Candidates and Constituency Assessments


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Paisley North

7 th June 2001 Westminster Election

Turnout: 27,153 (56.58 %)
LogoPartyCandidateVotes%% change
Labour logoLabour Irene Adams 15,058 55.46 % - 4.00 %
SNP logo Scottish National Party George Adam 5,737 21.13 % - 0.79 %
Liberal logo Liberal Democrat Jane Hook 2,709 9.98 % + 3.05 %
Con logo Conservative Craig Stevenson 2,404 8.85 % - 0.72 %
ssp logo Scottish Socialist Party Jim Halfpenny 982 3.62 % (+ 3.62 %)
Pro Life Alliance Robert Graham 263 0.97 % - 0.59 %
Lab hold Lab majority 9,321 34.33 % - 3.21 %

1 st May 1997 Westminster Election

Turnout: 34,135 (68.65 %)
LogoPartyCandidateVotes%% change
Labour logoLabour Irene Adams 20,295 59.46 % + 7.60 %
SNP logo Scottish National Party Cllr Iain Mackay 7,481 21.92 % - 1.58 %
Con logo Conservative Kenneth Brookes 3,267 9.57 % - 6.11 %
Liberal logo Liberal Democrat Alan Jelfs 2,365 6.93 % - 0.77 %
Pro Life Alliance Robert Graham 531 1.56 % (+ 1.56 %)
Referendum logo Referendum Edwin Mathew 196 0.57 % (+ 0.57 %)
Lab hold Lab majority 12,814 37.54 % + 9.17 %

Notional 1992 result

Labour logo Labour 19,043 51.86 %
SNP logo Scottish National Party8,629 23.50 %
Con logo Conservative 5,757 15.68 %
Liberal logo Liberal Democrat 2,828 7.70 %

Others 456 1.24 %
Labour hold Lab majority 10,414 28.37 %



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