TOP THREE PARTIES AT A GLANCE
Labour		45.5%
Liberal Democrat		26.2%
SNP		17.0%
Swing: 7.0% from LAB to LD

IN DETAIL
Name	Party	Votes	%	+/- %
David Hamilton	Labour	17,153	45.5	-5.0
Fred Mackintosh	Liberal Democrat	9,888	26.2	+8.9
Colin Beattie	SNP	6,400	17.0	-2.2
Iain McGill	Conservative	3,537	9.4	+0.2
Norman Gilfillan	Scottish Socialist Party	726	1.9	-1.2
Majority		7,265	19.3
Turnout		37,704	62.2	+1.0

POLITICAL MAKE UP OF SCOTLAND

Full details for Scotland

2001 RESULT FOR MIDLOTHIAN
Labour		50.5%
SNP		19.2%
Liberal Democrat		17.3%
Others		13.0%