Candidates and Constituency Assessments

'Apart from the bloodshed, alcoholism and the silly fur hats, I cannot see that Blairism differs greatly from the Soviet approach to party or representative democracy. And certainly, they share a preference for the appearance of devolution amid the continuing reality of central party power.' Tim Williams in the Scotsman, 19 th November 1998.

Edinburgh North & Leith

7 th June 2001 Westminster Election

Turnout: 33,234 (53.20 %)
Logo	Party	Candidate	Votes	%	% change
	Labour	Mark Lazarowicz	15,271	45.95 %	- 0.96 %
	Liberal Democrat	Sebastian Tombs	6,454	19.42 %	+ 6.39 %
	Scottish National Party	Ms Kaukab Stewart	5,290	15.92 %	- 4.18 %
	Conservative	Iain Mitchell	4,626	13.92 %	+ 0.89 %
	Scottish Socialist Party	Catriona Grant	1,334	4.01 %	+ 3.23 %
	Socialist Labour Party	Don Jacobsen	259	0.78 %	(+ 0.78 %)
	Lab win	Lab majority	8,817	26.53 %	+ 7.39 %

1 st May 1997 Westminster Election

Turnout: 40,945 (66.45 %)
Logo	Party	Candidate	Votes	%	% change
	Labour	Malcolm Chisholm	19,209	46.91 %	+ 12.00 %
	Scottish National Party	Anne Dana	8,231	20.10 %	- 0.23 %
	Conservative	Ewen Stewart	7,312	17.86 %	- 6.97 %
	Liberal Democrat	Hilary Campbell	5,335	13.03 %	+ 1.32 %
	Referendum	Sandy Graham	441	1.08 %	(+ 1.08 %)
	Scottish Socialist Alliance	Gavin Brown	320	0.78 %	(+ 0.78 %)
	Natural Law	Paul Douglas-Reid	97	0.24%	(+ 0.24 %)
	Lab win	Lab majority	10,978	26.81 %	+ 16.97 %

Notional 1992 result

	Labour	15,019	34.91 %
	Conservative	10,685	24.83 %
	Scottish National Party	8,749	20.33 %
	Liberal Democrat	5,038	11.71 %
	Others	3,529	8.20 %
Lab win	Lab majority	4,334	10.07 %