Election Results
| Election | Political result | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Election 2010 Turnout: 45,802 (62.2%) +3.8 |
Labour hold Majority: 23,009 (50.2%) +6.6 Swing: +3.3% from SNP to Lab |
Gordon Brown | Labour | 29,559 | 64.5 | +6.4 | ||
| Douglas Chapman | SNP | 6,550 | 14.3 | -0.2 | ||||
| John Mainland | Liberal Democrat | 4,269 | 9.3 | -3.7 | ||||
| Lindsay Paterson | Conservative | 4,258 | 9.3 | -1.0 | ||||
| Peter Adams | UKIP | 760 | 1.7 | +0.5 | ||||
| Susan Archibald | Independent | 184 | 0.4 | N/A | ||||
| Donald MacLaren | Independent | 165 | 0.4 | N/A | ||||
| Derek Jackson | Independent | 57 | 0.1 | N/A | ||||
| General Election 2005 Turnout: 41,796 (58.4%) |
Labour hold Majority: 18,216 (43.6%) Swing: +1.9% from SNP to Lab |
Gordon Brown | Labour | 24,278 | 58.1 | -0.4 | ||
| Alan Bath | SNP | 6,062 | 14.5 | -4.1 | ||||
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | 5,450 | 13.0 | +3.8 | ||||
| Stuart Randall | Conservative | 4,308 | 10.3 | -0.3 | ||||
| Steve West | Scottish Socialist | 666 | 1.6 | -1.1 | ||||
| Peter Adams | UKIP | 516 | 1.2 | +0.8 | ||||
| James Parker | Scottish Senior Citizens | 425 | 1.0 | N/A | ||||
| Elizabeth Kwantes | Independent | 47 | 0.1 | N/A | ||||
| Pat Sargent | Independent | 44 | 0.1 | N/A | ||||
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