Candidates and Constituency Assessments

'The LibDems have continually failed to put policy into practice. It has become impossible to regard the Liberals' environmental commitments as anything other than a trick, to be discarded if there is any electoral advantage to be had from a contrary view.' Ex SDP and Lib Dem election candidate Stewart Callison.

East Dunbartonshire

Westminster Election, 5 th May 2005

Electorate 64,763 Turnout: 72.15 %
	Jo Swinson
	Liberal Democrat
	Votes	19,533
	%	41.81 %
	% change since 2001 (Denver/Baxter figures)	+ 14.76 % / + 16.73 %
	John Lyons MP
	Labour
	Votes	15,472
	%	33.11 %
	% change since 2001 (Denver/Baxter figures)	- 0.22 % / - 5.08 %
	David Jack
	Conservative & Unionist
	Votes	7,708
	%	16.50 %
	% change since 2001 (Denver/Baxter figures)	- 5.95 % / - 3.45 %
	Christopher Sagan
	Scottish National Party
	Votes	2,708
	%	5.81 %
	% change since 2001 (Denver/Baxter figures)	- 8.93 % / - 8.38 %
	Stewart Callison
	Scottish Green Party
	Votes	876
	%	1.87 %
	% change since 2001 (Denver/Baxter figures)	(+ 1.87 %) / (+1.87 %)
	Pamela Page
	Scottish Socialist Party
	Votes	419
	%	0.90 %
	% change since 2001 (Denver/Baxter figures)	- 1.53 % / - 1.65 %
Notional Liberal Democrat gain from Labour
Liberal Democrat majority		4,061
% majority		8.69 %
% change since 2001 (Denver/Baxter figures)		/

Notional 2001 result

Logo	Party	Denver			Baxter
		Votes	%		Votes	%
	Labour	13,792	33.33 %		15,787	38.19 %
	Liberal Democrat	11,191	27.05 %		10,385	25.12 %
	Conservative & Unionist	9,290	22.45 %		8,246	19.95 %
	Scottish National Party	6,099	14.74 %		5,868	14.19 %
	Scottish Socialist Party	1,006	2.43 %		1,053	2.55 %
Notional Labour win	Notional Labour majority	2,601	6.29 %		5,402	13.07 %