17.03 % + 9.84 %

9 April 1992 Westminster Election (no boundary change)

Turnout: 36,491 (75.34 %)
LogoPartyCandidateVotes%% change
Liberal logo Liberal Democrat Ray Michie 12,739 34.90 % - 2.41 %
Con logo Conservative John Corrie 10,117 27.72 % - 5.80 %
SNP logo Scottish National Party Professor Donald MacCormick 8,689 23.81 % + 6.69 %
Labour logo Labour Desmond Browne 4,946 13.55 % + 1.49 %
Liberal logo Lib Dem hold Lib majority 2,622 7.19 % + 3.40 %



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