Candidates and Constituency Assessments

'The SNP score ten out of ten because we stand for Scotland first, last and always. On the basis of policies that are handed down to them by Tony Blair, Labour MPs in Scotland score zero out of ten because they take their orders from London.' SNP Leader John Swinney, 8 th March 2001.

Angus

1 st May 1997 Westminster Election

Turnout: 35,013 (59.34 %)
Logo	Party	Candidate	Votes	%	% change
	Scottish National Party	Michael Weir	12,347	35.26 %	- 13.01 %
	Conservative	Marcus Booth	8,736	24.95 %	+ 0.34 %
	Labour	Ian McFatridge	8,183	23.37 %	+ 7.74 %
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Nield	5,015	14.32 %	+ 4.88 %
	Scottish Socialist Party	Bruce Wallace	732	2.09 %	(+ 2.09 %)
	SNP hold	SNP majority	3,611	10.31 %	- 13.35 %

1 st May 1997 Westminster Election

Turnout: 43,076 (72.14 %)
Logo	Party	Candidate	Votes	%	% change
	Scottish National Party	Andrew Welsh	20,792	48.27 %	+ 9.11 %
	Conservative	Sebastian Leslie	10,603	24.61 %	- 13.47 %
	Labour	Catherine Taylor	6,733	15.63 %	+ 2.69 %
	Liberal Democrat	Dick Speirs	4,065	9.44 %	+ 0.65 %
	Referendum	Brian Taylor	883	2.05 %	(+ 2.05 %)
	SNP win	SNP majority	10,189	23.66 %	+ 22.59 %

Notional 1992 result

	Scottish National Party	17,274	39.16 %
	Conservative	16,801	38.08 %
	Labour	5,708	12.94 %
	Liberal Democrat	3,878	8.79 %
	Green	449	1.01 %
SNP win	SNP majority	473	1.07 %