Candidates and Constituency Assessments

'Reports of my political demise were not, in fact, exaggerated.' Michael Forsyth, Secretary of State for Scotland, 6 th May 1997.

Stirling

7 th June 2001 Westminster Election

Turnout: 35,930 (67.67 %)
Logo	Party	Candidate	Votes	%	% change
	Labour	Anne McGuire	15,175	42.23 %	- 5.22 %
	Conservative	Geoff Mawdsley	8,901	24.77 %	- 7.75 %
	Scottish National Party	Fiona McAuley	5,877	16.36 %	+ 2.97 %
	Liberal Democrat	Clive Freeman	4,208	11.71 %	+ 5.48 %
	Scottish Socialist Party	Dr Clark Mullen	1,012	2.82 %	(+ 2.82 %)
	Scottish Green Party	Mike Ruskell	757	2.11 %	(+ 2.11 %)
	Lab hold	Lab majority	6,274	17.46 %	+ 2.53 %

1 st May 1997 Westminster Election

Turnout: 42,958 (81.84 %)
Logo	Party	Candidate	Votes	%	% change
	Labour	Anne McGuire	20,382	47.45 %	+ 8.83 %
	Conservative	Michael Forsyth	13,971	32.52 %	- 6.65 %
	Scottish National Party	Cllr Ewan Dow	5,752	13.39 %	- 1.10 %
	Liberal Democrat	Alistair Tough	2,675	6.23 %	- 0.50 %
	UK Independence	William McMurdo	154	0.36 %	(+ 0.36 %)
	Value	Elaine Olson	24	0.06 %	(+ 0.06 %)
	Lab gain from Con	Lab majority	6,411	14.93 %

Notional 1992 result

	Conservative	16,607	39.17 %
	Labour	16,371	38.62 %
	Scottish National Party	6,145	14.49 %
	Liberal Democrat	2,854	6.73 %
	Others	410	0.96 %
Con win	Con majority	236	0.56 %

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