The 1999 Scottish General Election

'Since most of the Scottish press is uniformly pro-Labour - or rather, anti-Nat - Salmond was always going to get a rough ride in this election - the response to the 'penny for Scotland' policy demonstrated that.' Iain MacWhirter in the Sunday Herald, 11 th April 1999.

Candidates and Constituency Assessments

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER for Jack McConnell All facts noted here are facts, all opinions are my own

Where information on a particular candidate or constituency is available on the web, hyperlinks are provided at the bottom of the profile.

Key

Scottish National Party	Labour	Conservative & Unionist	Liberal Democrats
Scottish Socialist Party	Scottish Green Party	Socialist Workers Party	Highlands & Islands Alliance
Socialist Labour Party	Natural Law Party	Prolife Alliance	UK Independence Party
Socialist Party	Liberal Party	Communist Party of Britain

Highlands & Islands Region

Highlands & Islands region includes the constituencies of :

1. Argyll & Bute
   
2. Caithness Sutherland & Easter Ross
   
3. Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber
   
4. Moray
   
5. Orkney
   
6. Ross, Skye & Inverness West
   
7. Shetland
   
8. Western Isles

North East Scotland Region

North East Scotland region includes the constituencies of :

1. Aberdeen Central
   
2. Aberdeen North
   
3. Aberdeen South
   
4. Aberdeenshire West & Kincardine
   
5. Angus
   
6. Banff & Buchan
   
7. Dundee East
   
8. Dundee West
   
9. Gordon

Mid Scotland & Fife Region

Mid Scotland & Fife region includes the constituencies of :

1. Dunfermline East
   
2. Dunfermline West
   
3. Fife Central
   
4. Fife North East
   
5. Kirkcaldy
   
6. Ochil
   
7. Perth
   
8. Stirling
   
9. Tayside North

West of Scotland Region

West of Scotland region includes the constituencies of :

1. Clydebank & Milngavie
   
2. Cunninghame North
   
3. Dumbarton
   
4. Eastwood
   
5. Greenock & Inverclyde
   
6. Paisley North
   
7. Paisley South
   
8. Renfrewshire West
   
9. Strathkelvin & Bearsden

Glasgow Region

Glasgow region includes the constituencies of :

1. Anniesland
   
2. Baillieston
   
3. Cathcart
   
4. Govan
   
5. Kelvin
   
6. Maryhill
   
7. Pollok
   
8. Rutherglen
   
9. Shettleston
   
10. Springburn

Central Scotland Region

Central Scotland region includes the constituencies of :

1. Airdrie & Shotts
   
2. Coatbridge & Chryston
   
3. Cumbernauld & Kilsyth
   
4. East Kilbride
   
5. Falkirk East
   
6. Falkirk West
   
7. Hamilton North & Bellshill
   
8. Hamilton South
   
9. Kilmarnock & Loudoun
   
10. Motherwell & Wishaw

Lothians Region

Lothians region includes the constituencies of :

1. Edinburgh Central
   
2. Edinburgh East & Musselburgh
   
3. Edinburgh North & Leith
   
4. Edinburgh Pentlands
   
5. Edinburgh South
   
6. Edinburgh West
   
7. Linlithgow
   
8. Livingston
   
9. Midlothian

South of Scotland Region

South of Scotland region includes the constituencies of :

1. Ayr
   
2. Carrick, Cumnock & Doon Valley
   
3. Clydesdale
   
4. Cunninghame South
   
5. Dumfries
   
6. East Lothian
   
7. Galloway & Upper Nithsdale
   
8. Roxburgh & Berwickshire
   
9. Tweedale, Ettrick & Lauderdale