1999 Election
Results of the Election to the Scottish Parliament, May 1999
Constituency Results
|
Aberdeen Central
|
|
Candidate Name
|
Party
|
Votes Cast
|
|
Eleanor Anderson
|
Liberal Democrat
|
4,403
|
|
Andrew Cumbers
|
Scottish Socialists
|
523
|
|
Richard Lochhead
|
SNP
|
7,609
|
|
Lewis MacDonald
|
Labour
|
10,305
|
|
Tom Mason
|
Conservative
|
3,655
|
| |
|
Majority
|
| |
|
2,696
|
|
|
Aberdeen North
|
|
Candidate Name
|
Party
|
Votes Cast
|
|
Brian Adam
|
SNP
|
9,942
|
|
James Donaldson
|
Liberal Democrat
|
4,767
|
|
Iain Haughie
|
Conservative
|
2,772
|
|
Elaine Thomson
|
Labour
|
10,340
|
|
|
|
Majority
|
| |
|
398
|
|
|
Aberdeen South
|
|
Candidate Name
|
Party
|
Votes Cast
|
|
Mike Elrick
|
Labour
|
9,540
|
|
Irene McGugan
|
SNP
|
6,651
|
|
Nanette Milne
|
Conservative
|
6,993
|
|
Nicol Stephen
|
Liberal Democrat
|
11,300
|
|
Scott Sutherland
|
Socialist Worker
|
206
|
| |
|
Majority
|
| |
|
1,760
|
|
|
Airdrie and Shotts
|
|
David Miller
|
Liberal Democrat
|
2,345
|
|
Mr Gil Paterson
|
SNP
|
9,353
|
|
Patrick Ross Taylor
|
Conservative
|
3,177
|
|
Karen Whitefield
|
Labour
|
18,338
|
| |
|
Majority
|
| |
|
8,985
|
|
|
Angus
|
|
Candidate Name
|
Party
|
Votes Cast
|
|
Ron Harris
|
Conservative
|
7,154
|
|
Ian McFatridge
|
Labour
|
6,914
|
|
Dick Speirs
|
Liberal Democrat
|
4,413
|
|
Andrew Welsh
|
SNP
|
16,055
|
| |
|
Majority
|
| |
|
8,901
|
|
|
Argyll and Bute
|
|
Candidate Name
|
Party
|
Votes Cast
|
|
Duncan Hamilton
|
SNP
|
9,169
|
|
George Lyon
|
Liberal Democrat
|
11,226
|
|
David Petrie
|
Conservative
|
5,312
|
|
Hugh Raven
|
Labour
|
6,470
|
| |
|
Majority
|
| |
|
2,057
|
|
|
Ayr
|
|
Candidate Name
|
Party
|
Votes Cast
|
|
Elaine Morris
|
Liberal Democrat
|
1,662
|
|
Phil Gallie
|
Conservative
|
14,238
|
|
Roger Mullin
|
SNP
|
7,291
|
|
Ian Welsh
|
Labour
|
14,263
|
|
MSP elected
|
|
Majority
|
|
Ian Welsh (resigned December 1999)
|
Labour
|
25
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Banff and Buchan
|
|
Candidate Name
|
Party
|
Votes Cast
|
|
Mr David Davidson
|
Conservative
|
5,403
|
|
Megan Harris
|
Labour
|
4,321
|
|
Maitland Mackie
|
Liberal Democrat
|
5,315
|
|
Alex Salmond
|
SNP
|
16,695
|
| |
|
Majority
|
| |
|
11,292
|
|
|
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
|
|
|
Candidate Name
|
Party
|
Votes Cast
|
|
Richard Jenkins
|
Conservative
|
2,167
|
|
Jean Urquhart
|
SNP
|
6,035
|
|
James Hendry
|
Labour
|
6,300
|
|
James Campbell
|
Independent
|
554
|
|
Ewen Stewart
|
Independent
|
282
|
|
Jamie Stone
|
Liberal Democrat
|
10,691
|
| |
|
Majority
|
| |
|
4,391
|
|
|
Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley
|
|
Candidate Name
|
Party
|
Votes Cast
|
|
David Hannay
|
Liberal Democrat
|
2,441
|
|
Mr Adam Ingram
|
SNP
|
10,864
|
|
Cathy Jamieson
|
Labour
|
19,667
|
|
John Scott
|
Conservative
|
8,123
|
| |
|
Majority
|
| |
|
8,803
|
|
|
Central Fife
|
|
Candidate Name
|
Party
|
Votes Cast
|
|
Keith Harding
|
Conservative
|
1,918
|
|
Jane Ann Liston
|
Liberal Democrat
|
1,953
|
|
Tricia Marwick
|
SNP
|
10,153
|
|
Henry McLeish
|
Labour
|
18,828
|
| |
|
Majority
|
| |
|
8,675
|
|
|
Clydebank and Milngavie
|
|
Candidate Name
|
Party
|
Votes Cast
|
|
Rod Ackland
|
Liberal Democrat
|
4,149
|
|
Dorothy Luckhurst
|
Conservative
|
3,688
|
|
Des McNulty
|
Labour
|
15,105
|
|
Jim Yuill
|
SNP
|
10,395
|
| |
|
Majority
|
| |
|
4,710
|
|
|
Clydesdale
|
|
Candidate Name
|
Party
|
Votes Cast
|
|
Charles Cormack
|
Conservative
|
5,814
|
|
Sandra Grieve
|
Liberal Democrat
|
3,503
|
|
Karen Gillon
|
Labour
|
16,755
|
|
Anne Winning
|
SNP
|
12,875
|
| |
|
Majority
|
| |
|
3,880
|
|
|
Coatbridge and Chryston
|
|
Candidate Name
|
Party
|
Votes Cast
|
|
Jane Hook
|
Liberal Democrat
|
1,889
|
|
Peter Kearney
|
SNP
|
7,519
|
|
Gordon Lind
|
Conservative
|
2,867
|
|
Elaine Smith
|
Labour
|
17,923
|
| |
|
Majority
|
| |
|
10,404
|
|
|
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth
|
|
Candidate Name
|
Party
|
Votes Cast
|
|
Cathie Craigie
|
Labour
|
15,118
|
|
Hugh O'Donnell
|
Liberal Democrat
|
2,029
|
|
Robin Slack
|
Conservative
|
1,362
|
|
Andrew Wilson
|
SNP
|
10,923
|
| |
|
Majority
|
| |
|
4,195
|
|
|
Cunninghame North
|
|
Candidate Name
|
Party
|
Votes Cast
|
|
Calum Irving
|
Liberal Democrat
|
2,900
|
|
Mike Johnston
|
Conservative
|
6,649
|
|
Mrs Kay Ullrich
|
SNP
|
9,563
|
|
Allan Wilson
|
Labour
|
14,371
|
| |
|
Majority
|
| |
|
4,808
|
|
|
Cunninghame South
|
|
Candidate Name
|
Party
|
Votes Cast
|
|
Irene Oldfather
|
Labour
|
14,936
|
|
Stuart Ritchie
|
Liberal Democrat
|
1,717
|
|
Michael Russell
|
SNP
|
8,395
|
|
Mr Murray Tosh
|
Conservative
|
3,229
|
| |
|
Majority
|
| |
|
6,541
|
|
|
Dumbarton
|
|
Candidate Name
|
Party
|
Votes Cast
|
|
Jackie Baillie
|
Labour
|
15,181
|
|
Paul Coleshill
|
Liberal Democrat
|
4,035
|
|
Mr Lloyd Quinan
|
SNP
|
10,434
|
|
Donald Reece
|
Conservative
|
5,060
|
| |
|
Majority
|
| |
|
4,747
|
|
|
Dumfries
|
|
Candidate Name
|
Party
|
Votes Cast
|
|
David Mundell
|
Conservative
|
10,447
|
|
Elaine Murray
|
Labour
|
14,101
|
|
Stephen Norris
|
SNP
|
7,625
|
|
Neil Wallace
|
Liberal Democrat
|
6,209
|
| |
|
Majority
|
| |
|
3,654
|
|
|
Dundee East
|
|
Candidate Name
|
Party
|
Votes Cast
|
|
Harvey Duke
|
Scottish Socialists
|
530
|
|
Raymond Lawrie
|
Liberal Democrat
|
2,153
|
|
John McAllion
|
Labour
|
13,703
|
|
Iain Mitchell
|
Conservative
|
4,428
|
|
Shona Robison
|
SNP
|
10,849
|
| |
|
Majority
|
| |
|
2,854
|
|
|
Dundee West
|
|
Candidate Name
|
Party
|
Votes Cast
|
|
Gordon Buchan
|
Conservative
|
3,345
|
|
Calum Cashley
|
SNP
|
10,804
|
|
Elizabeth Dick
|
Liberal Democrat
|
2,998
|
|
Kate Maclean
|
Labour
|
10,925
|
|
James McFarlane
|
Scottish Socialists
|
1,010
|
| |
|
Majority
|
| |
|
121
|
|
|
Dunfermline East
|
|
Candidate Name
|
Party
|
Votes Cast
|
|
Helen Eadie
|
Labour
|
16,576
|
|
Fred Lawson
|
Liberal Democrat
|
2,275
|
|
David McCarthy
|
SNP
|
7,877
|
|
Carrie Ruxton
|
Conservative
|
2,931
|
| |
|
Majority
|
| |
|
8,699
|
|
|
Dunfermline West
|
|
Candidate Name
|
Party
|
Votes Cast
|
|
Douglas Chapman
|
SNP
|
8,539
|
|
Elizabeth Harris
|
Liberal Democrat
|
5,591
|
|
James Mackie
|
Conservative
|
2,981
|
|
Scott Barrie
|
Labour
|
13,560
|
| |
|
Majority
|
| |
|
5,021
|
|
|
East Kilbride
|
|
Candidate Name
|
Party
|
Votes Cast
|
|
Linda Fabiani
|
SNP
|
13,488
|
|
Ewan Hawthorn
|
Liberal Democrat
|
3,373
|
|
Andy Kerr
|
Labour
|
19,987
|
|
Craig Stevenson
|
Conservative
|
4,665
|
| |
|
Majority
|
| |
|
6,499
|
|
|
East Lothian
|
|
Candidate Name
|
Party
|
Votes Cast
|
|
Judy Hayman
|
Liberal Democrat
|
4,147
|
|
Calum Miller
|
SNP
|
8,274
|
|
Christine Richard
|
Conservative
|
5,941
|
|
John Home Robertson
|
Labour
|
19,220
|
| |
|
Majority
|
| |
|
10,946
|
|
|
Eastwood
|
|
Candidate Name
|
Party
|
Votes Cast
|
|
Rachel Findlay
|
SNP
|
8,760
|
|
Anna McCurley
|
Liberal Democrat
|
4,472
|
|
Kenneth Macintosh
|
Labour
|
16,970
|
|
John Young
|
Conservative
|
14,845
|
| |
|
Majority
|
| |
|
2,125
|
|
|
Edinburgh Central
|
|
Candidate Name
|
Party
|
Votes Cast
|
|
Brian Allingham
|
Independent
|
364
|
|
Sarah Boyack
|
Labour
|
14,224
|
|
Jacqui Low
|
Conservative
|
6,018
|
|
Ian McKee
|
SNP
|
9,598
|
|
Andy Myles
|
Liberal Democrat
|
6,187
|
|
William Wallace
|
Independent
|
191
|
|
Kevin Williamson
|
Scottish Socialists
|
830
|
| |
|
Majority
|
| |
|
4,626
|
|
|
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh
|
|
Candidate Name
|
Party
|
Votes Cast
|
|
Jeremy Balfour
|
Conservative
|
4,600
|
|
Susan Deacon
|
Labour
|
17,086
|
|
Mr Kenny MacAskill
|
SNP
|
10,372
|
|
Marjorie Thomas
|
Liberal Democrat
|
4,100
|
|
Derrick White
|
Scottish Socialists
|
697
|
|
Michael Heavey
|
Independent
|
134
|
| |
|
Majority
|
| |
|
6,714
|
|
|
Edinburgh North and Leith
|
|
Candidate Name
|
Party
|
Votes Cast
|
|
Ronald Brown
|
Scottish Socialists
|
907
|
|
Malcolm Chisholm
|
Labour
|
17,203
|
|
Anne Dana
|
SNP
|
9,467
|
|
Jamie Sempill
|
Conservative
|
5,030
|
|
Sebastian Tombs
|
Liberal Democrat
|
4,039
|
| |
|
Majority
|
| |
|
7,736
|
|
|
Edinburgh Pentlands
|
|
Candidate Name
|
Party
|
Votes Cast
|
|
Stewart Gibb
|
SNP
|
8,770
|
|
Ian Gibson
|
Liberal Democrat
|
5,029
|
|
Iain Gray
|
Labour
|
14,343
|
|
David McLetchie
|
Conservative
|
11,458
|
| |
|
Majority
|
| |
|
2,885
|
|
|
Edinburgh South
|
|
Candidate Name
|
Party
|
Votes Cast
|
|
Margo MacDonald
|
SNP
|
9,445
|
|
Angus MacKay
|
Labour
|
14,869
|
|
Mike Pringle
|
Liberal Democrat
|
8,961
|
|
Iain Whyte
|
Conservative
|
6,378
|
|
William Black
|
SWP
|
482
|
| |
|
Majority
|
| |
|
5,424
|
|
|
Edinburgh West
|
|
Candidate Name
|
Party
|
Votes Cast
|
|
Lord James Douglas Hamilton
|
Conservative
|
10,570
|
|
Carole Fox
|
Labour
|
8,860
|
|
Margaret Smith
|
Liberal Democrat
|
15,161
|
|
Graham Sutherland
|
SNP
|
6,984
|
| |
|
Majority
|
| |
|
4,583
|
|
Falkirk East
|
|
Candidate Name
|
Party
|
Votes Cast
|
|
Keith Brown
|
SNP
|
11,582
|
|
Gordon Macdonald
|
Liberal Democrat
|
2,509
|
|
Victor MacGrain
|
SFP
|
358
|
|
Alastair Orr
|
Conservative
|
3,399
|
|
Cathy Peattie
|
Labour
|
15,721
|
|
Raymond Stead
|
Socialist Labour
|
|
| |
|
Majority
|
| |
|
4,139
|
|
|
Falkirk West
|
|
Candidate Name
|
Party
|
Votes Cast
|
|
Dennis Canavan
|
|
18,511
|
|
Ross Martin
|
Labour
|
6,300
|
|
Mr Michael Matheson
|
SNP
|
5,986
|
|
Gordon Millar
|
Conservative
|
1,897
|
|
Andrew Smith
|
Liberal Democrat
|
954
|
| |
|
Majority
|
| |
|
12,192
|
|
|
Galloway and Upper Nithsdale
|
|
Candidate Name
|
Party
|
Votes Cast
|
|
Alex Fergusson
|
Conservative
|
10,672
|
|
Joan Mitchell
|
Liberal Democrat
|
3,562
|
|
Alasdair Morgan
|
SNP
|
13,873
|
|
James Stevens
|
Labour
|
7,209
|
| |
|
Majority
|
| |
|
3,201
|
|
|
Glasgow Anniesland
|
|
Candidate Name
|
Party
|
Votes Cast
|
|
Bill Aitken
|
Conservative
|
3,032
|
|
Iain Brown
|
Liberal Democrat
|
1,804
|
|
Donald Dewar
|
Labour
|
16,749
|
|
Ann Lynch
|
Scottish Socialists
|
1,000
|
|
Kaukab Stewart
|
SNP
|
5,756
|
|
Edward Boyd
|
SLP
|
139
|
| |
|
Majority
|
| |
|
10,993
|
|
|
Glasgow Ballieston
|
|
Candidate Name
|
Party
|
Votes Cast
|
|
Dorothy-Grace Elder
|
SNP
|
8,217
|
|
Margaret Curran
|
Labour
|
11,289
|
|
Judith Fryer
|
Liberal Democrat
|
813
|
|
Kate Pickering
|
Conservative
|
1,526
|
|
James McVicar
|
Scottish Socialist
|
1,864
|
| |
|
Majority
|
| |
|
3,072
|
|
|
Glasgow Cathcart
|
|
Candidate Name
|
Party
|
Votes Cast
|
|
Callan Dick
|
Liberal Democrat
|
2,187
|
|
Mary Leishman
|
Conservative
|
3,311
|
|
Mike Watson
|
Labour
|
12,966
|
|
Marie Whitehead
|
SNP
|
7,592
|
|
Roddy Slorach
|
SWP
|
920
|
| |
|
Majority
|
| |
|
5,374
|
|
|
Glasgow Govan
|
|
Candidate Name
|
Party
|
Votes Cast
|
|
Tasmina Ahmed Sheikh
|
Conservative
|
2,343
|
|
Mohammed Aslam Khan
|
Liberal Democrat
|
1,479
|
|
John Foster
|
Communist
|
190
|
|
Gordon Jackson
|
Labour
|
11,421
|
|
Charlie McCarthy
|
Scottish Socialists
|
1,275
|
|
Ms Nicola Sturgeon
|
SNP
|
9,665
|
| |
|
Majority
|
| |
|
1,756
|
|
|
Glasgow Kelvin
|
|
Candidate Name
|
Party
|
Votes Cast
|
|
Moira Craig
|
Liberal Democrat
|
3,720
|
|
Pauline McNeill
|
Labour
|
12,711
|
|
Assad Rasul
|
Conservative
|
2,253
|
|
Heather Ritchie
|
Scottish Socialists
|
1,375
|
|
Ms Sandra White
|
SNP
|
8,303
|
| |
|
Majority
|
| |
|
4,408
|
|
|
Glasgow Maryhill
|
|
Candidate Name
|
Party
|
Votes Cast
|
|
Patricia Ferguson
|
Labour
|
11,455
|
|
Clare Hamblen
|
Liberal Democrat
|
1,793
|
|
Michael Fry
|
Conservative
|
1,194
|
|
Charles Scott
|
Scottish Socialists
|
1,439
|
|
Bill Wilson
|
SNP
|
7,129
|
| |
|
Majority
|
| |
|
4,326
|
|
|
Glasgow Pollok
|
|
Candidate Name
|
Party
|
Votes Cast
|
|
James King
|
Liberal Democrat
|
931
|
|
Mr Kenneth Gibson
|
SNP
|
6,763
|
|
Johann Lamont
|
Labour
|
11,405
|
|
Rory O'Brien
|
Conservative
|
1,370
|
|
Tommy Sheridan
|
Scottish Socialists
|
5,611
|
| |
|
Majority
|
| |
|
4,642
|
|
|
Glasgow Rutherglen
|
|
Candidate Name
|
Party
|
Votes Cast
|
|
Robert Brown
|
Liberal Democrat
|
5,798
|
|
Tom Chalmers
|
SNP
|
6,155
|
|
Janis Hughes
|
Labour
|
13,442
|
|
James Nisbet
|
Socialist Labour
|
481
|
|
Iain Stewart
|
Conservative
|
2,315
|
| |
|
Majority
|
| |
|
7,287
|
|
|
Glasgow Shettleston
|
|
Candidate Name
|
Party
|
Votes Cast
|
|
Colin Bain
|
Conservative
|
1,260
|
|
Jim Byrne
|
SNP
|
5,611
|
|
Laurence Clarke
|
Liberal Democrat
|
943
|
|
Rosie Kane
|
Scottish Socialists
|
1,640
|
|
Frank McAveety
|
Labour
|
11,078
|
| |
|
Majority
|
| |
|
5,467
|
|
|
Glasgow Springburn
|
|
Candidate Name
|
Party
|
Votes Cast
|
|
William Murray Roxburgh
|
Conservative
|
1,293
|
|
John Brady
|
SNP
|
6,375
|
|
Matthew Dunnigan
|
Liberal Democrat
|
1,288
|
|
James Friel
|
Scottish Socialists
|
1,141
|
|
Paul Martin
|
Labour
|
14,268
|
| |
|
Majority
|
| |
|
7,893
|
|
|
Gordon
|
|
Candidate Name
|
Party
|
Votes Cast
|
|
Gillian Carlin-Kulwicki
|
Labour
|
3,950
|
|
Alex Johnstone
|
Conservative
|
6,602
|
|
Nora Radcliffe
|
Liberal Democrat
|
12,353
|
|
Sandy Stronach
|
SNP
|
8,158
|
|
Hamish Watt
|
Independent
|
2,559
|
| |
|
Majority
|
| |
|
4,195
|
|
|
Greenock and Inverclyde
|
|
Candidate Name
|
Party
|
Votes Cast
|
|
Ross Finnie
|
Liberal Democrat
|
7,504
|
|
Iain Hamilton QC
|
SNP
|
6,762
|
|
David Landels
|
Scottish Socialists
|
857
|
|
Duncan McNeil
|
Labour
|
11,817
|
|
Richard Wilkinson
|
Conservative
|
1,699
|
| |
|
Majority
|
| |
|
4,313
|
|
|
Hamilton North and Bellshill
|
|
Candidate Name
|
Party
|
Votes Cast
|
|
Kathleen McAlorum
|
SNP
|
9,621
|
|
Katherine McGavigan
|
Socialist Labour
|
1,064
|
|
Michael McMahon
|
Labour
|
15,227
|
|
Jayne Struthers
|
Liberal Democrat
|
2,105
|
|
Stuart Thomson
|
Conservative
|
3,199
|
| |
|
Majority
|
| |
|
5,606
|
|
|
Hamilton South
|
|
Candidate Name
|
Party
|
Votes Cast
|
|
John Oswald
|
Liberal Democrat
|
1,982
|
|
Adam Ardey
|
SNP
|
6,922
|
|
Tom McCabe
|
Labour
|
14,098
|
|
Margaret Mitchell
|
Conservative
|
2,998
|
| |
|
Majority
|
| |
|
7,168
|
|
|
Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber
|
|
Candidate Name
|
Party
|
Votes Cast
|
|
Joan Aitken
|
Labour
|
13,384
|
|
Fergus Ewing
|
SNP
|
13,825
|
|
Donnie Fraser
|
Liberal Democrat
|
8,508
|
|
Mary Scanlon
|
Conservative
|
6,107
|
| |
|
Majority
|
| |
|
441
|
|
|
Kilmarnock and Loudoun
|
|
Candidate Name
|
Party
|
Votes Cast
|
|
Margaret Jamieson
|
Labour
|
17,345
|
|
Mrs Lyndsay McIntosh
|
Conservative
|
4,589
|
|
Alex Neil
|
SNP
|
14,585
|
|
John Stewart
|
Liberal Democrat
|
2,830
|
| |
|
Majority
|
| |
|
2,760
|
|
|
Kirkcaldy
|
|
Candidate Name
|
Party
|
Votes Cast
|
|
Stuart Hosie
|
SNP
|
9,170
|
|
Marilyn Livingstone
|
Labour
|
13,645
|
|
John Mainland
|
Liberal Democrat
|
2,620
|
|
Mike Scott Hayward
|
Conservative
|
2,907
|
| |
|
Majority
|
| |
|
4,475
|
|
|
Linlithgow
|
|
Candidate Name
|
Party
|
Votes Cast
|
|
John Barrett
|
Liberal Democrat
|
2,643
|
|
Gordon Lindhurst
|
Conservative
|
3,158
|
|
Mary Mulligan
|
Labour
|
15,247
|
|
Stewart Stevenson
|
SNP
|
12,319
|
| |
|
Majority
|
| |
|
2,928
|
|
|
Livingston
|
|
Candidate Name
|
Party
|
Votes Cast
|
|
Greg McCarra
|
SNP
|
13,409
|
|
Bristow Muldoon
|
Labour
|
17,313
|
|
Martin Oliver
|
Liberal Democrat
|
2,834
|
|
Douglas Younger
|
Conservative
|
3,014
|
| |
|
Majority
|
| |
|
3,904
|
|
|
Midlothian
|
|
Candidate Name
|
Party
|
Votes Cast
|
|
Rhona Brankin
|
Labour
|
14,467
|
|
John Elder
|
Liberal Democrat
|
3,184
|
|
Douglas Pryde
|
Independent
|
818
|
|
Angus Robertson
|
SNP
|
8,942
|
|
George Turnbull
|
Conservative
|
2,544
|
| |
|
Majority
|
| |
|
5,525
|
|
|
Moray
|
|
Candidate Name
|
Party
|
Votes Cast
|
|
Margaret Ewing
|
SNP
|
13,027
|
|
Ali Farquharson
|
Labour
|
8,898
|
|
Andrew Findlay
|
Conservative
|
8,595
|
|
Patsy Kenton
|
Liberal Democrat
|
3,056
|
| |
|
Majority
|
| |
|
|
Current Members
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