 | 'Compared to Malcolm Chisholm's principled and courageous decision, which has brought credit to him as an MP, Calum MacDonald has let his constituents down. The people of the Western Isles did not vote for Calum MacDonald so that he could bolster the cruel Tory policy of penalising lone parents by cutting their benefit.' Michael Russell, December 1997. |  |
| Turnout: 13,159 (60.34 %) | |||||
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| Logo | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | % change |
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Labour | Dr Calum MacDonald | 5,924 | 45.02 % | - 10.58 % |
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Scottish National Party | Alasdair Nicholson | 4,850 | 36.86 % | + 3.46 % |
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Conservative | Douglas Taylor | 1,250 | 9.50 % | + 2.85 % |
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Liberal Democrat | John Horne | 849 | 6.45% | + 3.38 % |
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Scottish Socialist Party | Joanne Telfer | 286 | 2.17 % | (+ 2.17 %) |
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Lab hold | Lab majority | 1,074 | 8.16 % | - 14.04 % |
| Turnout: 16,106 (70.08 %) | |||||
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| Logo | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | % change |
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Labour | Dr Calum MacDonald | 8,955 | 55.60 % | + 7.79 % |
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Scottish National Party | Dr Anne Lorne Gillies | 5,379 | 33.40 % | - 3.78 % |
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Conservative | James McGrigor | 1,071 | 6.65 % | - 1.84 % |
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Liberal Democrat | Neil Mitchison | 495 | 3.07 % | - 0.37 % |
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Referendum | Ralph Lionel | 206 | 1.28 % | (+ 1.28 %) |
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Lab hold | Lab majority | 3,576 | 22.20 % | + 11.58 % |
| Turnout: 16,030 (69.65 %) | |||||
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| Logo | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | % change |
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Labour | Dr Calum MacDonald | 7,664 | 47.81 % | + 5.13 % |
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Scottish National Party | Frances MacFarlane | 5,961 | 37.18 % | + 8.68 % |
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Conservative | Bob Heaney | 1,362 | 8.49 % | + 0.39 % |
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Liberal Democrat | Neil Mitchison | 552 | 3.44 % | - 17.28 % |
| Independent | Andrew Price | 491 | 3.06 % | (+ 3.06 %) | |
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Labour hold | Lab majority | 1,703 | 10.62 % | - 3.56 % |
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