 | 'He is trying his level best to push residents out of the city centre. It amounts to a one-man crusade against what is a World Heritage Site. The whole of the city is rebelling against this dictator who has put himself outside democracy and is intent to use the issue as a re-election campaign.' A spokesperson for 3 Edinburgh city centre Community Councils and 20 Residents' associations on Labour Cllr and Convenor of Transport, David Begg, 9 th February 1999. |  |
| Turnout: 34,390 (52.04 %) | |||||
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| Logo | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | % change |
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Labour | Alastair Darling | 14,495 | 42.15 % | - 4.94 % |
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Liberal Democrat | Andy Myles | 6,353 | 18.47 % | + 5.35 % |
 | Conservative | Alastair Orr | 5,643 | 16.41 % | - 4.78 % |
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Scottish National Party | Dr Ian McKee | 4,832 | 14.05 % | - 1.75 % |
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Scottish Green Party | Graeme Farmer | 1,809 | 5.26 % | + 3.84 % |
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Scottish Socialist Party | Kevin Williamson | 1,258 | 3.66 % | (+ 3.66 %) |
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Lab hold | Lab majority | % | % | |
| Logo | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | % change |
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Labour | Alastair Darling | 20,125 | 47.09 % | + 8.56 % |
| Conservative | Mike Scott-Hayward | 9,055 | 21.19 % | - 8.16 % |
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Scottish National Party | Fiona Hyslop | 6,750 | 15.80 % | + 0.58 % |
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Liberal Democrat | Karen Utting | 5,605 | 13.12 % | - 1.71 % |
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Scottish Green Party | Linda Hendry | 607 | 1.42 % | (+ 1.42 %) |
 | Referendum | Austin Skinner | 495 | 1.16 % | (+ 1.16 %) |
| Independent Democrat | Mark Benson | 98 | 0.23 % | (+ 0.23 %) | |
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Lab hold | Lab majority | 11,070 | 25.90 % | + 16.72 % |
| Labour | 15,770 | 38.53 % |
| Conservative | 12,013 | 29.35 % |
| Scottish National Party | 6,232 | 15.22 % |
| Liberal Democrat | 6,073 | 14.83 % |
| Others | 837 | 2.04 % | |
| Lab win | Lab majority | 3,757 | 9.18 % |
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