Candidates and Constituency Assessments

'I really hoped for more from a Labour Government and from Sam Galbraith, who ought to know what the situation is really like. I fear that Mr Galbraith has become institutionalised. I speak to doctors every week who now feel there is no point in their saying what they think and complaining about the situation because no-one in power cares about what is going on - the staff don't feel part of the NHS enterprise and the situation is unbelievably awful.' Dr Brian Potter, Scottish Secretary of the British Medical Association, 5 th January 1999.

Strathkelvin & Bearsden

7 th June 2001 Westminster Election

Turnout: 41,486 (66.14 %)
Logo	Party	Candidate	Votes	%	% change
	Labour	John Lyons	19,250	46.40 %	- 6.46 %
	Liberal Democrat	Gordon Macdonald	7,533	18.16 %	+ 8.42 %
	Scottish National Party	Calum Smith	6,675	16.09 %	- 0.23 %
	Conservative	Murray Roxburgh	6,635	15.99 %	- 4.10 %
	Scottish Socialist Party	Willie Telfer	1,393	3.36 %	(+ 3.36 %)
	Lab hold	Lab majority	11,717	28.24 %	- 4.53 %

1 st May 1997 Westminster Election

Turnout: 49,712 (78.94 %)
Logo	Party	Candidate	Votes	%	% change
	Labour	Dr Sam Galbraith	26,278	52.86 %	+ 6.77 %
	Conservative	David Sharpe	9,986	20.09 %	- 16.84 %
	Scottish National Party	Graeme McCormick	8,111	16.32 %	+ 3.43 %
	Liberal Democrat	John Morrison	4,843	9.74 %	+ 1.46 %
	Referendum	David Wilson	339	0.68 %	(+ 0.68 %)
	Natural Law Party	Janice Fisher	155	0.31 %	(+ 0.31 %)
	Lab hold	Lab majority	16,292	32.77 %	+ 19.23 %

Notional 1992 result

	Labour	23,658	46.09 %
	Conservative	16,710	32.55 %
	Scottish National Party	6,621	12.89 %
	Liberal Democrat	4,252	8.28 %
	Natural Law Party	85	0.16 %
Labour win	Lab majority	6,948	13.54 %