Westminster Election, 5 th May 2005

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East Renfrewshire

Westminster Election, 5 th May 2005

There were no boundary changes in the constituency in 2005, only a change in name from Eastwood to East Renfewshire

Electorate 65,714 Turnout: 72.14 %
Logo	Party	Candidate	Votes	%	% change
	Labour	Jim Murphy MP	20,815	43.91 %	- 3.72 %
	Conservative & Unionist	Richard Cook	14.158	29.87 %	+ 1.14 %
	Liberal Democrat	Cllr Gordon MacDonald	8,659	18.27 %	+ 5.37 %
	Scottish National Party	Osama Bhutta	3,245	6.85 %	- 1.71 %
	Scottish Socialist Party	Ian Henderson	528	1.11 %	- 0.57 %
	Notional Labour hold	Labour majority	6,657	14.04 %	- 4.86 %

Eastwood

7 th June 2001 Westminster Election

Turnout: 48,368 (70.74 %)
Logo	Party	Candidate	Votes	%	% change
	Labour	Jim Murphy	23,036	47.63 %	+ 7.88 %
	Conservative	Raymond Robertson	13,895	28.73 %	- 4.83 %
	Liberal Democrat	Allan Steele	6,239	12.90 %	+ 1.20 %
	Scottish National Party	Stewart Maxwell	4,137	8.55 %	- 4.52 %
	Scottish Socialist Party	Peter Murray	814	1.68 %	(+ 1.68 %)
	Independent	Manar Tayan	247	0.51 %	(+ 0.51 %)
	Labour hold	Labour majority	9,141	18.90 %	+ 12.71 %

1 st May 1997 Westminster Election

Logo	Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jim Murphy	20,766	39.75 %
	Conservative & Unionist	Paul Cullen	17,530	33.56 %
	Scottish National Party	Douglas Yates	6,826	13.07 %
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Mason	6,110	11.70 %
	Referendum	David Miller	497	0.95 %
	Pro Life Alliance	Manar Tayan	393	0.75 %
	UK Independence Party	Douglas McPherson	130	0.22 %
	Labour gain from Conservative	Labour majority	3,236	6.19 %