 | '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. |  |
| '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. | |
| Electorate 70,775 Turnout: 59.90 % | ||||
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| Logo | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
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Labour | Rachel Squire MP | 20,111 | 47.44 % |
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Liberal Democrat | David Herbert | 8,549 | 20.17 % |
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Scottish National Party | Douglas Chapman | 8,026 | 18.93 % |
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Conservative & Unionist | Roger Smillie | 4,376 | 10.32 % |
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Scottish Socialist Party | Susan Archibald | 689 | 1.63 % |
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UK Independence Party | Ian Borland | 643 | 1.52 % |
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Notional Labour hold | Labour majority | 11,562 | 27.27 % |
| Logo | Party | Denver | Baxter | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| Labour | 22,070 | 54.47 % | 21,470 | 54.25 % | |
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Scottish National Party | 7,225 | 17.83 % | 7,149 | 18.07 % | |
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Liberal Democrat | 5,773 | 14.25 % | 5,608 | 14.17 % | |
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Conservative & Unionist | 3,919 | 9.67 % | 3,860 | 9.75 % | |
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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 % | |
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