Candidates and Constituency Assessments

'Labour will support England's bid to host the World Cup finals in 2006, and remember, it was under a Labour government that England won the tournament.' Labour's Shadow National Heritage Secretary Dr Jack Cunningham rejects the case for a joint World Cup bid by the four UK football associations.

Carrick, Cumnock & Doon Valley

7 th June 2001 Westminster Election

Turnout: 40,107 (61.78 %)
Logo	Party	Candidate	Votes	%	% change
	Labour Co-op	George Foulkes	22,174	55.29 %	- 4.50 %
	Conservative	Gordon Miller	7,318	18.25 %	+ 1.30 %
	Scottish National Party	Tom Wilson	6,258	15.60 %	- 1.06 %
	Liberal Democrat	Amy Rogers	2,932	7.31 %	+ 2.00 %
	Scottish Socialist Party	Amanda McFarlane	1,058	2.62 %	(+ 2.62 %)
	Socialist Labour Party	James McDaid	367	0.92 %	(+ 0.92 %)
	Lab hold	Lab majority	14,856	37.04 %	- 5.80 %

1 st May 1997 Westminster Election

Turnout: 74.96 (74.96 %)
Logo	Party	Candidate	Votes	%	% change
	Labour	George Foulkes	29,398	59.79 %	+ 5.74 %
	Conservative	Alasdair Marshall	8,336	16.95 %	- 8.70 %
	Scottish National Party	Christine Hutchison	8,190	16.66 %	+ 1.58 %
	Liberal Democrat	Derek Young	2,613	5.31 %	+ 0.11 %
	Referendum	John Higgins	634	1.29 %	(+ 1.29 %)
	Lab hold	Lab majority	21,062	42.84 %	+ 14.44 %

Notional 1992 result

	Labour	27,957	54.05 %
	Conservative	13,271	25.65 %
	Scottish National Party	7,802	15.08 %
	Liberal Democrat	2,690	5.20 %
Lab win	Lab majority	14,686	28.40 %