 | 'Three old party warhorses, David Steel, Neil Kinnock, and Chris Patten, extolled the virtues of PR on BBC Radio Four's Any Questions last weekend.Lord Kinnock even told us he had been in favour of it for the past quarter of a century. Pity he didn't tell us when he had an opportunity to do something about it.' Alf Young in the Herald, 7 th May 2005. |  |
| Electorate 65,857 Turnout: 56.09 % | ||||
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| Logo | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
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Labour | James McGovern | 16,468 | 44.59 % |
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Scottish National Party | Cllr Joe FitzPatrick | 11,089 | 30.02 % |
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Liberal Democrat | Nykoma Garry | 5,323 | 14.41 % |
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Conservative & Unionist | Christopher McKinlay | 3,062 | 8.29 % |
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Scottish Socialist Party | Jim McFarlane | 994 | 2.69 % |
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Notional Labour hold | Labour majority | 5,379 | 14.56 % |
| Logo | Party | Denver | Baxter | |||
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| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| Labour | 18,761 | 50.29 % | 18,461 | 49.19 % | |
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Scottish National Party | 10,351 | 27.75 % | 10,683 | 28.46 % | |
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Liberal Democrat | 3,435 | 9.21 % | 3,423 | 9.14 % | |
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Conservative & Unionist | 3,320 | 8.90 % | 3,430 | 9.20 % | |
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Scottish Socialist Party | 1,439 | 3.86 % | 1,534 | 4.09 % | |
| Notional Labour win | Notional Labour majority | 8,410 | 22.54 % | 7,778 | 20.72 % | |
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