 | 'I have been a Member of Parliament for nearly 20 years and I am one of those old dogs who would probably not learn many new tricks and, as my speech tonight has demonstrated, would probably bore the backsides off most of the new Members there.' Martin O'Neill MP, Hansard, 12 th January 1998. |  |
| Turnout: 35,303 (61.34 %) | |||||
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| Logo | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | % change |
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Labour | Martin O'Neil | 16,004 | 45.33 % | + 0.32 % |
 | Scottish National Party | Cllr Keith Brown | 10,655 | 30.18 % | - 4.20 % |
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Conservative | Alasdair Campbell | 4,235 | 12.00 % | - 2.58 % |
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Liberal Democrat | Paul Edie | 3,253 | 9.21 % | + 4.04 % |
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Scottish Socialist Party | Pauline Thomson | 751 | 2.13 % | (+ 2.13 %) |
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Monster Raving Loony Party | Flash Gordon Approaching | 405 | 1.15 % | (+ 1.15 %) |
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Lab hold | Lab majority | 5,349 | 15.15 % | + 4.52 % |
| Turnout: 43,786 (77.40 %) | |||||
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| Logo | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | % change |
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Labour | Martin O'Neil | 19,707 | 45.01 % | + 1.95 % |
| Scottish National Party | George Reid | 15,055 | 34.38 % | + 8.32 % |
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Conservative | Allan Hogarth | 6,383 | 14.58 % | - 9.39 % |
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Liberal Democrat | Ann Watters | 2,262 | 5.17 % | - 1.73 % |
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Referendum | Derek White | 210 | 0.48 % | (+ 0.48 %) |
| D Nat | Ian McDonald | 104 | 0.24 % | (+ 0.24 %) | |
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Natural Law | Mike Sullivan | 65 | 0.15 % | (+ 0.15 %) |
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Lab hold | Lab majority | 4,652 | 10.63 % | - 6.37 % |
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Labour | 18,620 | 43.06 % |
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Scottish National Party | 11,270 | 26.06 % |
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Conservative | 10,367 | 23.97 % |
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Liberal Democrat | 2,984 | 6.90 % |
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Green | 41 | 0.09 % |
| Loony | 8 | 0.01% | |
| Labour win | Lab majority | 7,350 | 17.00 % |
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