Westminster Election, 5 th May 2005


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

Westminster Election, 5 th May 2005

Electorate 74,273 Turnout: 68.52 %
Logo Party Candidate Votes %
Labour logo Labour Russell Brown MP 20,924 41.12 %
Conservative logo Conservative & Unionist Peter Duncan MP 18,002 35.37 %
SNP logo Scottish National Party Douglas Henderson 6,182 12.15 %
Liberal logo Liberal Democrat Keith Legg 4,259 8.37 %
Green Scottish Green Party John Schofield 745 1.46 %
SSP Scottish Socialist Party John Dennis 497 0.98 %
Christian Operation Christian Vote Pastor Mark Smith 282 0.55 %
Labour logo Notional Labour hold Labour majority 2,922 5.74 %

Notional 2001 result

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


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