Glasgow Anniesland by-elections, 2000

There was a double by-election in Glasgow Anniesland in 2000.

Donald Dewar, a leading figure in Scottish Labour politics, had in 1999 been elected to the Scottish Parliament where he had become First Minister of the Scottish Parliament, but he retained his seat in the Parliament of the United Kingdom intending to stand down at the next general election. However, Dewar died on October 11, 2000 from a massive brain haemorrhage, possibly brought on by a fall he suffered outside his official residence the previous day. The fall might not have been fatal had he not been on warfarin after suffering a heart attack earlier that year. This created a by-election for his seat of Glasgow Anniesland in the UK Parliament and Glasgow Anniesland in the Scottish Parliament.

Both elections were held on the same day, and polling day was set for November 23. John Robertson had already been chosen to fight the seat for Labour at the general election and therefore stood at the byelection. The Labour vote declined, but with the main benfiicary being the small Scottish Socialist Party rather than the challenging Scottish National Party, the seat was comfortably held.

Results

Westminster result

The turnout was 38.1%.

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Robertson
votes = 10,359
percentage = 51.7
change = -10.1 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Grant Thoms
votes = 4,202
percentage = 21.0
change = +3.9 Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Dorothy Luckhurst
votes = 2,188
percentage = 10.9
change = -0.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Chris McGinty
votes = 1,630
percentage = 8.1
change = +0.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Socialist Party
candidate = Charlie McCarthy
votes = 1,441
percentage = 7.2
change = +6.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = William Lyden
votes = 212
percentage = 1.1
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes =
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = -7.0

General Election result, 1997

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Donald Dewar
votes = 20,951
percentage = 61.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Bill Wilson
votes = 5,797
percentage = 17.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Robert Brocklehurst
votes = 3,881
percentage = 11.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Chris McGinty
votes = 2,453
percentage = 7.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Prolife Alliance
candidate = Akhtar Majid
votes = 374
percentage = 1.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Socialist Alliance
candidate = Bill Bonnar
votes = 229
percentage = 0.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Alan Milligan
votes = 86
percentage = 0.3
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Referendum Party
candidate = Gillian McKay
votes = 84
percentage = 0.2
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Natural Law Party
candidate = Thomas Pringle
votes = 24
percentage = 0.1
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes =
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

cottish Parliament result

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Bill Butler
votes = 9,838
percentage = 48.68
change = −10.13 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Tom Chalmers
votes = 4,462
percentage = 22.08
change = +1.87 Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Kate Pickering
votes = 2,138
percentage = 10.58
change = −0.07Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Socialist Party
candidate = Rosie Kane
votes = 1,429
percentage = 7.07
change = +2.56Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Judith Fryer
votes = 1,384
percentage = 6.85
change = +0.52Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Green Party
candidate = Alistair Whitelaw
votes = 662
percentage = 3.28
change = +3.28Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Murdo Ritchie
votes = 298
percentage = 1.47
change = +0.98Election box majority
votes = 5,376
percentage = 26.60
change = −12.00 Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = -6.0

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Donald Dewar
votes = 16,749
percentage = 58.81
change = −3.03 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Kaukab Stewart
votes = 5,756
percentage = 20.21
change = +3.10 Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Bill Aitken
votes = 3,186
percentage = 14.37
change = +3.72Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Socialist Party
candidate = Ann Lynch
votes = 1,000
percentage = 3.51
change = +2.83Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Iain Brown
votes = 1,804
percentage = 6.33
change = −0.91Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Edward Boyd
votes = 139
percentage = 0.49
change = +0.49Election box majority
votes = 10,993
percentage = 38.60
change = −6.13

ee also

* Glasgow Anniesland (UK Parliament constituency)
* Glasgow Anniesland (Scottish Parliament constituency)
* Elections in Scotland
* List of Scottish Parliamentary by-elections
* List of United Kingdom by-elections