Westminster Election, 5 th May 2005

'We cannot base our military strategy on the assumption that Saddam is weak and at the same time justify pre-emptive action on the claim that he is a threat. Iraq probably has no weapons of mass destruction in the commonly understood sense of the term - namely a credible device capable of being delivered against a strategic city target. It probably still has biological toxins and battlefield chemical munitions, but it has had them since the 1980s when US companies sold Saddam anthrax agents and the then British Government approved chemical and munitions factories.' Robin Cook's resignation speech, 17 th March 2003.

Livingston

Westminster Election, 5 th May 2005

Electorate 76,353 Turnout: 58.07 %
	Rt Hon Robin Cook MP
	Labour
	Votes	22,657
	%	51.10 %
	% change since 2001 (Denver/Baxter figures)	- 4.12 % / - 4.17 %
	Cllr Angela Constance
	Scottish National Party
	Votes	9,560
	%	21.56 %
	% change since 2001 (Denver/Baxter figures)	- 1.78 % / - 1.51 %
	Charles Dundas
	Liberal Democrat
	Votes	6,832
	%	15.41 %
	% change since 2001 (Denver/Baxter figures)	+ 5.54 % / + 5.26 %
	Alison Ross
	Conservative & Unionist
	Votes	4,499
	%	10.15 %
	% change since 2001 (Denver/Baxter figures)	+ 2.54 % / + 2.52 %
	Steven Nimmo
	Scottish Socialist Party
	Votes	789
	%	1.78 %
	% change since 2001 (Denver/Baxter figures)	- 1.24 % / - 1.15 %
Notional Labour hold
Labour majority		13,097
% majority		29.54 %
% change since 2001 (Denver/Baxter figures)		- 2.34 % / - 2.66 %

Notional 2001 result

Logo	Party	Denver			Baxter
		Votes	%		Votes	%
	Labour	23,622	55.22 %		23,599	55.27 %
	Scottish National Party	9,984	23.34 %		9,851	23.07 %
	Liberal Democrat	4,224	9.87 %		4,335	10.15 %
	Conservative & Unionist	3,257	7.61 %		3,259	7.63 %
	Scottish Socialist Party	1,292	3.02 %		1,252	2.93 %
	Others	401	0.94 %		404	0.95 %
Notional Labour win	Notional Labour majority	13,638	31.88 %		13,748	32.20 %