Candidates and Constituency Assessments

'Given the devil of devolution and the deep-blue sea of independence, I would go for independence.' Conservative Minister, Allan Stewart's answer to the Lorraine Mann Question.

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7 th June 2001 Westminster Election

Turnout: 48,368 (70.74 %)
Logo	Party	Candidate	Votes	%	% change
	Labour	Jim Murphy	23,036	47.63 %	+ 7.88 %
	Conservative	Raymond Robertson	13,895	28.73 %	- 4.83 %
	Liberal Democrat	Allan Steele	6,239	12.90 %	+ 1.20 %
	Scottish National Party	Stewart Maxwell	4,137	8.55 %	- 4.52 %
	Scottish Socialist Party	Peter Murray	814	1.68 %	(+ 1.68 %)
	Independent	Manar Tayan	247	0.51 %	(+ 0.51 %)
	Lab hold	Lab majority	9,141	18.90 %	+ 12.71 %

1 st May 1997 Westminster Election

Turnout: 52,235 (78.32 %)
Logo	Party	Candidate	Votes	%	% change
	Labour	Jim Murphy	20,766	39.75 %	+ 15.62 %
	Conservative	Paul Cullen	17,530	33.56 %	- 13.06 %
	Scottish National Party	Douglas Yates	6,826	13.07 %	+ 0.56 %
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Mason	6,110	11.70 %	- 4.73 %
	Referendum	David Miller	497	0.95 %	(+ 0.95 %)
	Pro Life Alliance	Manar Tayan	393	0.75 %	(+ 0.75 %)
	UK Independence Party	Douglas McPherson	130	0.22 %	(+ 0.22 %)
	Lab gain from Con	Lab majority	3,236	6.19 %

Notional 1992 result

	Conservative	24,544	46.62 %
	Labour	12,706	24.13 %
	Liberal Democrat	8,651	16.43 %
	Scottish National Party	6,589	12.51 %
	Natural Law Party	146	0.27 %
Con win	Con majority	11838	22.49 %