Result: Renfrewshire East
| TOP THREE PARTIES AT A GLANCE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Labour |  | 43.9% |
| Conservative |  | 29.9% |
| Liberal Democrat |  | 18.3% |
| Swing: 2.4% from LAB to CON | ||
| IN DETAIL | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Party | Votes | % | +/- % |
| Jim Murphy | Labour | 20,815 | 43.9 | -3.7 |
| Richard Cook | Conservative | 14,158 | 29.9 | +1.2 |
| Gordon MacDonald | Liberal Democrat | 8,659 | 18.3 | +5.4 |
| Osama Bhutta | SNP | 3,245 | 6.8 | -1.8 |
| Ian Henderson | Scottish Socialist Party | 528 | 1.1 | -0.6 |
| Majority | 6,657 | 14.0 | ||
| Turnout | 47,405 | 72.1 | +2.3 | |
| POLITICAL MAKE UP OF SCOTLAND | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| 2001 RESULT FOR RENFREWSHIRE EAST | ||
|---|---|---|
| Labour |  | 47.6% |
| Conservative |  | 28.7% |
| Liberal Democrat |  | 12.9% |
| Others |  | 10.8% |
