 | 'The prime minister's reputation has never been more fragile. Peter Mandelson was always his Achilles heel. He needed the man he called 'Bobby' like an addict needs drugs.' Tim Luckhurt in the Herald, 25 th January 2001. |  |
| 'The prime minister's reputation has never been more fragile. Peter Mandelson was always his Achilles heel. He needed the man he called 'Bobby' like an addict needs drugs.' Tim Luckhurt in the Herald, 25 th January 2001. | |
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Brian Donohoe MP |  |
| Labour | ||
| Born in Kilmarnock on the 10 th September 1948, Brian Donahoe was educated at Irvine Royal Academy and Kilmarnock Technical College. He worked as a shipbuilder, at Hunterston nuclear power station, at ICI, and then as a NALGO official. He was rejected as Labour candidate for Ayr at the 1987 election but was selected and for Cunninghame South upon the retirement of David Lambie in 1992, holding the seat despite a 10.6 % swing from Labour to the SNP and a fall of almost 6,000 in the Labour majority. Brian Donohoe MP is perhaps best known as a devoted fan of the soap Coronation Street and for his constant criticisms of the Scottish Parliament. Ministerial Posts: None Labour Party Positions: 1997 - 1998 Chair of the Scottish Labour MPs group Recent electoral experience 2005 Westminster Parliament election, Central Ayrshire, 19,905 votes (46.43 %) (elected) 2001 Westminster Parliament election, Cunningham South, 16,424 votes (58.64 %) (elected) 1997 Westminster Parliament election, Cunningham South, 22,233 votes (62.73 %) (elected) 1992 Westminster Parliament election, Cunningham South, 19,687 votes (52.93 %) (elected) | ||
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Phil Gallie |  |
| Conservative & Unionist | ||
| Phil Gallie was born in 1939 in Portsmouth and educated at Dunfermline High School. Phil Gallie studied at Rosyth Dockyard Technical College and Kirkcaldy Technical College before working as a fitter at Rosyth dockyard, as an engineer in the merchant navy, and then in the electricity generating industry, rising to become a manager. In 1992 he was selected as Tory Candidate for Ayr upon George Younger's retiral and held the seat, which had a Tory majority of 182, against all expectations by 85 votes. However, in 1997, after unfavourable boundary changes which made the seat a notional Labour one, he was heavily defeated by 6,543 votes. Gallie almost produced another sensatonal result at the Scottish Parliamentary elections in 1999 when he came within just 25 votes of winning Ayr, obtaining the consolation prize of a regional list seat. He decided against standing down from his list seat to contest the 2000 by-election caused by the resignation of Labour's Ian Welsh, and in the event Ayr was won by John Scott for the Tories. In 2003, Scott successfully defended Ayr, while Gallie stood in Carrick, Cumnock &, Doon Valley, being again elected as a South of Scotland Regional list MSP. In 2007, he stood down from the Scotttish Parlaiment, reportedly to stand as an MEP, but has been selected to contest Central Ayrshire.
Tory party positions 1995 - 1997 - Chairman of the Scottish Conservative & Unionist Party 1999 - 2003 - Tory Home Affairs Spokesman 2003 - 2005 - Tory Business Manager & Chief Whip 2005 - 2007 - Tory Spokesman on Constitutional Affairs & Europe Recent electoral experience. 2003 Scottish Parliament election, Carrick, Cumnock &, Doon Valley, 9,030 votes (26.28 %) 2003 Scottish Parliament election, First on Tory South of Scotland list, 63,827 votes (24.24 %) (elected) 1999 Scottish Parliament election, 14,238 votes (38.01 %) 1999 Scottish Parliament election, First on Tory South of Scotland list, 68,904 21.64 % (elected) 1997 Westminster Parliament election, Ayr, 14,256 votes (36.97 %) (defeated) 1992 Westminster Parliament election, Ayr, 22,172 40.75 % (elected) 1984 Cunninghame District Council election (defeated) 1980 Cunninghame District Council election (elected) | ||
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Who? |  |
| Liberal Democrat | ||
Recent electoral experience | ||
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Who? |  |
| Scottish National Party | ||
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Recent electoral experience | ||
| Electorate 68,643 Turnout: 62.46 % | ||
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Brian Donohoe MP | |
| Labour | ||
| Votes | 19,905 | |
| % | 46.43 % | |
| % change since 2001 (Denver/Baxter figures) | - 2.77 % / - 4.69 % | |
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Gary Clark | |
| Conservative & Unionist | ||
| Votes | 9,482 | |
| % | 22.12 % | |
| % change since 2001 (Denver/Baxter figures) | - 4.12 % / - 2.74 % | |
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Iain Kennedy | |
| Liberal Democrat | ||
| Votes | 6,881 | |
| % | 16.05 % | |
| % change since 2001 (Denver/Baxter figures) | + 9.69 % / + 9.53 % | |
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Jahangir Hanif | |
| Scottish National Party | ||
| Votes | 4,969 | |
| % | 11.59 % | |
| % change since 2001 (Denver/Baxter figures) | - 2.97 % / - 2.88 % | |
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Denise Morton |  |
| Scottish Socialist Party | ||
| Votes | 820 | |
| % | 1.91 % | |
| % change since 2001 (Denver/Baxter figures) | - 0.97 % / - 1.37 % | |
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Bobby Cochrane |  |
| Socialist Labour Party | ||
| Votes | 468 | |
| % | 1.09 % | |
| % change since 2001 (Denver/Baxter figures) | (+ 1.09 %) / (+ 1.09 %) | |
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Jim Groves |  |
| UK Independence Party | ||
| Votes | 346 | |
| % | 0.81 % | |
| % change since 2001 (Denver/Baxter figures) | (+ 0.81 %) / (+ 0.81 %) | |
| Notional Labour hold | | |
| Labour majority | 10,423 | |
| % majority | 24.31 % | |
| % change since 2001 (Denver/Baxter figures) | + 1.35 % / - 0.93 % | |
| Logo | Party | Denver | Baxter | |||
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| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| Labour | 20,939 | 49.20 % | 21,300 | 51.12 % | |
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Conservative & Unionist | 11,167 | 26.24 % | 10,571 | 24.86 % | |
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Scottish National Party | 6,198 | 14.56 % | 6,153 | 14.47 % | |
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Liberal Democrat | 2,706 | 6.36 % | 2,773 | 6.52 % | |
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Scottish Socialist Party | 1,225 | 2.88 % | 1,391 | 3.28 % | |
| Others | 332 | 0.78 % | 327 | 0.77 % | ||
| Notional Labour win | Notional Labour majority | 9,772 | 22.96 % | 10,729 | 25.24 % | |
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