Candidates and Constituency Assessments

'When Gordon Brown made his Budget statement, he was giving with one hand much, much less than he had already taken with the other. He may have cut 1p off the basic rate of income tax, but he has raised tax overall by the equivalent of 9p on the basic rate. This was the 9p up, 1p down Budget.' Tory leader-in-waiting, Michael Portillo, MP, 22 nd March 2000.

Dunfermline East

7 th June 2001 Westminster Election

Turnout: 30,086 (56.97 %)
Logo	Party	Candidate	Votes	%	% change
	Labour	Dr Gordon Brown	19,487	64.77 %	- 2.04 %
	Scottish National Party	John Mellon	4,424	14.70 %	- 0.85 %
	Conservative	Stuart Randall	2,838	9.43 %	- 0.56 %
	Liberal Democrat	John Mainland	2,281	7.56 %	+ 1.64 %
	Scottish Socialist Party	Andy Jackson	770	2.56%	(+ 2.56 %)
	UK Independence Party	Tom Dunsmore	286	0.95 %	(+ 0.95 %)
	Lab hold	Lab majority	15,063	50.07 %	- 1.19 %

1 st May 1997 Westminster Election

Turnout: 36,583 (70.25 %)
Logo	Party	Candidate	Votes	%	% change
	Labour	Dr Gordon Brown	24,431	66.81 %	+ 3.95 %
	Scottish National Party	John Ramage	5,690	15.55 %	+ 0.82 %
	Conservative	Iain Mitchell QC	3,656	9.99 %	- 6.30 %
	Liberal Democrat	Jim Tolson	2,164	5.92 %	- 0.18 %
	Referendum	Thomas Dunsmore	632	1.73 %	(+ 1.73 %)
	Lab hold	Lab majority	18,741	51.26 %	+ 4.69 %

Notional 1992 result

	Labour	23,966	62.86 %
	Conservative	6,211	16.29 %
	Scottish National Party	5,619	14.73 %
	Liberal Democrat	2,329	6.10 %
Lab win	Lab majority	17,755	46.57 %