BBC NEWS | VOTE 2003


	Margaret Mitchell	Conservative
	Donald Gorrie	Liberal Democrats
	Alex Neil	SNP
	Michael Matheson	SNP
	Linda Fabiani	SNP
	Carolyn Leckie	Scottish Socialist Party
	John Swinburne	SSCU

RESULT


PARTY	SEATS	VOTES	%	+/-%
CON	1	24121	9.2	0
LAB	0	106318	40.4	+1.1
LD	1	15494	5.9	-0.3
GRN	0	12248	4.7	+2.9
SLP	0	3855	1.5	-1.8
SNP	3	59274	22.5	-5.3
UKIP	0	1009	0.4	N/A
SSP	1	19016	7.2	+5.5
IND	0	1265	0.5	N/A
SPA	0	1192	0.5	N/A
SSCU	1	17146	6.5	N/A
SUP	0	2147	0.8	-0.1

	TURNOUT	263085	48.6

CANDIDATES

CONSERVATIVE

Margaret Mitchell

Grace Campbell

Mark Nolan

Charles Ferguson

Iain Mitchell

Margaret McCulloch

Donald Reece

LABOUR

John Pentland

Mary Clark

Hugh Mulholland

Dennis Goldie

Jim Lee

Betty Cook

Craig Martin

LIBERAL DEMOCRAT

Donald Gorrie

Hugh O'Donnell

Paul Edie

Karen Utting

Ian Gibson

Alex Mackie

John Oswald

Kevin Lang

Jaqueline Kelly

SCOTTISH NATIONAL PARTY

Alex Neil

Michael Matheson

Linda Fabiani

Gil Paterson

Andrew Wilson

Keith Brown

John Wilson

GREEN

Stan Blackley

Graeme Farmer

Carey Coombs

Gavin Corbett

Carole Ferrigan

SCOTTISH SOCIALIST

Carolyn Leckie

Kenny McEwan

John Milligan

Mhairi McAlpine

Shareen Blackhall

Fraser Coats

Colin Rutherford

Gena Mitchell

Gordon Martin

SOCIALIST LABOUR

Raymond Stead

Isabella Watt

James McNaught

Dorothy Entwhistle

Craig Robertson

Trevor Bolderson

Margaret McInnes Stead

UKIP

Janice Murdoch

Jessie McTear

David Black

Karen Anderson

SPA

Lyndsay McIntosh

Gordon McIntosh

SSCU

John Swinburne

Russell Rodger

Billy McNeil

Sam McHarg

Victor MacGrain

David Thomson

Janet Black

Eric Caldow

David Lindsay

SUP

Mae Dempsey

George Fulston

INDEPENDENT

May Anderson

DESCRIPTION: Central Scotland

The electoral picture in the Central Scotland region appears to be one of almost unrelieved uniformity. Labour won every seat at both the 1992 and 1997 general elections, but the region was also the scene of the party's biggest humiliation in 1999, when Dennis Canavan took the Falkirk West constituency. Had he been relying on the regional vote, he would have won there and, if he fails to hold onto the constituency, he may still return as a list MSP. The Labour strength at constituency level was reflected by a Scottish National Party domination of the list, with five members returned.

CONSTITUENCIES:

	Airdrie & Shotts	LAB Hold
	Coatbridge & Chryston	LAB Hold
	Cumbernauld & Kilsyth	LAB Hold
	East Kilbride	LAB Hold
	Falkirk East	LAB Hold
	Falkirk West	IND Hold
	Hamilton North & Bellshill	LAB Hold
	Hamilton South	LAB Hold
	Kilmarnock & Loudoun	LAB Hold
	Motherwell & Wishaw	LAB Hold

CANDIDATES ELECTED - 1999 RESULT


	CANDIDATE	PARTY
	Lyndsay McIntosh	Con
	Donald Gorrie	LD
	Alex Neil	SNP
	Andrew Wilson	SNP
	Michael Matheson	SNP
	Gil Paterson	SNP
	Linda Fabiani	SNP

PARTIES - 1999 RESULT


PARTY	VOTES	%	SEATS
LAB	129822	39.3
SNP	91802	27.8	5
CON	30243	9.2	1
IND	27700	8.4
LD	20505	6.2	1
SLP	10956	3.3
GRN	5926	1.8
SSP	5739	1.7
SUP	2888	0.9
PLA	2567	0.8
SFPP	1373	0.4
NLP	719	0.2
IND	248	0.1