 | 'The second Viscount Thurso was a noted recipient of considerable public subsidy in return for not planting trees on his flow estate and offered land to the 'atomics' at Dounreay for a controversial underground waste dump.' Douglas Fraser in the Sunday Herald, 6 th May 2001 |  |
| Turnout: 24,867 (60.32 %) | |||||
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| Logo | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | % change |
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Liberal Democrat | John Sinclair, 3 rd Viscount Thurso | 9,041 | 36.36 % | + 0.77 % |
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Labour | Michael Meighan | 6,297 | 25.32 % | - 2.52 % |
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Scottish National Party | John McAdam | 5,273 | 21.20 % | - 1.80 % |
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Conservative | Robert Rowantree | 3,513 | 14.13 % | + 3.34 % |
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Scottish Socialist Party | Karn Mabon | 544 | 2.19 % | (+ 2.19 %) |
| Independent | Gordon Campbell | 199 | 0.80 % | (+ 0.80 %) | |
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Lib Dem hold | Lib Dem majority | 2,744 | 11.04 % | + 3.29 % |
| Turnout: 29,172 (70.18 %) | |||||
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| Logo | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | % |
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Liberal Democrat | Robert Maclennan | 10,381 | 35.59 % | - 8.82 % |
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Labour | James Hendry | 8,122 | 27.84 % | + 12.21 % |
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Scottish National Party | Cllr Euan Harper | 6,710 | 23.00 % | + 4.63 % |
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Conservative | Tom Miers | 3,148 | 10.79 % | -10.79 % |
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Referendum | Carolyn Ryder | 369 | 1.26 % | (+ 1.26 %) |
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Green | John Martin | 230 | 0.79 % | (+ 0.79 %) |
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UK Independence | Martin Carr | 212 | 0.73 % | (+ 0.73 %) |
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Lib Dem win | Lib Dem majority | 2,259 | 7.75 % | - 15.08 % |
| Liberal Democrat | 13,150 | 44.41 % |
| Conservative | 6,391 | 21.58 % |
| Scottish National Party | 5,440 | 18.37 % |
| Labour | 4,629 | 15.63 % |
| Lib Dem win | Lib Dem majority | 6,759 | 22.83 % |
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