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Scotland, 1997 vs 2001: seat-by-seat change

Every constituency in Scotland compared between the 1997 and 2001 general elections: which seats changed hands and how far each swung.

Constituency19972001MajorityCon–Lab swing
Aberdeen CentralLabLab25.2%+0.5
Aberdeen NorthLabLab14.7%+0.2
Aberdeen SouthLabLab11.9%+5.9
Airdrie and ShottsLabLab38.9%−0.4
AngusSNPSNP10.3%+3.7
Argyll and ButeLDLD5.3%+3.5
AyrLabLab6.6%−4.0
Banff and BuchanSNPSNP34.1%+3.0
Caithness Sutherland and Easter RossLDLD11.0%−2.9
Carrick Cumnock and Doon ValleyLabLab37.0%−2.9
Central FifeLabLab31.0%−0.3
Clydebank and MilngavieLabLab33.0%−0.2
ClydesdaleLabLab20.4%−1.4
Coatbridge and ChrystonLabLab50.5%−0.8
Cumbernauld and KilsythLabLab25.3%−1.2
Cunninghame NorthLabLab24.8%−0.3
Cunninghame SouthLabLab40.0%−2.1
DumbartonLabLab28.2%+0.9
DumfriesLabLab20.7%+0.6
Dundee EastLabLab13.8%−1.1
Dundee WestLabLab23.3%+0.4
Dunfermline EastLabLab50.1%−0.7
Dunfermline WestLabLab35.5%+1.1
East KilbrideLabLab30.6%−0.7
East LothianLabLab29.4%−1.7
EastwoodLabLab18.9%+6.4
Edinburgh CentralLabLab23.7%−0.1
Edinburgh East and MusselburghLabLab35.3%+1.5
Edinburgh North and LeithLabLab26.5%+1.5
Edinburgh PentlandsLabLab4.5%−3.1
Edinburgh SouthLabLab14.8%0
Edinburgh WestLDLD19.2%+4.9
Falkirk EastLabLab31.8%+1.6
Falkirk WestLabLab27.6%−1.5
Galloway and Upper NithsdaleSNPCon gain0.2%+0.2
Glasgow AnnieslandLabLab41.4%−1.9
Glasgow BailliestonLabLab42.3%−1.8
Glasgow CathcartLabLab39.5%−1.8
Glasgow GovanLabLab25.3%+2.7
Glasgow KelvinLabLab27.1%−2.1
Glasgow MaryhillLabLab44.5%−2.0
Glasgow PollokLabLab44.6%+0.9
Glasgow RutherglenLabLab43.2%−1.1
Glasgow ShettlestonLabLab48.0%−4.1
Glasgow SpringburnLabOth gain61.2%−32.7
GordonLDLD22.5%+3.1
Greenock and InverclydeLabLab34.8%−1.4
Hamilton North and BellshillLabLab44.6%−0.3
Hamilton SouthLabLab40.3%−2.2
Inverness East Nairn and LochaberLabLab11.1%+3.5
Kilmarnock and LoudounLabLab27.4%+1.7
KirkcaldyLabLab31.8%+1.7
LinlithgowLabLab28.8%+1.9
LivingstonLabLab29.5%−0.4
MidlothianLabLab31.4%+0.3
MoraySNPSNP5.3%+4.9
Motherwell and WishawLabLab36.9%−0.4
North East FifeLDLD28.1%+2.0
North TaysideSNPSNP8.5%+3.9
OchilLabLab15.2%+1.5
Orkney and ShetlandLDLD20.8%−2.1
Paisley NorthLabLab34.3%−1.6
Paisley SouthLabLab39.0%+1.0
PerthSNPSNP0.1%+0.2
Ross Skye and Inverness WestLDLD37.2%−4.9
Roxburgh and BerwickshireLDLD26.1%+0.9
StirlingLabLab17.5%+1.3
Strathkelvin and BearsdenLabLab28.2%−1.2
Tweeddale Ettrick and LauderdaleLDLD15.5%+3.0
West Aberdeenshire and KincardineLDLD12.7%+3.7
West RenfrewshireLabLab25.6%+1.2
Western IslesLabLab8.2%−6.7

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