Election results

'Rhona Brankin, deputy Rural Affairs Minister and Labour MSP for Midlothian, complained to the parliamentary authorities after Mr Sheridan, leader of the Scottish Socialist Party, took up the case of one of her constituents, Vicky Haylott, a blind woman who was dragged naked from her bed in a house in Dalkeith by sherrif officers and evicted in May.' Murray Ritchie in the Herald, 5 th November 2001.

Midlothian (Lothians Region)

3 rd May 2007 Holyrood Election - Constituency result

Electorate 48,403. Turnout 25,111 (51.89 % + 3.14 %)
	Rhona Brankin MSP (Not standing on Lothians list)
	Labour
	Votes	10,671
	%	42.50 %
	% change since 2003	- 4.79 %
	Colin Beattie (Also number 7 on Lothians list)
	Scottish National Party
	Votes	8,969
	%	35.72 %
	% change since 2003	+ 11.96 %
	Ross Laird (Not standing on Lothians list)
	Liberal Democrat
	Votes	2,704
	%	10.77 %
	% change since 2003	- 0.69 %
	P J Lewis (Not standing on Lothians list)
	Conservative & Unionist
	Votes	2,269
	%	9.04 %
	% change since 2003	- 1.81 %
	George McCleery (Also number 1 on Lothians list)
	The Had Enough Party
	Votes	498
	%	1.98 %
	% change since 2003	(+ 1.98 %)
Labour hold
Labour majority		1,446
% majority		5.32 %
% change since 2003		- 30.46 %

3 rd May 2007 Holyrood Election - Regional list result

Electorate 48,403. Turnout 25,793, 53.29 % (+ 4.51 %) 967 rejected papers
Logo	Party	Votes	%	% change
	Labour	9,006	34.92 %	- 0.61 %
	Scottish National Party	7,820	30.32 %	+ 11.26 %
	Liberal Democrats	1,972	7.65 %	+ 0.87 %
	Conservative & Unionist Party	1,914	7.42 %	- 1.43 %
	Margo MacDonald MSP (Independent)	1,899	7.36 %	- 3.90 %
	Scottish Green Party	984	3.81 %	- 3.29 %
	Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party	413	1.60 %	(+ 1.60 %)
	Solidarity	316	1.23 %	(+ 1.23 %)
	Socialist Labour Party	278	1.08 %	- 0.62 %
	British National Party	257	1.00 %	+ 1.00 %
	Scottish Christian Party	149	0.58 %	(+ 0.58 %)
	Christian Peoples Alliance	54	0.21 %	(+ 0.21 %)
	Scottish Socialist Party	179	0.69 %	- 4.28 %
	Had Enough Party	153	0.53 %	(+ 0.53 %)
	Publican Party	143	0.55 %	(+ 0.55 %)
	Adam Lyal's Witchery Tour Party	73	0.28 %	- 0.10 %
	Scottish Voice/NHS First	61	0.24 %	(+ 0.24 %)
	UK Independence Party	60	0.23 %	- 0.16 %
	Scotland Against Crooked Lawyers	37	0.14 %	(+ 0.14 %)
	Scottish Enterprise Party	11	0.04 %	(+ 0.04 %)
	Alex Scott (Independent)	7	0.03 %	- 0.03 %
	Duncan Thorpe (Independent)	5	0.02 %	(+ 0.02 %)
	John Wilson (Independent)	2	0.01 %	(+ 0.01 %)
	Labour majority	1,186	4.60 %	- 11.95 %

1 st May 2003 Holyrood Election - Constituency result

Electorate 48,319. Turnout 23,556, 48.75 % (- 12.76 %)
	Rhona Brankin MSP (Not standing on Lothians list)
	Labour
	Votes	11,139
	%	47.29 %
	% change since 1999	- 1.33 %
	Graham Sutherland (Also number 6 on Lothians list)
	Scottish National Party
	Votes	5,597
	%	23.76 %
	% change since 1999	- 6.29 %
	Jacqui Bell (Also number 5 on Lothians list)
	Liberal Democrat
	Votes	2,700
	%	11.46 %
	% change since 1999	+ 0.76 %
	Rosemary Macarthur (Also number 8 on Lothians list)
	Conservative & Unionist
	Votes	2,557
	%	10.85 %
	% change since 1999	+ 2.30 %
	Bob Goupillot (Also number 10 on Lothians list)
	Scottish Socialist Party
	Votes	1,563
	%	6.64 %
	% change since 1999	(+ 6.64 %)
Labour hold
Labour majority		5,542
% majority		23.53 %
% change since 1999		+ 4.96 %

1 st May 2003 Holyrood Election - Regional list result

Electorate 48,319. Turnout 23,571 (48.78 % - 12.02 %) 174 rejected ballot papers
Logo	Party	Votes	%	% change
	Labour	8,393	35.61 %	- 2.36 %
	Scottish National Party	4,492	19.06 %	- 10.25 %
	Margo MacDonald MSP (Independent)	2,654	11.26 %	(+ 11.26 %)
	Conservative & Unionist	2,087	8.85 %	- 0.29 %
	Scottish Green Party	1,673	7.10 %	+ 2.99 %
	Liberal Democrats	1,599	6.78 %	2.67 %
	Scottish Socialist Party	1,171	4.97 %	- 3.62 %
	Pensioners's Party	596	2.53 %	(+ 2.53 %)
	Socialist Labour Party	268	1.14 %	- 4.32 %
	Liberal Party In Scotland	246	1.04 %	+ 0.36 %
	UK Independence Party	91	0.39 %	(+ 0.39 %)
	Adam Lyle's Witchery Tour Party	90	0.38 %
	Pro-Life Party	74	0.31 %	+ 0.08 %
	Scottish Peoples Alliance	71	0.30 %	(+ 0.30 %)
	Mary Campbell (Independent)	39	0.17 %
	Peter Gatensbury (Independent)	14	0.06 %
	Alexander Scott (Independent)	13	0.06 %
	Labour majority	3,901	16.55 %	+ 7.89 %

6 th May 1999 Holyrood Election - Constituency result

Electorate . Turnout
	Rhona Brankin (Not standing on Lothians list)
	Labour
	Votes	14,467
	%	48.62 %
	% change since 1997	- 4.89 %
	Angus Robertson (Also number 8 on Lothians list)
	Scottish National Party
	Votes	8,942
	%	30.05 %
	% change since 1997	+ 4.54 %
	John Elder (Not standing on Lothians list)
	Liberal Democrat
	Votes	3,184
	%	10.70 %
	% change since 1997	+ 1.52 %
	George Turnbull (Also number 9 on Lothians list)
	Conservative & Unionist
	Votes	2,544
	%	8.55 %
	% change since 1997	- 2.35 %
	Douglas Pryde (Not standing on Lothians list)
	Independent
	Votes	618
	%	2.08 %
	% change since 1997	(+ 2.08 %)
Labour hold
Labour majority		5,525
% majority		18.57 %
% change since 1997		- 9.43 %

6 th May 1999 Holyrood Election - Regional list vote result

Electorate 48,912. Turnout 29,737 (60.80 %) 123 rejected ballot papers
Logo	Party	Votes	%
	Labour	11,285	37.97 %
	Scottish National Party	8,709	29.31 %
	Liberal Democrats	3,153	10.61 %
	Conservative & Unionist	2,715	9.14 %
	Socialist Labour Party	1,622	5.46 %
	Scottish Green Party	1,220	4.11 %
	Scottish Socialist Party	400	1.35 %
	Liberal Party	201	0.68 %
	Witchery Tour Party	118	0.40 %
	ProLife Alliance	68	0.23 %
	Braveheart	63	0.21 %
	Natural Law Party	44	0.15 %
	Socialist Party of Great Britain	41	0.14 %
	Civil Rights Movement	32	0.11 %
	Independent Voice for Scottish Parliament	22	0.07 %
	Anti-Corruption, Mobile Home Scandal, Roads	12	0.04 %
	Independent Independent	0	0.00 %
	Labour majority	2,576	8.66 %

1 st May 1997 Westminster Election

Logo	Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Eric Clarke	18,861	53.51 %
	Scottish National Party	Laurence Millar	8,991	25.51 %
	Conservative & Unionist	Anne Harper	3,842	10.90 %
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Pinnock	3,235	9.18 %
	Referendum	Keith Docking	320	0.91%
	Labour hold	Labour majority	9,870	28.00 %