Westminster Election, 5 th May 2005


saltire shield'It would be easy for Labour MPs and MSPs to feel complacent.Itwould also be wrong as it is not clear where the crumbling at the edges of its heartland is to stop.'
Douglas Fraser in the Herald, 7 th May 2005.
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Edinburgh South

Westminster Election, 5 th May 2005

Electorate 60,993 Turnout: 70.00 %
Logo Party Candidate Votes %
Labour logo Labour Nigel Griffiths MP 14,188 33.23 %
Liberal logo Liberal Democrat Cllr Marilyne MacLaren 13,783 32.28 %
Conservative logo Conservative & Unionist Gavin Brown 10,291 24.10 %
SNP logo Scottish National Party Graham Sutherland 2,635 6.17 %
Green Scottish Green Party Steve Burgess 1,387 3.25 %
SSP Scottish Socialist Party Morag Robertson 414 0.97 %
Labour logo Notional Labour hold Labour majority 405 0.95 %

Notional 2001 result

Logo Party Denver
Baxter
Votes % Votes %
Labour logo Labour 16,292 39.28 % 16,923 39.50 %
Liberal Democrat logo Liberal Democrat 10,507 25.33 % 10,690 24.95 %
Scottish Tory logo Conservative & Unionist 9,422 22.71 % 9,843 22.97 %
Scottish National Party logo Scottish National Party 3,840 9.26 % 3,918 9.14 %
Scottish Socialist Party logo Scottish Socialist Party 915 2.21 % 971 2.26 %

Others 498 1.20 % 502 1.17 %
Notional Labour win Notional Labour majority 5,785 13.95 % 6,233 14.55 %


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