UK Elections Info

Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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1 May 1997		32,654/57,438	56.85
George Galloway	Labour Party	16,643	50.97
Sandra White	Scottish National Party	6,978	21.37
Elspeth McKay Buchanan	Liberal Democrats	4,629	14.18
Duncan Howard McPhie	Conservative & Unionist Party	3,539	10.84
Allan Green	Scottish Socialist	386	1.18
Robert James Mitchell Grigor	Referendum Party	282	0.86
Victor Vanni	Socialist Party of Great Britain	102	0.31
George William Stidolph	Natural Law Party	95	0.29
Majority		9,665	29.60

7 June 2001		26,802/61,534	43.56
George Galloway	Labour Party	12,014	44.83
Dr Tamsin Mayberry	Liberal Democrats	4,754	17.74
Francis Anthony Rankin	Scottish National Party	4,513	16.84
Davena Monica Rankin	Conservative & Unionist Party	2,388	8.91
Heather Ritchie	Scottish Socialist	1,847	6.89
Tim John Cairns Shand	Green Party	1,286	4.80
Majority		7,260	27.09

6 May 2003 George Galloway was suspended from the Labour Party following comments he had made about Government policy during the war with Iraq.

23 October 2003 George Galloway was expelled from the Labour Party.

25 January 2004 George Galloway forms the Respect - the Unity Coalition.