Westminster Election, 5 th May 2005

'Travel north and the Tory revival diminishes with the miles. swing of 3 % in the East Midlands. Three seats won back in Wales. But a mere 2.6 % swing in the English north-west. In Scotland, it was close to wipe-out, with only David Mundell's narrow victory in the sprawling new M74 seat saving the party's face.' Alf Young in the Herald, 7 th May 2005.

Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale & Tweeddale

Westminster Election, 5 th May 2005

Electorate 66,045 Turnout: 67.55 %
	David Mundell MSP
	Conservative & Unionist
	Votes	16,141
	%	36.18 %
	% change since 2001 (Denver/Baxter figures)	+ 12.47 % / + 8.80 %
	Cllr Sean Marshall
	Labour
	Votes	14,403
	%	32.28 %
	% change since 2001 (Denver/Baxter figures)	- 5.14 % / - 4.74 %
	Patsy Kenton
	Liberal Democrat
	Votes	9,046
	%	20.28 %
	% change since 2001 (Denver/Baxter figures)	- 1.87 % / - 0.23 %
	Andrew Wood
	Scottish National Party
	Votes	4,075
	%	9.13 %
	% change since 2001 (Denver/Baxter figures)	- 5.40 % / - 4.57 %
	Sarah McTavish
	Scottish Socialist Party
	Votes	521
	%	1.17 %
	% change since 2001 (Denver/Baxter figures)	- 0.61 % / - 0.43 %
	Anthony Lee
	UK Independence Party
	Votes	430
	%	0.96 %
	% change since 2001 (Denver/Baxter figures)	(+ 0.96 %) / (+ 0.96 %)
Notional Conservative & Unionist gain from Labour
Conservative & Unionist majority		1,738
% majority		3.90 %
% change since 2001 (Denver/Baxter figures)

Notional 2001 result

Logo	Party	Denver			Baxter
		Votes	%		Votes	%
	Labour	16,068	37.42 %		16,741	37.02 %
	Conservative & Unionist	10,184	23.71 %		12,282	27.38 %
	Liberal Democrat	9,508	22.15 %		9,068	20.05 %
	Scottish National Party	6,240	14.53 %		6,194	13.70 %
	Scottish Socialist Party	765	1.78 %		733	1.63 %
	Others	170	0.40 %		98	0.22 %
Notional Labour win	Notional Labour majority	5,254	12.24 %		4,359	9.64 %