 | 'It is starting to grate that the Liberal Democrats are trying to claim credit for everything. There are some of us who are starting to get really angry about it.' An unnamed Labour MSP, 20 th September 2005. |  |
| 'It is starting to grate that the Liberal Democrats are trying to claim credit for everything. There are some of us who are starting to get really angry about it.' An unnamed Labour MSP, 20 th September 2005. | |
| Electorate . Turnout , 45.50 % (- 0.83 %) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Logo | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | % change |
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Scottish National Party | Richard Lochhead | 12,653 | 46.15 % | + 3.96 % |
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Conservative | Mary Scanlon | 6,268 | 22.86 % | + 0.36 % |
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Liberal Democrat | Cllr Linda Gorn | 5,310 | 19.37 % | + 7.20 % |
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Labour | Cllr Alexander Keith | 2,696 | 9.83 % | - 9.28 % |
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NHSFirst Party | Mev Brown | 493 | 1.80 % | (+ 1.80 %) |
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Scottish National Party hold | Scottish National Party majority | 6,385 | 23.29 % | + 3.60 % |
| Electorate . Turnout , 31.97 % (- 13.54 %) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Logo | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | % change |
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Labour | Cllr Charles Gordon | 5,811 | 37.69 % | - 1.50 % |
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Scottish National Party | Marie Whitehead | 3,406 | 22.09 % | + 5.82 % |
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Conservative | Richard Cook | 2,306 | 14.96 % | + 2.01 % |
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Liberal Democrat | Arthur Sanderson | 1,557 | 10.10 % | + 2.30 % |
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Independent | Pat Lally | 856 | 5.55 % | - 5.29 % |
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Scottish Socialist Party | Ronnie Stevenson | 819 | 5.31 % | - 7.33 % |
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Scottish Green Party | Chloe Stewart | 548 | 3.55 % | (+ 3.55 %) |
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Independent | Christopher Creighton | 59 | 0.38 % | (+ 0.38 %) |
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UKIP | Bryan McCormack | 54 | 0.35 % | (+ 0.35 %) |
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Labour hold | Labour majority | 2,405 | 15.60 % | - 7.32 % |
| Party | Logo | Votes | % | Change | Candidates | MSPs elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Scottish National Party | 16,059 | 37.49 % | + 7.03 % | 2 | 1 |
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Conservative | 8,574 | 20.02 % | + 1.84 % | 2 | 0 |
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Labour | 8,507 | 19.86 % | - 8.34 % | 2 | 1 |
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Liberal Democrat | 6,857 | 16.03 % | + 5.84 % | 2 | 0 |
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Pat Lally1 | 856 | 2.00 % | - 2.91 % | 1 | 0 |
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Scottish Socialist Party | 819 | 1.91 % | - 6.01 % | 1 (- 1) | 0 |
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Scottish Green Party | 548 | 1.28 % | (+ 1.28 %) | 1 (+ 1) | 0 |
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NHSFirst Party | 493 | 1.15 % | (+ 1.15 %) | 1 (+ 1) | 0 |
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Christopher Creighton | 59 | 0.14 % | (+ 0.14 %) | 1 (+1) | 0 |
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UK Independence Party | 54 | 0.13 % | (+ 0.13 %) | 1 (+ 1) | 0 |
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