Glasgow Anniesland by-elections, 2000

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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 11 October 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 23 November. 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 beneficiary 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%.

Westminster parliamentary by-election, 2000: Glasgow Anniesland
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

General Election result, 1997

UK general election, 1997: Glasgow Anniesland
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 Parliament result

Scottish parliamentary by-election, 2000: Glasgow Anniesland
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
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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Scottish Election Results 1997 - present