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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.
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The turnout was 38.1%.
Westminster parliamentary by-election, 2000: Glasgow Anniesland | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | John Robertson | 10,359 | 51.7 | -10.1 | |
SNP | Grant Thoms | 4,202 | 21.0 | +3.9 | |
Conservative | Dorothy Luckhurst | 2,188 | 10.9 | -0.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | Chris McGinty | 1,630 | 8.1 | +0.9 | |
Scottish Socialist | Charlie McCarthy | 1,441 | 7.2 | +6.5 | |
Independent | William Lyden | 212 | 1.1 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | -7.0 |
UK general election, 1997: Glasgow Anniesland | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Donald Dewar | 20,951 | 61.8 | ||
SNP | Bill Wilson | 5,797 | 17.1 | ||
Conservative | Robert Brocklehurst | 3,881 | 11.5 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Chris McGinty | 2,453 | 7.2 | ||
ProLife Alliance | Akhtar Majid | 374 | 1.1 | ||
Scottish Socialist | Bill Bonnar | 229 | 0.7 | ||
UKIP | Alan Milligan | 86 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Referendum Party | Gillian McKay | 84 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Natural Law | Thomas Pringle | 24 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Scottish parliamentary by-election, 2000: Glasgow Anniesland | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Bill Butler | 9,838 | 48.68 | −10.13 | |
SNP | Tom Chalmers | 4,462 | 22.08 | +1.87 | |
Conservative | Kate Pickering | 2,138 | 10.58 | −0.07 | |
Scottish Socialist | Rosie Kane | 1,429 | 7.07 | +2.56 | |
Liberal Democrat | Judith Fryer | 1,384 | 6.85 | +0.52 | |
Scottish Green | Alistair Whitelaw | 662 | 3.28 | +3.28 | |
Socialist Labour | Murdo Ritchie | 298 | 1.47 | +0.98 | |
Majority | 5,376 | 26.60 | −12.00 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -6.0 |
Scottish parliamentary election, 1999: Glasgow Anniesland | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Donald Dewar | 16,749 | 58.81 | −3.03 | |
SNP | Kaukab Stewart | 5,756 | 20.21 | +3.10 | |
Conservative | Bill Aitken | 3,186 | 14.37 | +3.72 | |
Scottish Socialist | Ann Lynch | 1,000 | 3.51 | +2.83 | |
Liberal Democrat | Iain Brown | 1,804 | 6.33 | −0.91 | |
Socialist Labour | Edward Boyd | 139 | 0.49 | +0.49 | |
Majority | 10,993 | 38.60 | −6.13 |
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