 | The 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. |  |
| The 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. | |
| Electorate 74,273 Turnout: 68.52 % | ||||
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| Logo | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
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Labour | Russell Brown MP | 20,924 | 41.12 % |
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Conservative & Unionist | Peter Duncan MP | 18,002 | 35.37 % |
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Scottish National Party | Douglas Henderson | 6,182 | 12.15 % |
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Liberal Democrat | Keith Legg | 4,259 | 8.37 % |
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Scottish Green Party | John Schofield | 745 | 1.46 % |
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Scottish Socialist Party | John Dennis | 497 | 0.98 % |
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Operation Christian Vote | Pastor Mark Smith | 282 | 0.55 % |
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Notional Labour hold | Labour majority | 2,922 | 5.74 % |
| Logo | Party | Denver | Baxter | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| Labour | 16,327 | 32.36 % | 15,851 | 32.31 % | |
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Conservative & Unionist | 16,186 | 32.08 % | 14,811 | 30.19 % | |
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Scottish National Party | 12,660 | 25.09 % | 12,846 | 26.18 % | |
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Liberal Democrat | 4,465 | 8.85 % | 4,677 | 9.53 % | |
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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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