 | 'Ross felt it wrong to appease the Nationalists and had a visceral hatred of the SNP.' Comment on Willie Ross, Labour Secretary of State for Scotland in Parcel of Rogues, Chanel 4 April 1998. |  |
| 'Ross felt it wrong to appease the Nationalists and had a visceral hatred of the SNP.' Comment on Willie Ross, Labour Secretary of State for Scotland in Parcel of Rogues, Chanel 4 April 1998. | |
| Electorate 72,851 Turnout: 60.92 % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Logo | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
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Labour | Des Browne MP | 20,976 | 47.26 % |
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Scottish National Party | Cllr Daniel Coffey | 12,273 | 27.65 % |
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Conservative & Unionist | Gary Smith | 5,026 | 11.32 % |
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Liberal Democrat | Kevin Lang | 4,945 | 11.14 % |
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Scottish Socialist Party | Hugh Kerr | 833 | 1.88 % |
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UK Independence Party | Ronnie Robertson | 330 | 0.74 % |
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Notional Labour hold | Labour majority | 8,703 | 19.61 % |
| Logo | Party | Denver | Baxter | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
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Labour | 24,532 | 54.94 % | 24,313 | 54.32 % | |
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Scottish National Party | 10,911 | 24.44 % | 10,920 | 24.40 % | |
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Conservative & Unionist | 4,485 | 10.05 % | 4,547 | 10.16 % | |
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Liberal Democrat | 3,394 | 7.60 % | 3,682 | 8.23 % | |
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Scottish Socialist Party | 1,247 | 2.79 % | 1,227 | 2.74 % | |
| Others | 76 | 0.17 % | 63 | 0.14 % | ||
| Notional Labour win | Notional Labour majority | 13,621 | 30.58 % | 13,393 | 29.93 % | |
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