Candidates and Constituency Assessments

'Aberdeen has just as many problems as any other city when it comes to poverty, drugs, housing, health and congestion on our roads. Yet, it seems that every time the Labour government announces new cash, Aberdeen loses out! Labour's local MSPs and MPs may have failed Aberdeen but the SNP's MSPs are campaigning to put Aberdeen on the map and ensure that the city gets its fair share of government cash.' Shadow Fisheries Minister, Richard Lochhead MSP, February 2001.

Aberdeen South

7 th June 2001 Westminster Election

Turnout: 36,890 (62.62 %)
Logo	Party	Candidate	Votes	%	% change
	Labour	Anne Begg	14,696	39.84 %	+ 4.57 %
	Liberal Democrat	Cllr Ian Yuill	10,308	27.94 %	+ 0.31 %
	Conservative	Moray Macdonald	7,098	19.24 %	- 7.13 %
	Scottish National Party	Cllr Ian Angus	4,293	11.64 %	+ 1.88 %
	Scottish Socialist Party	Dave Watt	495	1.34 %	(+ 1.34 %)
	Lab hold	Lab majority	4,388	11.90 %	+ 4.26 %

1 st May 1997 Westminster Election

Turnout: 44,062 (72.84 %)
Logo	Party	Candidate	Votes	%	% change
	Labour	Anne Begg	15,541	35.27 %	+ 11.38 %
	Liberal Democrat	Nichol Stephen	12,176	27.63 %	+ 0.98 %
	Conservative	Raymond Robertson	11,621	26.37 %	- 10.99 %
	Scottish National Party	Jim Towers	4,299	9.76 %	- 2.33 %
	Referendum	Ric Wharton	425	0.96 %	(+ 0.96 %)
	Lab gain from Con	Lab majority	3,365	7.64 %

Notional 1992 result

	Conservative	16,487	37.36 %
	Liberal Democrat	11,762	26.65 %
	Labour	10,545	23.89 %
	Scottish National Party	5,336	12.09 %
Conservative win	Con majority	4,725	10.71 %