Candidates and Constituency Assessments

'Down in Old Toun a weary indifference lay on the wynds, they paid no heed to the new election, Chris herself didn't bother to vote - were the liars and cheats called Labour or Tory they'd feather their own nests and lie to the end.' Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Cloud Howe.

Renfrewshire West

7 th June 2001 Westminster Election

Turnout: 33,497 (63.33 %)
Logo	Party	Candidate	Votes	%	% change
	Labour	Cllr Jim Sheridan	15,720	46.93 %	+ 0.37 %
	Scottish National Party	Cllr Carol Putchukeary	7,145	21.33 %	- 5.18 %
	Conservative	David Sharpe	5,522	16.49 %	- 2.08 %
	Liberal Democrat	Alex Mackie	4,185	12.49 %	+ 4.84 %
	Scottish Socialist Party	Arlene Nunnery	925	2.76 %	(+ 2.76 %)
	Lab hold	Lab majority	8,575	25.60 %	+ 5.55 %

1 st May 1997 Westminster Election

Turnout: 39,786 (76.00 %)
Logo	Party	Candidate	Votes	%	% change
	Labour	Tommy Graham	18,525	46.56 %	+ 3.70 %
	Scottish National Party	Cllr Colin Campbell	10,546	26.51 %	+ 5.90 %
	Conservative	Charles Cormack	7,387	18.57 %	- 9.20 %
	Liberal Democrat	Bruce MacPherson	3,045	7.65 %	- 0.77 %
	Referendum	Lindsay Shaw	283	0.71 %	(+ 0.71 %)
	Lab hold	Lab majority	7,979	20.05 %	+ 4.96 %

Notional 1992 result

	Labour	17,174	42.86 %
	Conservative	11,128	27.77 %
	Scottish National Party	8,258	20.61 %
	Liberal Democrat	3,375	8.42 %
	Natural Law Party	129	0.32 %
Labour win	Lab majority	6,046	15.09 %