Candidates and Constituency Assessments

'Those who make the Orphic effort to haul life up the slope against all the odds know full well the last people they have to thank are Tories, inclined as ever to kick the ball back down the slope.' Margaret Vaughan in the Herald.

Dunfermline & West Fife

Westminster By-Election, 9 th February 2006

Electorate: 72,225 Turnout: 48.69 % (- 11.21 %)
	William Rennie
	Liberal Democrat
	Votes	12,391
	%	35.83 %
	% change since 2005	+ 15.66 %
	Catherine Stihler (née Taylor) MEP
	Labour
	Votes	10,591
	%	30.63 %
	% change since 2005	- 16.81 %
	Douglas Chapman
	Scottish National Party
	Votes	7,261
	%	21.00 %
	% change since 2005	+ 2.07 %
	Dr Carrie Ruxton
	Conservative & Unionist
	Votes	2,702
	%	7.81 %
	% change since 2005	- 2.51 %
	John McAllion
	Scottish Socialist Party
	Votes	537
	%	1.63 %
	% change since 2005	- 0.08 %
	Rev George Hargreaves
	Scottish Christian Party
	Votes	411
	%	1.19 %
	% change since 2005	(+ 1.19 %)
	Tom Minogue
	Abolish Forth Bridge Tolls Party
	Votes	374
	%	1.08 %
	% change since 2005	(+ 1.08 %)
	Ian Borland
	UK Independence Party
	Votes	208
	%	0.60 %
	% change since 2005	- 0.92 %
	Rev Dr Dick Rogers
	Common Good
	Votes	108
	%	0.30 %
	% change since 2005	(+ 0.30 %)
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour
Liberal Democrat majority		1,800
% majority		5.21 %
% change since 2005

Westminster Election, 5 th May 2005

Electorate 70,775 Turnout: 59.90 %
	Rachel Squire MP
	Labour
	Votes	20,111
	%	47.44 %
	% change since 2001 (Denver/Baxter figures)	- 7.03 % / - 6.81 %
	David Herbert
	Liberal Democrat
	Votes	8,549
	%	20.17 %
	% change since 2001 (Denver/Baxter figures)	+ 5.92 % / + 6.00 %
	Douglas Chapman
	Scottish National Party
	Votes	8,026
	%	18.93 %
	% change since 2001 (Denver/Baxter figures)	+ 1.10 % / + 0.86 %
	Roger Smillie
	Conservative & Unionist
	Votes	4,376
	%	10.32 %
	% change since 2001 (Denver/Baxter figures)	+ 0.65 % / + 0.57 %
	Susan Archibald
	Scottish Socialist Party
	Votes	689
	%	1.63 %
	% change since 2001 (Denver/Baxter figures)	- 0.77 % / - 0.75%
	Ian Borland
	UK Independence Party
	Votes	643
	%	1.52 %
	% change since 2001 (Denver/Baxter figures)	(+ 1.52 %) / (+ 1.52 %)
Notional Labour hold
Labour majority		11,562
% majority		27.27 %
% change since 2001 (Denver/Baxter figures)		- 9.37 % / - 8.92 %

Notional 2001 result

Logo	Party	Denver			Baxter
		Votes	%		Votes	%
	Labour	22,070	54.47 %		21,470	54.25 %
	Scottish National Party	7,225	17.83 %		7,149	18.07 %
	Liberal Democrat	5,773	14.25 %		5,608	14.17 %
	Conservative & Unionist	3,919	9.67 %		3,860	9.75 %
	Scottish Socialist Party	971	2.40 %		937	2.38 %
	Others	559	1.38 %		549	1.38 %
Notional Labour win	Notional Labour majority	14,845	36.64 %		14,321	36.19 %