 | 'According to Mark Ballard, a greenish sort of MSP, the nuclear waste from Torness will be with us for a quarter of a million years. That should give Jack McConnell almost enough time to come up with a straight answer explaining what he intends to do with the stuff.' Ian Bell in the Herald, 13 th May 2005. |  |
| Electorate 70,989 Turnout: 64.48 % | ||||
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| Logo | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
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Labour | Anne Picking MP | 18,983 | 41.47 % |
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Liberal Democrat | Christopher Butler | 11,363 | 24.82 % |
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Conservative & Unionist | William Stevenson | 7,315 | 15.98 % |
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Scottish National Party | Paul McLennan | 5,995 | 13.10 % |
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Scottish Green Party | Michael Collie | 1,132 | 2.47 % |
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Scottish Socialist Party | Gary Galbraith | 504 | 1.10 % |
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UK Independence Party | Eric Robb | 306 | 0.67 % |
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Operation Christian Vote | William Thompson | 178 | 0.39 % |
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Notional Labour hold | Labour majority | 7,620 | 16.65 % |
| Logo | Party | Denver | Baxter | |||
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| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| Labour | 21,590 | 48.89 % | 22,190 | 48.99 % | |
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Liberal Democrat | 7,579 | 17.16 % | 7,796 | 17.21 % | |
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Conservative & Unionist | 7,083 | 16.04 % | 7,137 | 15.75 % | |
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Scottish National Party | 6,567 | 14.87 % | 6,961 | 15.37 % | |
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Scottish Socialist Party | 967 | 2.19 % | 842 | 1.86 % | |
| Others | 376 | 0.85 % | 376 | 0.83 % | ||
| Notional Labour win | Notional Labour majority | 14,011 | 31.73 % | 14,394 | 31.77 % | |
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