 | 'Labour suffered an election nightmare in Edinburgh today as two of its key MSPs lost their seats to the Tories and Liberal Democrats. In Edinburgh Pentlands, Tory leader David McLetchie ousted Enterprise Minister Iain Gray. And in a second major shock, former Finance Minister Angus MacKay, one of Labour's brightest stars, was beaten into second place by the Lib Dems' Mike Pringle in Edinburgh South.' Ian Swanson and Sam Halstead in the Scotsman, 2 nd May 2003. |  |
| Electorate 67,135 Turnout: 65.43 % | ||||
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| Logo | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
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Labour | Rt Hon Alistair Darling MP | 17,476 | 39.79 % |
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Conservative & Unionist | Gordon Buchan | 10,234 | 23.30 % |
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Liberal Democrat | Dr Simon Clark | 9,252 | 21.06 % |
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Scottish National Party | Nicholas Elliott-Cannon | 4,654 | 10.60 % |
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Scottish Green Party | Dr John Blair-Fish | 1,520 | 3.46 % |
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Scottish Socialist Party | Patricia Smith | 585 | 1.33 % |
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UK Independence Party | Dr William Boys | 205 | 0.47 % |
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Notional Labour hold | Labour majority | 7,242 | 16.49 % |
| Logo | Party | Denver | Baxter | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| Labour | 19,707 | 44.40 % | 19,038 | 43.98 % | |
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Conservative & Unionist | 11,756 | 26.49 % | 11,352 | 26.22 % | |
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Scottish National Party | 5,932 | 13.37 % | 5,910 | 13.65 % | |
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Liberal Democrat | 5,179 | 11.67 % | 5,052 | 11.67 % | |
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Scottish Socialist Party | 1,009 | 2.27 % | 1,122 | 2.59 % | |
| Others | 799 | 1.80 % | 814 | 1.88 % | ||
| Notional Labour win | Notional Labour majority | 7,951 | 17.91 % | 7,686 | 17.76 % | |
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