 | 'Some might sniff that (Dr John) Reid's political progress owes more to the party machine and an ability to choose friends carefully than to raw talent. But everything he has touched so far has been a success - even to the point of turning the meaningless job of Scottish secretary into what Jeremy Paxman described as the minister for embarrassments.' Murray Ritchie in the Herald, 25 th January 2001. |  |
| Electorate 66,987 Turnout: 55.40 % | ||||
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| Logo | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
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Labour | Frank Roy MP | 21,327 | 57.47 % |
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Scottish National Party | Ian MacQuarrie | 6,105 | 16.45 % |
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Liberal Democrat | Dr Conor Snowden | 4,464 | 12.03 % |
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Conservative & Unionist | Peter Finnie | 3,440 | 9.27 % |
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Scottish Socialist Party | Gregor McEwan | 1,019 | 2.75 % |
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Free Scotland Party | Dallas Carter | 384 | 1.03 % |
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Operation Christian Vote | Coral Thompson | 370 | 1.00 % |
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Notional Labour hold | Labour majority | 15,222 | 41.02 % |
| Logo | Party | Denver | Baxter | |||
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| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
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Labour | 21,535 | 56.75 % | 22,239 | 56.77 % | |
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Scottish National Party | 7,757 | 20.45 % | 8,247 | 21.05 % | |
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Conservative & Unionist | 3,580 | 9.44 % | 3,703 | 9.45 % | |
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Liberal Democrat | 3,297 | 8.69 % | 3,306 | 8.44 % | |
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Scottish Socialist Party | 1,568 | 4.13 % | 1,560 | 3.98 % | |
| Others | 192 | 0.51 % | 120 | 0.31 % | ||
| Notional Labour win | Notional Labour majority | 13,778 | 36.33 % | 13,992 | 35.72 % | |
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