 | 'For the SNP, 2003 is the new 1992. And indeed the SNP experience is eerily similar to that of Labour in their doomed campaign against John Major. The SNP's main opponent was weaker than it had been for years, led by a leader who had only been in charge for a few months. The Nationalists ran the best campaign by far. Its leader wiped the floor with his opposite numbers. And he lost. He lost.' Stewart Kirkpatrick in the Scotsman, 2 nd May 2003. |  |
| Electorate 60,181 Turnout: 62.91 % | ||||
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| Logo | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
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Labour | Douglas Alexander MP | 19,904 | 52.57 % |
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Liberal Democrat | Cllr Eileen McCartin | 6,672 | 17.62 % |
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Scottish National Party | Andrew Doig | 6,653 | 17.57 % |
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Conservative & Unionist | Thomas Begg | 3,188 | 8.42 % |
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Scottish Socialist Party | Iain Hogg | 789 | 2.08 % |
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Pride in Paisley Party | Gordon Matthew | 381 | 1.01 % |
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Independent | Robert Rodgers | 166 | 0.44 % |
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Socialist Labour Party | Howard Broadbent | 107 | 0.28 % |
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Notional Labour hold | Labour majority | 13,232 | 34.95 % |
| Logo | Party | Denver | Baxter | |||
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| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
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Labour | 22,049 | 56.99 % | 22,691 | 57.05 % | |
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Scottish National Party | 8,081 | 20.89 % | 8,096 | 20.36 % | |
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Liberal Democrat | 3,701 | 9.57 % | 3,705 | 9.32 % | |
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Conservative & Unionist | 3,247 | 8.39 % | 3,441 | 8.64 % | |
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Scottish Socialist Party | 1,099 | 2.84 % | 1,319 | 3.32 % | |
| Others | 514 | 1.33 % | 521 | 1.31 % | ||
| Notional Labour win | Notional Labour majority | 13,968 | 36.10 % | 14,595 | 36.70 % | |
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