Westminster Election, 5 th May 2005


saltire shield'In all the rows between the BBC and the government, Tony Blair has become the only prime minister to dispose of the corporation's two major players.'
Allison Hardie in the Scotsman, 30 th January 2004.
Lion Rampant

Cumbernauld, Kilsyth & Kirkintilloch East

Westminster Election, 5 th May 2005

Electorate 64,748 Turnout: 60.37 %
Logo Party Candidate Votes %
Labour logo Labour Rosemary McKenna MP 20,251 51.81 %
SNP logo Scottish National Party James Hepburn 8,689 22.23 %
Liberal logo Liberal Democrat Hugh O'Donnell 5,817 14.88 %
Conservative logo Conservative & Unionist James Boswell 2,718 6.95 %
SSP Scottish Socialist Party Willie O'Neill 1,141 2.92 %
Christian Operation Christian Vote Patrick Elliott 472 1.21 %
Labour logo Notional Labour hold Labour majority 11,562 29.58 %

Notional 2001 result

Logo Party Denver
Baxter
Votes % Votes %
Labour logo Labour 23,026 57.79 % 23,314 57.61 %
Scottish National Party logo Scottish National Party 10,359 26.00 % 10,505 25.96 %
Liberal Democrat logo Liberal Democrat 2,430 6.10 % 2,446 6.04 %
Scottish Tory logo Conservative & Unionist 2,017 5.06 % 2,031 5.02 %
Scottish Socialist Party logo Scottish Socialist Party 1,775 4.46 % 1,992 4.75 %

Others 234 0.59 % 250 0.62 %
Notional Labour win Notional Labour majority 12,667 31.79 % 12,810 31.66 %


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