Westminster Election Results 1997 - 2001

'If there is one thing that really pisses me off it's middle class whingers going on about fucking tuition fees and as far as I am concerned, if that's your attitude, you can stick your vote up your arse!' Labour MP Stephen Pound, June 2001.

The 1997 and 2001 Westminster Elections in Scotland

The full results for the 1997 and 2001 Westminster election are listed below. The1992 notion results are also included for comparisons. In constituencies where there was a by-election, (Paisley South, Hamilton South, Glasgow Anniesland and Falkirk West) the % change is, as usual, calculated since the previous general election, and not since the by-election.

The General Election of 2001 in pictures

1997 - 2001 Scottish results

Party	Logo	7 th June 2001			1 st May 1997
		Votes	% Votes	Seats	Votes	% Votes	Seats
Labour		1,001,173	43.27 %	55	1,283,353	45.58 %	56
Scottish National Party		464,314	20.06 %	5	620,472	22.04 %	6
Liberal Democrat		378,034	16.34 %	10	365,359	12.98 %	10
Conservative & Unionist		360,658	15.58 %	1	493,059	17.51 %	0
Scottish Socialist Party		72,516	3.13 %	0	9,740	0.35 %	0
Speaker of the House of Commons		16,053	0.69 %	1	0	0	0
Scottish Green Party		4,551	0.20 %	0	1,721	0.06 %	0
Independents		4,291	0.19 %	0	626	0.02 %	0
UK Independence Party		3,236	0.14 %	0	1,568	0.06 %	0
Socialist Labour Party		3,184	0.14 %	0	1,792	0.06 %	0
Scottish Unionist Party		2,728	0.12 %	0	0	0 %	0
Legalise Cannabis Alliance		955	0.04 %	0	0	0 %	0
Moray Independent		802	0.03 %	0	0	0 %	0
ProLife Alliance		786	0.03 %	0	5,172	0.18 %	0
Monster Raving Loony Party		405	0.02 %	0	0	0 %	0
Liberal Party		383	0.02 %	0	650	0.02 %	0
Countryside Alliance		265	0.01 %	0	0	0 %	0
Scottish Freedom Referendum Party		250	0.01 %		0	0 %	0
Rock n Roll Loony Party		211	0.01 %	0	0	0 %	0
Communist		174	0.01 %	0	0	0 %	0
Referedum Party		0	0 %	0	26,978	0.96 %	0
Natural Law Party		0	0 %	0	1,922	0.07 %	0
Independent Labour		0	0 %	0	812	0.03 %	0
British National Party		0	0 %	0	651	0.02 %	0
Scottish Labour, Unofficial		0	0 %	0	325	0.01 %	0
Scottish Labour, Independent		0	0 %	0	319	0.01 %	0
Socialist Party of Great Britain		0	0 %	0	315	0.01 %	0
Christian Unity		0	0 %	0	224	0.01 %	0
Scottish Conservative Unofficial		0	0 %	0	221	0.01 %	0
Democratic Nationalist		0	0 %	0	104	0.00 %	0
Independent Democrat		0	0 %	0	98	0.00 %	0
Workers Revolutionary Party		0	0 %	0	80	0.00 %	0
Socialist Equality Party		0	0 %	0	36	0.00 %	0
Anti Sleaze		0	0 %	0	30	0.00 %	0
Value Party		0	0 %	0	24	0.00 %	0

Seats changing hands in 1997

• Labour win Aberdeen South, Ayr, Dumfries, Eastwood, Edinburgh Pentlands and Stirling from Conservatives
  
• Labour win Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber from Lib Dems
  
• Labour hold Glasgow Govan, Kilmarnock & Loudoun, Ochil and Western Isles

• SNP win Galloway & Nithsdale, Perth and Tayside North from Conservatives
  
• SNP hold Angus, Banff & Buchan and Moray

• Lib Dems lose Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber to Labour
  
• Lib Dems win Aberdeenshire West & Kincardine and Edinburgh West from Conservatives
  
• Lib Dems hold Argyll & Bute, Gordon and Tweedale, Ettrick & Lauderdale

• Conservatives lose Aberdeen South, Ayr, Dumfries, Eastwood, Edinburgh Pentlands and Stirling to Labour
  
• Conservatives lose Galloway & Upper Nithsdale, Perth and Tayside North to SNP
  
• Conservatives lose Aberdeenshire West & Kincardine and Edinburgh West to Lib Dems

Seats changing hands in 2001

• Conservatives win Galloway & Upper Nithsdale, from SNP
  

  Results for the 72 Scottish constituencies

  Constituency	1997	2001
  1. Aberdeen Central	New seat Labour gain (notional Labour hold)	Labour hold
  2. Aberdeen North	Labour hold	Labour hold
  3. Aberdeen South	Labour gain from Conservative & Unionist	Labour hold
  4. Aberdeenshire West & Kincardine	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative & Unionist	Liberal Democrat hold
  5. Airdrie & Shotts	Labour hold	Labour hold
  6. Angus	Scottish National Party hold	Scottish National Party hold
  7. Argyll & Bute	Liberal Democrat hold	Liberal Democrat hold
  8. Ayr	Labour gain from Conservative & Unionist (notional Labour hold)	Labour hold
  9. Banff & Buchan	Scottish National Party hold	Scottish National Party hold
  10. Caithness Sutherland & Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat hold	Liberal Democrat hold
  11. Carrick, Cumnock & Doon Valley	Labour hold	Labour hold
  12. Clydesdale	Labour hold	Labour hold
  13. Clydebank & Milngavie	Labour hold	Labour hold
  14. Coatbridge & Chryston	Labour hold	Labour hold
  15. Cumbernauld & Kilsyth	Labour hold	Labour hold
  16. Cunninghame North	Labour hold	Labour hold
  17. Cunninghame South	Labour hold	Labour hold
  18. Dumbarton	Labour hold	Labour hold
  19. Dumfries	Labour gain from Conservative & Unionist	Labour hold
  20. Dundee East	Labour hold	Labour hold
  21. Dundee West	Labour hold	Labour hold
  22. Dunfermline East	Labour hold	Labour hold
  23. Dunfermline West	Labour hold	Labour hold
  24. East Kilbride	Labour hold	Labour hold
  25. East Lothian	Labour hold	Labour hold
  26. Eastwood	Labour gain from Conservative & Unionist	Labour hold
  27. Edinburgh Central	Labour hold	Labour hold
  28. Edinburgh East & Musselburgh	Labour hold	Labour hold
  29. Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour hold	Labour hold
  30. Edinburgh Pentlands	Labour gain from Conservative & Unionist	Labour hold
  31. Edinburgh South	Labour hold	Labour hold
  32. Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative & Unionist	Labour hold
  33. Falkirk East	Labour hold	Labour hold
  34. Falkirk West	Labour hold	Labour hold
  35. Fife Central	Labour hold	Labour hold
  36. Fife North East	Liberal Democrat hold
  37. Galloway & Upper Nithsdale	Scottish National Party gain from Conservative & Unionist	Conservative & Unionist gain from Scottish National Party
  38. Glasgow Anniesland	Labour hold	Labour hold
  39. Glasgow Baillieston	Labour hold	Labour hold
  40. Glasgow Cathcart	Labour hold	Labour hold
  41. Glasgow Govan	Labour hold	Labour hold
  42. Glasgow Kelvin	Labour hold	Labour hold
  43. Glasgow Maryhill	Labour hold	Labour hold
  44. Glasgow Pollok	Labour hold	Labour hold
  45. Glasgow Rutherglen	Labour hold	Labour hold
  46. Glasgow Shettleston	Labour hold	Labour hold
  47. Glasgow Springburn	Labour hold	Speaker hold. (Notional Speaker gain from Labour)
  48. Gordon	Liberal Democrat hold (notional Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative & Unionist)	Liberal Democrat hold
  49. Greenock & Inverclyde	Labour hold	Labour hold
  50. Hamilton North & Bellshill	Labour hold	Labour hold
  51. Hamilton South	Labour hold	Labour hold
  52. Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat	Labour hold
  53. Kilmarnock & Loudoun	Labour hold	Labour hold
  54. Kirkcaldy	Labour hold	Labour hold
  55. Linlithgow	Labour hold	Labour hold
  56. Livingston	Labour hold	Labour hold
  57. Midlothian	Labour hold	Labour hold
  58. Moray	Scottish National Party hold	Scottish National Party hold
  59. Motherwell & Wishaw	Labour hold	Labour hold
  60. Ochil	Labour hold	Labour hold
  61. Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat hold	Liberal Democrat hold
  62. Paisley North	Labour hold	Labour hold
  63. Paisley South	Labour hold	Labour hold
  64. Perth	Scottish National Party hold (notional Scottish National Party gain from Conservative & Unionist)	Scottish National Party hold
  65. Renfrewshire West	Labour hold	Labour gain from "Scottish Labour" (Notional Labour hold)
  66. Ross, Skye & Inverness West	Liberal Democrat hold	Liberal Democrat hold
  67. Roxburgh & Berwickshire	Liberal Democrat hold	Liberal Democrat hold
  68. Stirling	Labour hold	Labour hold
  69. Strathkelvin & Bearsden	Labour hold	Labour hold
  70. Tayside North	Scottish National Party gain from Conservative & Unionist	Scottish National Party hold
  71. Tweedale, Ettrick & Lauderdale	Liberal Democrat hold	Liberal Democrat hold
  72. Western Isles	Labour hold	Labour hold

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