 | 'Helen Liddell may be standing down from parliament, but her Raj lifestyle will continue. Ms Liddell and her family are greatly taken with the wonderful country that is Australia and, by great and good luck, Labour were looking for someone to be high commissioner to this sunny land. Only cynics would point out that Helen's departure was in any way connected to leaving a clear electoral run in North Lanarkshire to Dr John Reid.' Tom Shields in the Sunday Herald, 10 th April 2005. |  |
| Electorate 61,955 Turnout: 53.52 % | ||||
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| Logo | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
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Labour | Rt Hon John Reid MP | 19,568 | 59.01 % |
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Scottish National Party | Malcolm Balfour | 5,484 | 16.54 % |
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Liberal Democrat | Helen Watt | 3,792 | 11.44 % |
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Conservative & Unionist | Stuart Cottis | 3,271 | 9.86 % |
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Scottish Socialist Party | Fraser Coats | 706 | 2.13 % |
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Scottish Independence Party | Joseph Rowan | 337 | 1.02 % |
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Notional Labour hold | Labour majority | 14,084 | 42.48 % |
| Logo | Party | Denver | Baxter | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| Labour | 20,125 | 58.63 % | 20,083 | 62.46 % | |
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Scottish National Party | 6,580 | 19.17 % | 5,897 | 18.25 % | |
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Liberal Democrat | 2,697 | 7.86 % | 2,679 | 8.33 % | |
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Conservative & Unionist | 2,100 | 6.12 % | 2,030 | 6.31 % | |
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Scottish Socialist Party | 1,278 | 3.72 % | 1,304 | 4.08 % | |
| Others | 1,548 | 4.51 % | 186 | 0.58 % | ||
| Notional Labour win | Notional Labour majority | 13,545 | 39.46 % | 14,214 | 44.21 % | |
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