 | 'Alan Milburn, persuaded to rejoin the government as chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster to mastermind the election campaign, foundhimself playing a bit part. It was no surprise he announced his intention to leave the government shortly after he won his seat early yesterday.' Catherine MacLeod in the Herald, 7 th May 2005. |  |
| Electorate 62,042 Turnout: 45.80 % | ||||
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| Logo | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
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Speaker of the House of Commons | Rt Hon Michael Martin MP | 15,153 | 53.32 % |
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Scottish National Party | John McLaughlin | 5,019 | 17.66 % |
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Socialist Labour Party | Doris Kelly | 4,036 | 14.20 % |
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Scottish Socialist Party | Graham Campbell | 1,402 | 4.93 % |
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Scottish Unionist Party | Daniel Houston | 1,266 | 4.45 % |
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British National Party | Scott McLean | 920 | 3.24 % |
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Independent | Joe Chambers | 622 | 2.19 % |
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Notional speaker hold | Speaker majority | 10,134 | 35.66 % |
| Logo | Party | Denver | Baxter | |||
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| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
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Speaker of the House of Commons | 16,053 | 51.63 % | 0 1 | 0 % | |
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Scottish National Party | 5,648 | 18.17 % | 5,654 | 18.38 % | |
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Labour | 4,798 | 15.43 % | 20,623 1 | 67.04 % | |
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Scottish Socialist Party | 2,503 | 8.05 % | 2,329 | 7.57 % | |
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Conservative & Unionist | 335 | 1.08 % | 1,638 | 5.32 % | |
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Liberal Democrat | 258 | 0.83 % | 311 | 1.01 % | |
| Others | 1,497 | 4.81 % | 208 | 0.68 % | ||
| Notional Speaker win | Notional Speaker majority | 10,405 | 33.47 % | |||
| Notional Labour win | Notional Labour majority | 14,969 | 48.66 % | |||
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