Candidates and Constituency Assessments


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Clydesdale

7 th June 2001 Westminster Election

Turnout: 38,222 (59.33 %)
LogoPartyCandidateVotes%% change
Labour logo Labour Jimmy Hood 17,822 46.63 % - 5.91 %
SNP logo Scottish National Party Jim Wright 10,028 26.24 % + 4.11 %
Con logo Conservative Kevin Newton 5,034 13.17 % - 3.12 %
Liberal logo Liberal Democrat Moira Craig 4,111 10.76 % + 2.40 %
SSP Scottish Socialist Party Paul Cocksholt 974 2.55 % (+ 2.55 %)
UK Independence UK Independence Party Donald MacKay 253 0.66 % (+ 0.66 %)
Lab hold Lab majority 7,794 20.39 % - 10.02 %

1 st May 1997 Westminster Election

Turnout: 45,412 (71.60 %)
LogoPartyCandidateVotes%% change
Labour logo Labour James Hood 23,859 52.54 % + 7.95 %
SNP logo Scottish National Party Andrew Doig 10,050 22.13 % - 0.95 %
Con logo Conservative Mark Izatt7,396 16.29 % - 7.09 %
Liberal logo Liberal Democrat Sandra Grieve 3,796 8.36 % + 0.12 %
BNP British National Party Kenneth Smith 311 0.68 % - 0.03 %
Lab hold Lab majority 13,809 30.41 % + 9.20 %

9 th April 1992 Westminster election (no boundary change)

Turnout: 48,032 (76.63 %)
LogoPartyCandidateVotes%% change
Labour logo Labour James Hood 21,418 44.59 % - 0.71 %
Con logo Conservative Carol Goodwin 11,231 23.38 % - 0.12 %
SNP logo Scottish National Party Iain Gray 11,084 23.08 % + 8.29 %
Liberal logo Liberal Democrat Elspeth Buchannan 3957 8.24 % - 8.17 %
BNP British National Party Stephen Cartwright 342 0.71 % (+ 0.71 %)
Labour logo Lab win Lab majority 10,187 21.21 % - 0.59 %



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