Westminster Election, 5 th May 2005

The Tories' heart is still beating but not since 1910 have they lost three consecutive elections and on Thursday they did not improve their share of the vote.' Catherine MacLeod in the Herald, 7 th May 2005.

Dumfries & Galloway

Westminster Election, 5 th May 2005

Electorate 74,273 Turnout: 68.52 %
	Russell Brown MP
	Labour
	Votes	20,924
	%	41.12 %
	% change since 2001 (Denver/Baxter figures)	+ 8.76 % / + 8.81 %
	Peter Duncan MP
	Conservative & Unionist
	Votes	18,002
	%	35.37 %
	% change since 2001 (Denver/Baxter figures)	+ 3.29 % / + 5.18 %
	Douglas Henderson
	Scottish National Party
	Votes	6,182
	%	12.15 %
	% change since 2001 (Denver/Baxter figures)	- 12.94 % / - 14.03 %
	Keith Legg
	Liberal Democrat
	Votes	4,259
	%	8.37 %
	% change since 2001 (Denver/Baxter figures)	- 0.48 % / - 1.16 %
	John Schofield
	Scottish Green Party
	Votes	745
	%	1.46 %
	% change since 2001 (Denver/Baxter figures)	(+ 1.46 %) / (+ 1.46 %)
	John Dennis
	Scottish Socialist Party
	Votes	497
	%	0.98 %
	% change since 2001 (Denver/Baxter figures)	- 0.64 % / - 0.81 %
	Pastor Mark Smith
	Operation Christian Vote
	Votes	282
	%	0.55 %
	% change since 2001 (Denver/Baxter figures)	(+ 0.55 %) / (+ 0.55 %)
Notional Labour hold
Labour majority		2,922
% majority		5.74 %
% change since 2001 (Denver/Baxter figures)		- 5.46 % / - 3.61 %

Notional 2001 result

Logo	Party	Denver			Baxter
		Votes	%		Votes	%
	Labour	16,327	32.36 %		15,851	32.31 %
	Conservative & Unionist	16,186	32.08 %		14,811	30.19 %
	Scottish National Party	12,660	25.09 %		12,846	26.18 %
	Liberal Democrat	4,465	8.85 %		4,677	9.53 %
	Scottish Socialist Party	819	1.62 %		879	1.79 %
Notional Labour win	Notional Labour majority	141	0.28 %		1,040	2.13 %