Candidates and Constituency Assessments

'In comparison to most other European countries, the NHS is in the UK is under funded, with the result that standards fall towards the bottom end of those achieved elsewhere in Europe. The SNP's budget proposals allocate an additional £65 million in each of the first four years of independence in order to cover the cost of priority health spending.' Alasdair Morgan 28 th August 1996.

Galloway & Upper Nithsdale

7 th June Westminster Election

Turnout: 35,914 (68.08 %)
Logo	Party	Candidate	Votes	%	% change
	Conservative	Peter Duncan	12,222	34.03 %	+ 3.51 %
	Scottish National Party	Malcolm Fleming	12,148	33.83 %	- 10.08 %
	Labour	Tommy Sloan	7,258	20.21 %	+ 3.88 %
	Liberal Democrat	Neil Wallace	3,698	10.30 %	+ 3.87 %
	Scottish Socialist Party	Andy Harvey	588	1.64%	(+ 1.64 %)
	Con gain from SNP	Con majority	74	0.20 %

1 st May 1997 Westminster Election

Turnout: 42,018 (79.65 %)
Logo	Party	Candidate	Votes	%	% change
	Scottish National Party	Alasdair Morgan	18,449	43.91 %	+ 7.47 %
	Conservative	Ian Lang	12,825	30.52 %	- 11.47 %
	Labour	Katy Clark	6,861	16.33 %	+ 3.37 %
	Liberal Democrat	John McKerchar	2,700	6.43 %	- 2.16 %
	Independent	Roger Wood	566	1.35 %	(+ 1.35 %)
	Referendum	Alan Kennedy	428	1.02 %	(+ 1.02 %)
	UK Independence Party	Joseph Smith	189	0.45 %	(+ 0.45 %)
	SNP gain from Con	SNP majority	5,624	13.39 %

Notional 1992 result

	Conservative	18,173	41.99 %
	Scottish National Party	15,773	36.44 %
	Labour	5,609	12.96 %
	Liberal Democrat	3,721	8.59 %
Con win	Con majority	2,400	5.55 %