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| The Scottish Abstract of Statistics No 26,1998 |
| Table 1E2 Parliamentary election results by constituency, 1997 and by elections since 1997 |
Constituency |
Electorate |
Total vote |
Percentage |
Number of votes polled 1 |
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Labour |
Conservative |
Liberal |
Scottish |
Referendum |
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| TOTAL | 3,937,113 |
2,813,257 |
71.5 |
1,283,350 |
493,062 |
365,359 |
617,310 |
26,748 |
| Aberdeen Central | 54,257 |
35,616 |
65.6 |
17,745 |
6,944 |
4,714 |
5,767 |
446 |
| Aberdeen North | 54,302 |
38,415 |
70.7 |
18,389 |
5,763 |
5,421 |
8,379 |
463 |
| Aberdeen South | 60,490 |
44,062 |
72.8 |
15,541 |
11,621 |
12,176 |
4,299 |
425 |
| Airdrie & Shotts | 57,673 |
41,181 |
71.4 |
25,460 |
3,660 |
1,719 |
10,048 |
294 |
| Angus | 59,708 |
43,076 |
72.1 |
6,733 |
10,603 |
4,065 |
20,792 |
883 |
| Argyll & Bute | 49,451 |
35,720 |
72.2 |
5,596 |
6,774 |
14,359 |
8,278 |
713 |
| Ayr | 55,829 |
44,756 |
80.2 |
21,679 |
15,136 |
2,116 |
5,625 |
200 |
| Banff & Buchan | 58,493 |
40,178 |
68.7 |
4,747 |
9,564 |
2,398 |
22,409 |
1,060 |
| Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross | 41,566 |
29,172 |
70.2 |
8,122 |
3,148 |
10,381 |
6,710 |
369 |
| Carrick, Cumnock & Doon Valley | 65,593 |
49,171 |
75.0 |
29,398 |
8,336 |
2,613 |
8,190 |
634 |
| Central Fife | 58,315 |
40,765 |
69.9 |
23,912 |
3,669 |
2,610 |
10,199 |
375 |
| Clydebank & Milngavie | 52,092 |
39,086 |
75.0 |
21,583 |
4,885 |
4,086 |
8,263 |
269 |
| Clydesdale | 63,428 |
45,412 |
71.6 |
23,859 |
7,396 |
3,796 |
10,050 |
- |
| Coatbridge & Chryston | 52,024 |
37,612 |
72.3 |
25,694 |
3,216 |
2,048 |
6,402 |
249 |
| Cumbernauld & Kilsyth | 40,032 |
36,024 |
90.0 |
21,141 |
2,441 |
1,368 |
10,013 |
107 |
| Cunninghame North | 54,526 |
41,129 |
75.4 |
20,686 |
9,647 |
2,271 |
7,584 |
440 |
| Cunninghame South | 49,543 |
35,444 |
71.5 |
22,233 |
3,571 |
1,604 |
7,364 |
178 |
| Dumbarton | 56,229 |
41,264 |
73.4 |
20,470 |
7,283 |
3,144 |
9,587 |
255 |
| Dumfries | 62,759 |
49,527 |
78.9 |
23,528 |
13,885 |
5,487 |
5,997 |
533 |
| Dundee East | 58,388 |
40,528 |
69.4 |
20,718 |
6,397 |
1,677 |
10,757 |
601 |
| Dundee West | 57,346 |
38,807 |
67.7 |
20,875 |
5,105 |
2,972 |
9,016 |
411 |
| Dunfermline East | 52,072 |
36,583 |
70.3 |
24,441 |
3,656 |
2,164 |
5,690 |
632 |
| Dunfermline West | 52,467 |
36,434 |
69.4 |
19,338 |
4,606 |
4,963 |
6,984 |
543 |
| East Kilbride | 65,229 |
48,796 |
74.8 |
27,584 |
5,863 |
3,527 |
10,200 |
306 |
| East Lothian | 57,441 |
43,432 |
75.6 |
22,881 |
8,660 |
4,575 |
6,825 |
491 |
| Eastwood | 66,697 |
52,252 |
78.3 |
20,766 |
17,530 |
6,110 |
6,826 |
497 |
| Edinburgh Central | 63,695 |
42,735 |
67.1 |
20,125 |
9,055 |
5,605 |
6,750 |
495 |
| Edinburgh East & Musselburgh | 59,648 |
42,118 |
70.6 |
22,564 |
6,483 |
4,511 |
8,034 |
526 |
| Edinburgh North & Leith | 61,617 |
40,945 |
66.5 |
19,209 |
7,312 |
5,335 |
8,231 |
441 |
| Edinburgh Pentlands | 59,635 |
45,742 |
76.7 |
19,675 |
14,813 |
4,575 |
5,952 |
422 |
| Edinburgh South | 62,467 |
44,838 |
71.8 |
20,993 |
9,541 |
7,911 |
5,791 |
504 |
| Edinburgh West | 61,133 |
47,631 |
77.9 |
8,948 |
13,325 |
20,578 |
4,210 |
277 |
| Falkirk East | 56,792 |
41,595 |
73.2 |
23,344 |
5,813 |
2,153 |
9,959 |
326 |
| Falkirk West | 52,850 |
38,370 |
72.6 |
22,772 |
4,639 |
1,970 |
8,989 |
- |
| Galloway & Upper Nithsdale | 52,751 |
42,018 |
79.7 |
6,861 |
12,825 |
2,700 |
18,449 |
428 |
| Glasgow Anniesland | 52,955 |
33,879 |
64.0 |
20,951 |
3,881 |
2,453 |
5,797 |
84 |
| Glasgow Baillieston | 51,152 |
31,853 |
62.3 |
20,925 |
2,468 |
1,217 |
6,085 |
188 |
| Glasgow Cathcart | 49,312 |
34,110 |
69.2 |
19,158 |
4,248 |
2,302 |
6,913 |
344 |
| Glasgow Govan | 49,836 |
32,242 |
64.7 |
14,216 |
2,839 |
1,915 |
11,302 |
201 |
| Glasgow Kelvin | 57,438 |
32,654 |
56.9 |
16,643 |
3,539 |
4,629 |
6,978 |
282 |
| Glasgow Maryhill | 52,523 |
29,721 |
56.6 |
19,301 |
1,747 |
2,119 |
5,037 |
76 |
| Glasgow Pollock | 49,284 |
32,802 |
66.6 |
19,653 |
1,979 |
1,137 |
5,862 |
152 |
| Glasgow Rutherglen | 50,646 |
35,521 |
70.1 |
20,430 |
3,288 |
5,167 |
5,423 |
150 |
| Glasgow Shettleston | 47,990 |
26,813 |
55.9 |
19,616 |
1,484 |
1,061 |
3,748 |
151 |
| Glasgow Springburn | 53,473 |
31,577 |
59.1 |
22,534 |
1,893 |
1,349 |
5,208 |
186 |
| Gordon | 58,767 |
42,245 |
71.9 |
4,350 |
11,002 |
17,999 |
8,435 |
459 |
| Greenock & Inverclyde | 48,818 |
34,687 |
71.1 |
19,480 |
3,979 |
4,791 |
6,440 |
- |
| Hamilton North & Bellshill | 53,607 |
37,999 |
70.9 |
24,322 |
3,944 |
1,924 |
7,255 |
554 |
| Hamilton South | 46,562 |
33,091 |
71.1 |
21,709 |
2,858 |
1,693 |
5,831 |
316 |
| Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber | 65,701 |
47,768 |
72.7 |
16,187 |
8,355 |
8,364 |
13,848 |
436 |
| Kilmarnock & Loudoun | 61,376 |
47,409 |
77.2 |
23,621 |
5,125 |
1,891 |
16,365 |
284 |
| Kirkcaldy | 52,186 |
34,973 |
67.0 |
18,730 |
4,779 |
3,031 |
8,020 |
413 |
| Linlithgow | 53,706 |
39,654 |
73.8 |
21,469 |
4,964 |
2,331 |
10,631 |
259 |
| Livingston | 60,296 |
42,834 |
71.0 |
23,510 |
4,028 |
2,876 |
11,793 |
444 |
| Midlothian | 47,552 |
35,249 |
74.1 |
18,861 |
3,842 |
3,235 |
8,991 |
320 |
| Moray | 58,302 |
39,766 |
68.2 |
7,886 |
10,963 |
3,548 |
16,529 |
840 |
| Motherwell & Wishaw | 52,252 |
36,619 |
70.1 |
21,020 |
4,024 |
2,331 |
8,229 |
218 |
| North East Fife | 58,794 |
41,839 |
71.2 |
4,301 |
11,076 |
21,432 |
4,545 |
485 |
| North Tayside | 61,398 |
45,591 |
74.3 |
5,141 |
16,287 |
3,716 |
20,447 |
- |
| Ochil | 56,572 |
43,786 |
77.4 |
19,707 |
6,383 |
2,262 |
15,055 |
210 |
| Orkney & Shetland | 32,291 |
20,665 |
64.0 |
3,775 |
2,527 |
10,743 |
2,624 |
820 |
| Paisley North | 49,725 |
34,135 |
68.6 |
20,295 |
3,267 |
2,365 |
7,481 |
196 |
| Paisley South | 54,040 |
37,351 |
69.1 |
21,482 |
3,237 |
3,500 |
8,732 |
254 |
| Perth | 60,313 |
44,551 |
73.9 |
11,036 |
13,068 |
3,583 |
16,209 |
366 |
| Ross, Skye & Inverness West | 55,639 |
39,955 |
71.8 |
11,453 |
4,368 |
15,472 |
7,821 |
306 |
| Roxburgh & Berwickshire | 47,259 |
34,931 |
73.9 |
5,226 |
8,337 |
16,243 |
3,959 |
922 |
| Stirling | 52,491 |
42,958 |
81.8 |
20,382 |
13,971 |
2,675 |
5,752 |
- |
| Strathkelvin & Bearsden | 62,974 |
44,712 |
71.0 |
26,278 |
9,986 |
4,843 |
3,111 |
339 |
| Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale | 50,891 |
39,802 |
78.2 |
10,689 |
8,623 |
12,178 |
6,671 |
406 |
| West Aberdeenshire & Kincardine | 59,123 |
43,189 |
73.0 |
3,923 |
15,080 |
17,742 |
5,639 |
805 |
| West Renfrewshire | 52,348 |
39,786 |
76.0 |
18,525 |
7,387 |
3,045 |
10,546 |
283 |
| Western Isles | 22,983 |
16,106 |
70.1 |
8,955 |
1,071 |
495 |
5,379 |
206 |
| By election 6 November 1997: | ||||||||
| Paisley South | 54,436 |
23,435 |
43.1 |
10,346 |
1,643 |
2,582 |
7,615 |
* |
Source: SOHD: Civil Law |
| 1 Only votes cast for for the five main political parties in Scotland are detailed above. |
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