Candidates and Constituency Assessments

'Each year Scots taxpayers have to pay £1,200 more in tax than is paid south of the Border.' Scottish National Party Treasury Spokesperson Mr John Swinney, 1st August 1996.

North Tayside

7 th June 2001 Westminster Election

Turnout: 38,517 (62.48 %)
Logo	Party	Candidate	Votes	%	% change
	Scottish National Party	Pete Wishart	15,441	40.09 %	- 4.76 %
	Conservative	Murdo Fraser	12,158	31.57 %	- 4.15 %
	Labour	Thomas Docherty	5,715	14.84 %	+ 3.56 %
	Liberal Democrat	Julia Robertson	4,363	11.33 %	+ 3.18 %
	Scottish Socialist Party	Rosie Adams	620	1.61 %	(+ 1.61 %)
	Independent	Tina Macdonald	220	0.57 %	(+ 0.57 %)
	SNP hold	SNP majority	3,283	8.52 %	- 0.61 %

1 st May 1997 Westminster Election

Turnout: 45,591 (74.25 %)
Logo	Party	Candidate	Votes	%	% change
	Scottish National Party	John Swinney	20,447	44.85 %	+ 6.07 %
	Conservative	William Walker	16,287	35.72 %	- 10.64 %
	Labour	Ian McFatridge	5,141	11.28 %	+ 4.33 %
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Regent	3,716	8.15 %	+ 0.27 %
	SNP gain from Con	SNP majority	4,160	9.13 %

Notional 1992 result

	Conservative	21,036	46.36 %
	Scottish National Party	17,597	38.78 %
	Liberal Democrat	3,579	7.88 %
	Labour	3,156	6.95 %
Con win	Con majority	3,439	7.58 %