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 share 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 %
Brian Donohoe MP Russell Brown MP labour logo
Labour
Votes20,924
%41.12 %
% change since 2001 (Denver/Baxter figures)+ 8.76 % / + 8.81 %
Peter Duncan MP Peter Duncan MP Con logo
Conservative & Unionist
Votes18,002
%35.37 %
% change since 2001 (Denver/Baxter figures)+ 3.29 % / + 5.18 %
Douglas Henderson Douglas Henderson SNP logo
Scottish National Party
Votes6,182
%12.15 %
% change since 2001 (Denver/Baxter figures)- 12.94 % / - 14.03 %
Keith Legg Keith Legg liberal logo
Liberal Democrat
Votes4,259
%8.37 %
% change since 2001 (Denver/Baxter figures)- 0.48 % / - 1.16 %
Who John Schofield Green logo
Scottish Green Party
Votes745
%1.46 %
% change since 2001 (Denver/Baxter figures)(+ 1.46 %) / (+ 1.46 %)
John Dennis John Dennis SSP logo
Scottish Socialist Party
Votes497
%0.98 %
% change since 2001 (Denver/Baxter figures)- 0.64 % / - 0.81 %
Who Pastor Mark Smith OCV logo
Operation Christian Vote
Votes282
%0.55 %
% change since 2001 (Denver/Baxter figures)(+ 0.55 %) / (+ 0.55 %)
Notional Labour hold labour logo
Labour majority2,922
% majority5.74 %
% change since 2001 (Denver/Baxter figures)- 5.46 % / - 3.61 %

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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