 | 'In public, he (Jack McConnell) heaped praise on Wallace in precisely the way that Labour MSPs, out of earshot, never do. Jimbo, one heard, had made a 'massive contribution to building a better Scotland'. Strange: most of us thought he had made a massive contribution to keeping Labour in power.' Ian Bell in the Herald, 13 th May 2005. |  |
| Electorate 71,702 Turnout: 63.0 % | ||||
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| Logo | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
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Liberal Democrat | Michael Moore MP | 18,993 | 41.85 % |
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Conservative & Unionist | John Lamont | 13,092 | 28.84 % |
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Labour | Sam Held | 7,206 | 15.88 % |
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Scottish National Party | Aileen Orr | 3,885 | 8.56 % |
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Liberal Party | John Hein | 916 | 2.02 % |
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Scottish Socialist Party | Graeme McIver | 695 | 1.53 % |
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UK Independence Party | Peter Neilson | 601 | 1.32 % |
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Notional Liberal Democrat hold | Liberal Democrat majority | 5,901 | 13.00 % |
| Logo | Party | Denver | Baxter | |||
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| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
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Liberal Democrat | 20,317 | 46.79 % | 19,516 | 45.39 % | |
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Conservative & Unionist | 9,547 | 21.99 % | 9,278 | 21.58 % | |
| Labour | 7,348 | 16.92 % | 7,919 | 18.42 % | |
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Scottish National Party | 4,942 | 11.38 % | 4,805 | 11.17 % | |
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Scottish Socialist Party | 654 | 1.51 % | 847 | 1.97 % | |
| Others | 611 | 1.41 % | 635 | 1.47 % | ||
| Notional Liberal Democrat win | Notional Liberal Democrat majority | 10,770 | 24.80 % | 10,238 | 23.81 % | |
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