Candidates and Constituency Assessments

'I think this is rather clumsy and distinctly unsatisfactory to have different levels in Scotland and in England. However, I think it will do the trick for us.' From a memo on student loans and graduate endowment repayments by Robert Brown, Lib Dem MSP for Glasgow.

Tweedale, Ettrick & Lauderdale

7 th June Westminster Election

Turnout: 33,217 (63.92 %)
Logo	Party	Candidate	Votes	%	% change
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Moore	14,035	42.25 %	+ 11.03 %
	Labour	Keith Geddes	8,878	26.73 %	- 0.68 %
	Conservative	Andrew Brocklehurst	5,118	15.41 %	- 6.70 %
	Scottish National Party	Richard Thomson	4,108	12.37 %	- 4.73 %
	Scottish Socialist Party	Norman Lockhart	695	2.09 %	(+ 2.09 %)
	Liberal	John Hein	383	1.15 %	+ 0.16 %
	Lib Dem hold	Lib Dem majority	5,157	15.52 %	+ 11.71 %

1 st May 1997 Westminster Election

Turnout: 39,001 (76.64 %)
Logo	Party	Candidate	Votes	%	% change
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Moore	12,178	31.22 %	- 3.82 %
	Labour	Keith Geddes	10,689	27.41 %	+ 11.00 %
	Conservative	Alister Jack	8,623	22.11 %	- 8.57 %
	Scottish National Party	Ian Goldie	6,671	17.10 %	- 0.06 %
	Referendum	Christopher Mowbray	406	1.04 %	(+ 1.04 %)
	Liberal	John Hein	387	0.99 %	(+ 0.99 %)
	Natural Law Party	Duncan Paterson	47	0.12 %	(+ 0.12 %)
	Lib Dem hold	Lib Dem majority	1,489	3.81 %	- 0.55 %

1992 result (no boundary change)

	Liberal Democrat	13,953	35.04 %
	Conservative	12,218	30.68 %
	Scottish National Party	6,835	17.16 %
	Labour	6,538	16.41 %
	Others	276	0.69 %
Lib Dem win	Lib Dem majority	1,735	4.36 %