Livingston by-election 2005

'We should not accept the implicit assumption of Bush's muscular foreign policy that freedom can be delivered from 38,000ft through the bomb doors.'
Robin Cook, January 2005.

Livingston, Westminster Election Results, 1983 - 2005

Westminster Election, 5 th May 2005

Electorate 76,353 Turnout: 58.07 %
Logo	Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Rt Hon Robin Cook MP	22,657	51.10 %
	Scottish National Party	Cllr Angela Constance	9,560	21.56 %
	Liberal Democrat	Charles Dundas	6,832	15.41 %
	Conservative & Unionist	Alison Ross	4,499	10.15 %
	Scottish Socialist Party	Steven Nimmo	789	1.78 %
	Notional Labour hold	Labour majority	13,097	29.54 %

Notional 2001 result

Logo	Party	Denver		Baxter
Logo	Party	Votes	%	Votes	%
	Labour	23,622	55.22 %	23,599	55.27 %
	Scottish National Party	9,984	23.34 %	9,851	23.07 %
	Liberal Democrat	4,224	9.87 %	4,335	10.15 %
	Conservative & Unionist	3,257	7.61 %	3,259	7.63 %
	Scottish Socialist Party	1,292	3.02 %	1,252	2.93 %
	Others	401	0.94 %	404	0.95 %
Notional Labour win	Notional Labour majority	13,638	31.88 %	13,748	32.20 %

7 th June 2001 Westminster Election

Electorate: 64,850 Turnout: 55.56 %
Logo	Party	Candidate	Votes	%	% change
	Labour	Rt Hon Robin Cook	19,108	53.03 %	- 1.86 %
	Scottish National Party	Graham Sutherland	8,492	23.57 %	- 3.89 %
	Liberal Democrat	Gordon Mackenzie	3,969	11.01 %	+ 4.30 %
	Conservative	Ian Mowatt	2,995	8.31 %	- 1.09 %
	Scottish Socialist Party	Wendy Milne	1,110	3.08 %	(+ 3.08 %)
	UK Independence Party	Robert Kingdom	359	1.00 %	(+ 1.00 %)
	Lab hold	Lab majority	10,916	29.46 %	+ 2.03 %

1 st May 1997 Westminster Election

Electorate: 60,296 Turnout: 71.04 %
Logo	Party	Candidate	Votes	%	% change
	Labour	Rt Hon Robin Cook	23,510	54.89 %	+ 9.05 %
	Scottish National Party	Cllr Peter Johnston	11,763	27.46 %	+ 1.52 %
	Conservative	Hugh Craigie Halkett	4,028	9.40 %	- 8.71 %
	Liberal Democrat	Ewan Hawthorn	2,876	6.71 %	- 2.08 %
	Referendum	Helen Campbell	444	1.04 %	(+ 1.04 %)
	Socialist	Matt Culbert	213	0.50 %	(+ 0.50 %)
	Lab hold	Lab majority	11,747	27.43 %	+ 7.53 %

Notional 1992 result

	Labour	19,461	45.84 %
	Scottish National Party	11,013	25.94 %
	Conservative	7,689	18.11 %
	Liberal Democrat	3,857	9.08 %
	Green	425	1.00 %
Labour win	Lab majority	8,448	19.90 %

9 th April 1992 Westminster Election

Electorate: 61,092 Turnout: 74.6 %
Logo	Party	Candidate	Votes	%	% change
	Labour	Robin Cook	20,245	44.4 %	- 1.2 %
	Scottish National Party	P.J.B. Johnston	12,140	26.6 %	+ 10.0 %
	Conservative	J.H.H. Gordon	8,824	19.4 %	+ 0.6 %
	Liberal Democrat	H.F.D. Mackintosh	3,911	8.6 %	- 10.5 %
	Green	A. Ross-Smith	469	1.0 %	(+ 1.0 %)
	Labour hold	Labour majority	8,105	17.8 %	- 8.7 %

11 th June 1987 Westminster Election

Electorate: 56,583 Turnout: 74.1 %
Logo	Party	Candidate	Votes	%	% change
	Labour	Robin Cook	19,110	45.6 %	+ 7.8 %
	Liberal/Alliance	R. McCreadle	8,005	19.1 %	- 5.5 %
	Conservative	Dr M.N.A. Mayall	7,860	18.7 %	- 5.4 %
	Scottish National Party	Kenny MacAskill	6,969	16.6 %	+ 3.1 %
	Labour hold	Labour majority	11,105	26.5 %	+ 13.4 %

9 th June 1983 Westminster Election

Electorate: 56,583 Turnout: 74.1 %
Logo	Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Robin Cook	14,255	37.3 %
	Liberal/Alliance	A. Henderson	9,704	25.4 %
	Conservative	J. Campbell	9,129	23.9 %
	Scottish National Party	Kenny MacAskill	5,090	13.4 %
	Labour hold	Labour majority	4,551	11.9 %

The Livingston constituency was created in 1983 with 58 % of it's voters coming from the old Midlothian Seat, and 42 % from the old West Lothian seat.
It included the regional wards of Livingston North, Livingston South, Broxburn, Calders and the district ward of Kirkliston.
The notional 1979 result was a Labour majority of 10,200.

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