 | 'Travel north and the Tory revival diminishes with the miles. swing of 3 % in the East Midlands. Three seats won back in Wales. But a mere 2.6 % swing in the English north-west. In Scotland, it was close to wipe-out, with only David Mundell's narrow victory in the sprawling new M74 seat saving the party's face.' Alf Young in the Herald, 7 th May 2005. |  |
| Electorate 66,045 Turnout: 67.55 % | ||||
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| Logo | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
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Conservative & Unionist | David Mundell MSP | 16,141 | 36.18 % |
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Labour | Cllr Sean Marshall | 14,403 | 32.28 % |
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Liberal Democrat | Patsy Kenton | 9,046 | 20.28 % |
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Scottish National Party | Andrew Wood | 4,075 | 9.13 % |
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Scottish Socialist Party | Sarah McTavish | 521 | 1.17 % |
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UK Independence Party | Anthony Lee | 430 | 0.96 % |
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Notional Conservative & Unionist gain from Labour | Conservative & Unionist majority | 1,738 | 3.90 % |
| Logo | Party | Denver | Baxter | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| Labour | 16,068 | 37.42 % | 16,741 | 37.02 % | |
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Conservative & Unionist | 10,184 | 23.71 % | 12,282 | 27.38 % | |
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Liberal Democrat | 9,508 | 22.15 % | 9,068 | 20.05 % | |
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Scottish National Party | 6,240 | 14.53 % | 6,194 | 13.70 % | |
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Scottish Socialist Party | 765 | 1.78 % | 733 | 1.63 % | |
| Others | 170 | 0.40 % | 98 | 0.22 % | ||
| Notional Labour win | Notional Labour majority | 5,254 | 12.24 % | 4,359 | 9.64 % | |
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