Candidates and Constituency Assessments

'Ours is a democratic message designed to include all the people of Scotland regardless of origin. It is not where you come from that is important but where we are going together as part of the community of Scotland... I have a dream of a new Scotland. That dream is shared by the people of Perth and Kinross. Scotland is waking from its slumber. Our dream will come true.' SNP MP Roseanna Cunningham after winning Perth and Kinross from the Conservative & Unionist Party.

Perth

7 th June 2001 Westminster Election

Turnout: 37,816 (61.49 %)
Logo	Party	Candidate	Votes	%	% change
	Scottish National Party	Annabelle Ewing	11,237	29.59 %	- 6.79 %
	Conservative	Elizabeth Smith	11,189	29.59 %	+ 0.26 %
	Labour	Marion Dingwall	9,638	25.49 %	+ 0.72 %
	Liberal Democrat	Vicki Harris	4,853	12.83 %	+ 4.79 %
	Scottish Socialist Party	Frank Byrne	899	2.38 %	(+ 2.38 %)
	SNP hold	SNP majority	48	0.12 %	- 6.93

1 st May 1997 Westminster Election

Turnout: 44,551 (73.87 %)
Logo	Party	Candidate	Votes	%	% change
	Scottish National Party	Roseanna Cunningham	16,209	36.38 %	+ 2.00 %
	Conservative	John Godfrey	13,068	29.33 %	- 11.13 %
	Labour	Douglas Alexander	11,036	24.77 %	+ 11.58 %
	Liberal Democrat	Charles Brodie	3,583	8.04 %	- 3.91 %
	Referendum	Robert MacAuley	366	0.82 %	(+ 0.82 %)
	UK Independence	Matthew Henderson	289	0.65 %	(+ 0.65 %)
	SNP hold (notional SNP gain from Con)	SNP majority	3,141	7.05 %

Notional 1992 result

	Conservative	18,159	40.46 %
	Scottish National Party	15,433	34.38 %
	Labour	5,922	13.19 %
	Liberal Democrat	5,366	11.95 %
Con win	Con majority	2,726	6.07 %