Election results

'Enoch Powell was wrong. Not all political careers end in failure. Some end in the House of Lords.' From Gillian Bowditch's interview with John Home Robertson in the Sunday Times, 12 th November 2006.

East Lothian (South of Scotland Region)

3 rd May 2007 Holyrood Election - Constituency result

Electorate 61,378. Turnout 34,471, 56.16 % (+ 3.48 %)
	Iain Gray (Not standing on South of Scotland list)
	Labour
	Votes	12,219
	%	35.45 %
	% change since 2003	- 8.40 %
	Andrew Sharp (Also number 7 on South of Scotland list)
	Scottish National Party
	Votes	9,771
	%	28.35 %
	% change since 2003	+ 11.77 %
	Judy Hayman (Not standing on South of Scotland list)
	Liberal Democrat
	Votes	6,249
	%	18.13 %
	% change since 2003	+ 0.48 %
	Bill Stevenson (Also number 6 on South of Scotland list)
	Conservative & Unionist
	Votes	6,232
	%	18.08 %
	% change since 2003	+ 0.59 %
Labour hold
Labour majority		2,448
% majority		7.10 %
% change since 2003		- 19.10 %

3 rd May 2007 Holyrood Election - Regional list result

Electorate 61,378. Turnout 34,571 (56.32 %, + 3.58 %) 969 rejected ballot papers
Logo	Party	Votes	%	% change
	Labour	11,271	32.60 %	- 1.82 %
	Scottish National Party	9,918	28.69 %	+ 13.29 %
	Conservative & Unionist Party	5,662	16.38 %	- 1.56 %
	Liberal Democrats	4,092	11.84 %	- 1.66 %
	Scottish Green Party	1,604	4.64 %	- 3.49 %
	Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party	589	1.70 %	(+ 1.70 %)
	Solidarity	313	0.91 %	(+ 0.91 %)
	British National Party	286	0.83 %	(+ 0.83 %)
	Scottish Christian Party	236	0.68 %	(+ 0.68 %)
	Socialist Labour Party	161	0.47 %	- 1.26 %
	UK Independence Party	128	0.37 %	- 0.31 %
	Scottish Socialist Party	117	0.34 %	- 4.08 %
	Christian Peoples Alliance	85	0.25 %	(+ 0.25 %)
	Scottish Voice	59	0.17 %	(+ 0.17 %)
	Paddy Scott Hogg	50	0.14 %	(+ 0.14 %)
	Labour majority	1,353	3.91 %	- 12.57 %

1 st May 2003 Holyrood Election - Constituency result

Electorate 59,227. Turnout 31,204, 52.69 % (- 11.47 %)
	John Home Robertson MSP (Not standing on South of Scotland list)
	Labour
	Votes	13,683
	%	43.85 %
	% change since 1999	- 7.29 %
	Judy Hayman (Also number 1 on South of Scotland list)
	Liberal Democrat
	Votes	5,508
	%	17.65 %
	% change since 1999	+ 6.62 %
	Stuart Thomson (Also number 6 on South of Scotland list)
	Conservative & Unionist
	Votes	5,459
	%	17.49 %
	% change since 1999	+ 1.68 %
	Tom Roberts (Also number 5 on South of Scotland list)
	Scottish National Party
	Votes	5,174
	%	16.58 %
	% change since 1999	- 5.44 %
	Hugh Kerr (Also number 3 on South of Scotland list)
	Scottish Socialist Party
	Votes	1,380
	%	4.42 %
	% change since 1997	(+ 4.42 %)
Labour hold
Labour majority		8,175
% majority		26.20 %
% change since 1999		- 2.93 %

1 st May 2003 Holyrood Election - Regional list result

Electorate 59,227. Turnout 31,235, 52.74 % 198 rejected ballot papers
Logo	Party	Votes	%	% change
	Labour	10,752	34.42 %	- 2.55 %
	Conservative & Unionist	5,605	17.94 %	+ 0.53 %
	Scottish National Party	4,811	15.40 %	- 8.19 %
	Liberal Democrats	4,218	13.50 %	+ 1.68 %
	Scottish Green Party	2,539	8.13 %	+ 3.97 %
	Scottish Socialist Party	1,381	4.42 %	+ 3.50 %
	Pensioners' Party	998	3.20 %	(+ 3.20 %)
	Socialist Labour Party	539	1.73 %	- 2.43 %
	UK Independence Party	211	0.68 %	(+ 0.68 %)
	Scottish Peoples Alliance	138	0.44 %	(+ 0.44 %)
	Am Partaidh Dhuthchail The Rural Party	43	0.14 %	(+ 0.14 %)
	Labour majority	5,147	16.48 %	+ 3.10 %

6 th May 1999 Holyrood Election - Constituency Result

Electorate . Turnout
	John Home Robertson MP (Not standing on South of Scotland list)
	Labour
	Votes	19,220
	%	51.14 %
	% change since 1997	- 1.54 %
	Calum Miller (Also number 8 on South of Scotland list)
	Scottish National Party
	Votes	8,274
	%	22.02 %
	% change since 1997	+ 6.31 %
	Christine Richards (Also number 9 on South of Scotland list)
	Conservative & Unionist
	Votes	5,941
	%	15.81 %
	% change since 1997	- 4.13 %
	Judy Hayman (Also number 3 on South of Scotland list)
	Liberal Democrat
	Votes	4,147*
	%	11.03 %
	% change since 1997	+ 0.50 %
Labour hold
Labour majority		10,946
% majority		29.13 %
% change since 1997		- 3.61 %

* I am grateful to Cllr David Berry for pointing out that Judy Hayman obtained 4,147 votes rather than 2,147 as reported in several newspapers.

6 th May 1999 Holyrood Election - Regional list result

Logo	Party	Votes	%
	Labour	13,896	36.97 %
	Scottish National Party	8,868	23.59 %
	Conservative & Unionist	6,545	17.41 %
	Liberal Democrats	4,443	11.82 %
	Socialist Labour Party	1,565	4.16 %
	Scottish Green Party	1,506	4.01 %
	Scottish Socialist Party	345	0.92 %
	Liberal Party	232	0.62 %
	UK Independence Party	106	0.28 %
	Natural Law Party	80	0.21 %
	Labour majority	5,028	13.38 %

1 st May 1997 Westminster Election

Logo	Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Home Robertson	22,881	52.68 %
	Conservative & Unionist	Murdo Fraser	8,660	19.94 %
	Scottish National Party	David McCarthy	6,825	15.71 %
	Liberal Democrat	Alison MacAskill	4,575	10.53 %
	Referendum	Norman Nash	491	1.13%
	Labour win	Labour majority	14,221	32.74 %