 | 'You can understand the first minister's perversity. Here is a man passed over by Mr Dewar for the job of deputy Scottish Secretary, then passed over again for the deputy leadership of his party in Scotland - and yet again, thanks to Mr Dewar - for the job of deputy first minister.' Murray Ritchie in the Herald, 30 th January 2001. |  |
| Turnout: 32,512 (54.55 %) | |||||
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| Logo | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | % change |
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Labour | Cllr John MacDougall | 18,310 | 56.32 % | - 2.34 % |
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Scottish National Party | Cllr David Alexander | 8,235 | 25.33 % | + 0.31 % |
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Liberal Democrat | Cllr Elizabeth Riches | 2,775 | 8.54 % | + 2.14 % |
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Conservative | Jeremy Balfour | 2,351 | 7.23 % | - 1.77 % |
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Scottish Socialist Party | Morag Balfour | 841 | 2.59 % | (+ 2.59 %) |
| Lab hold | Lab majority | 10,075 | 30.99 % | - 2.65 % |
| Turnout: 40,765 (69.90 %) | |||||
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| Logo | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | % change |
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Labour | Henry McLeish | 23,912 | 58.66 % | + 7.95 % |
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Scottish National Party | Tricia Marwick | 10,199 | 25.02 % | + 0.08 % |
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Conservative | Jacob Rees-Mogg | 3,669 | 9.00 % | - 8.44 % |
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Liberal Democrat | Ross Laird | 2,610 | 6.40 % | - 0.48 % |
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Referendum | John Scrymgeour-Wedderburn | 375 | 0.92 % | (+ 0.92 %) |
| Lab hold | Lab majority | 13,713 | 33.64 % | + 7.86 % |
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Labour | 21,627 | 50.71 % |
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Scottish National Party | 10,636 | 24.94 % |
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Conservative | 7,440 | 17.44 % |
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Liberal Democrat | 2,937 | 6.88 % |
| Lab win | Lab majority | 10,991 | 25.78 % |
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