2003 Scottish Parliament election

Scottish Parliament election, 2003
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All 129 seats to the Scottish Parliament ; 65 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout	49.4% 9.7%
	The left side shows constituency winners of the election by their party colours. The right side shows regional winners of the election for the additional members by their party colours.
First Minister before election; Jack McConnell; Labour	First Minister-designate ; Jack McConnell; Labour

The Scottish Parliament election, 2003, was the second election of members to the Scottish Parliament. It was held on 1 May 2003 and it brought no change in terms of control of the Scottish Executive. Jack McConnell, the Labour Party Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP), remained in office as First Minister and the Executive continued as a Labour and Liberal Democrat coalition.

The results also showed rises in support for smaller parties, including the Scottish Green Party and the Scottish Socialist Party (SSP) and declines in support for the Labour Party and the Scottish National Party (SNP). The Conservative and Unionist Party and the Scottish Liberal Democrats each polled almost exactly the same percentage of the vote as they had in the 1999 election, with each holding the same number of seats as before.

Three independent MSPs were elected: Dennis Canavan, Margo MacDonald and Jean Turner. John Swinburne, leader of the Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party, was also elected. This led to talk of a "rainbow" Parliament, but the arithmetic meant that the coalition of Labour and Scottish Liberal Democrats could continue in office, which they did until the 2007 election.

The decline in support for the SNP was viewed by some as a rejection of the case for Scottish independence. Others argued against this, pointing out that the number of MSPs in favour of independence actually rose because most of the minor parties such as the SSP share this position with the SNP.

Retiring MSPs

At the dissolution of Parliament on 31 March 2003, ten MSPs were not seeking re-election.^[1]

Constituency/Region	Departing MSP	Party
Glasgow	Dorothy-Grace Elder	style="background-color: Template:Independent/meta/color" \|	Independent
West of Scotland	Colin Campbell	style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" \|	Scottish National Party
Highlands and Islands	Duncan Hamilton	style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" \|	Scottish National Party
Highlands and Islands	Winnie Ewing	style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" \|	Scottish National Party
West of Scotland	Kay Ullrich	style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" \|	Scottish National Party
North East Scotland	Ben Wallace	style="background-color: Template:Scottish Conservative Party/meta/color" \|	Scottish Conservative Party
West of Scotland	John Young	style="background-color: Template:Scottish Conservative Party/meta/color" \|	Scottish Conservative Party
Central Fife	Henry McLeish	style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color" \|	Scottish Labour Party
Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale	Ian Jenkins	style="background-color: Template:Scottish Liberal Democrats/meta/color" \|	Scottish Liberal Democrats
Lothians	David Steel	style="background-color: Template:Scottish Liberal Democrats/meta/color" \|	Scottish Liberal Democrats

Campaign

The parliament was dissolved on 31 March 2003 and the campaign began thereafter.

Party leaders in 2003

Labour – Jack McConnell
SNP – John Swinney
Conservative – David McLetchie
Liberal Democrat – Jim Wallace
Greens – Robin Harper & Eleanor Scott (co-chairs)
SSP – Tommy Sheridan

Defeated MSPs

Labour

SNP

The New Party

Keith Harding, Mid Scotland and Fife (elected as a Conservative)
Lyndsay McIntosh, Central Scotland (elected as a Conservative)

Results

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|- ! style="background-color: #E4003B;" | | style="text-align:left;" |Labour | style="text-align:right;" | 663,585 | style="text-align:right;" | 34.5 | style="text-align:right;" | 4.3 | style="text-align:right;" | 46 | style="text-align:right;" | 7 | style="text-align:right;" | 561,379 | style="text-align:right;" | 29.4 | style="text-align:right;" | 4.2 | style="text-align:right;" | 4 | style="text-align:right;" | 1 | style="text-align:right;" | 50 | style="text-align:right;" | 6 | style="text-align:right;" | 38.8 |-

|- ! style="background-color: #FDF38E;" | | style="text-align:left;" |SNP | style="text-align:right;" | 455,772 | style="text-align:right;" | 23.7 | style="text-align:right;" | 6.4 | style="text-align:right;" | 9 | style="text-align:right;" | 2 | style="text-align:right;" | 399,659 | style="text-align:right;" | 20.9 | style="text-align:right;" | 6.4 | style="text-align:right;" | 18 | style="text-align:right;" | 10 | style="text-align:right;" | 27 | style="text-align:right;" | 8 | style="text-align:right;" | 20.9 |-

|- ! style="background-color: #0087DC;" | | style="text-align:left;" |Conservative | style="text-align:right;" | 318,279 | style="text-align:right;" | 16.6 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.9 | style="text-align:right;" | 3 | style="text-align:right;" | 3 | style="text-align:right;" | 296,929 | style="text-align:right;" | 15.6 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.2 | style="text-align:right;" | 15 | style="text-align:right;" | 3 | style="text-align:right;" | 18 | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | 14.0 |-

|- ! style="background-color: #FAA61A;" | | style="text-align:left;" |Liberal Democrats | style="text-align:right;" | 294,347 | style="text-align:right;" | 15.3 | style="text-align:right;" | 1.1 | style="text-align:right;" | 13 | style="text-align:right;" | 1 | style="text-align:right;" | 225,774 | style="text-align:right;" | 11.8 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.6 | style="text-align:right;" | 4 | style="text-align:right;" | 1 | style="text-align:right;" | 17 | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | 13.2 |-

|- ! style="background-color: #00B140;" | | style="text-align:left;" |Scottish Green | style="text-align:right;" | – | style="text-align:right;" | – | style="text-align:right;" | – | style="text-align:right;" | – | style="text-align:right;" | – | style="text-align:right;" | 132,138 | style="text-align:right;" | 6.9 | style="text-align:right;" | 3.3 | style="text-align:right;" | 7 | style="text-align:right;" | 6 | style="text-align:right;" | 7 | style="text-align:right;" | 6 | style="text-align:right;" | 5.4 |-

|- ! style="background-color: #ff0000;" | | style="text-align:left;" |Scottish Socialist | style="text-align:right;" | 116,013 | style="text-align:right;" | 6.0 | style="text-align:right;" | 5.0 | style="text-align:right;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | 128,026 | style="text-align:right;" | 6.7 | style="text-align:right;" | 4.7 | style="text-align:right;" | 6 | style="text-align:right;" | 5 | style="text-align:right;" | 6 | style="text-align:right;" | 5 | style="text-align:right;" | 4.7 |-

|- ! style="background-color: #DCDCDC;" | | style="text-align:left;" |Independent | style="text-align:right;" | 34,452 | style="text-align:right;" | 1.8 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.5 | style="text-align:right;" | 2 | style="text-align:right;" | 1 | style="text-align:right;" | 31,942 | style="text-align:right;" | 1.7 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.1 | style="text-align:right;" | 1 | style="text-align:right;" | 1 | style="text-align:right;" | 3 | style="text-align:right;" | 2 | style="text-align:right;" | 2.3 |-

|- ! style="background-color: #CC66CC;" | | style="text-align:left;" |Scottish Senior Citizens | style="text-align:right;" | – | style="text-align:right;" | – | style="text-align:right;" | – | style="text-align:right;" | – | style="text-align:right;" | – | style="text-align:right;" | 28,966 | style="text-align:right;" | 1.5 | style="text-align:right;" | 1.5 | style="text-align:right;" | 1 | style="text-align:right;" | 1 | style="text-align:right;" | 1 | style="text-align:right;" | 1 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.8 |-

|- ! style="background-color: white;" | | style="text-align:left;" |Pensioners Party | style="text-align:right;" | – | style="text-align:right;" | – | style="text-align:right;" | – | style="text-align:right;" | – | style="text-align:right;" | – | style="text-align:right;" | 28,655 | style="text-align:right;" | 1.5 | style="text-align:right;" | 1.5 | style="text-align:right;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | – |-

|- ! style="background-color: #EE1C25;" | | style="text-align:left;" |Socialist Labour | style="text-align:right;" | – | style="text-align:right;" | – | style="text-align:right;" | – | style="text-align:right;" | – | style="text-align:right;" | – | style="text-align:right;" | 21,657 | style="text-align:right;" | 1.1 | style="text-align:right;" | 1.2 | style="text-align:right;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | – |-

|- ! style="background-color: #6D3177;" | | style="text-align:left;" |UKIP | style="text-align:right;" | – | style="text-align:right;" | – | style="text-align:right;" | – | style="text-align:right;" | – | style="text-align:right;" | – | style="text-align:right;" | 11,969 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.6 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.6 | style="text-align:right;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | – |-

|- ! style="background-color: white;" | | style="text-align:left;" |People's Alliance | style="text-align:right;" | – | style="text-align:right;" | – | style="text-align:right;" | – | style="text-align:right;" | – | style="text-align:right;" | – | style="text-align:right;" | 7,718 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.4 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.4 | style="text-align:right;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | – |-

|- ! style="background-color: white;" | | style="text-align:left;" |Pro-Life | style="text-align:right;" | – | style="text-align:right;" | – | style="text-align:right;" | – | style="text-align:right;" | – | style="text-align:right;" | – | style="text-align:right;" | 6,759 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.4 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.1 | style="text-align:right;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | – |-

|- ! style="background-color: #5555FF;" | | style="text-align:left;" |Scottish Unionist | style="text-align:right;" | – | style="text-align:right;" | – | style="text-align:right;" | – | style="text-align:right;" | – | style="text-align:right;" | – | style="text-align:right;" | 6,113 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.3 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.1 | style="text-align:right;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | – |-

|- ! style="background-color: white;" | | style="text-align:left;" |Others | style="text-align:right;" | 39,171 | style="text-align:right;" | 2.0 | style="text-align:right;" | 1.9 | style="text-align:right;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | 20,274 | style="text-align:right;" | 1.1 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.4 | style="text-align:right;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | |- |- | || Total || 1,921,619 || 100.0 || || 73 || || 1,907,958 || 100.0 || || 56 || || 129 || || 100.0 |}

Notes:

1. The Scottish Greens did not stand in any constituencies, instead concentrating their resources on winning the largest possible share of the "second" vote for 'list' seats.

2. Three independents were elected: Margo MacDonald, Dennis Canavan and Jean Turner.

4. Overall turnout was 49.4%, down on the 1999 election.

Popular Vote

Labour			29.44%
SNP			20.94%
Conservative			15.56%
Liberal Democrats			11.83%
Green			6.92%
Scottish Socialist			6.71%
Independents			1.67%
SSCUP			1.52%
Pensioners			1.50%
Socialist Labour			1.13%
Other			2.74%

Parliament seats

Labour			38.76%
SNP			20.93%
Conservative			13.95%
Liberal Democrats			13.18%
Green			5.43%
Scottish Socialist			4.65%
Independents			2.33%
SSCUP			0.78%

Constituency and regional summary

Central Scotland

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|- | style="background-color: #FDF38E; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | SNP | style="text-align:left;" | Alex Neil
Michael Matheson
Linda Fabiani | style="text-align:center;" | 3 | style="text-align:center;" | −2 | style="text-align:right;" | 59,274 | style="text-align:right;" | 22.53% | style="text-align:right;" | -5.25% |-

|- | style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Conservative | style="text-align:left;" | Margaret Mitchell | style="text-align:center;" | 1 | style="text-align:center;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 24,121 | style="text-align:right;" | 9.17% | style="text-align:right;" | +0.02% |-

|- | style="background-color: #ff0000; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Scottish Socialist | style="text-align:left;" | Carolyn Leckie | style="text-align:center;" | 1 | style="text-align:center;" | +1 | style="text-align:right;" | 19,016 | style="text-align:right;" | 7.23% | style="text-align:right;" | +5.49% |-

|- | style="background-color: #CC66CC; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Scottish Senior Citizens | style="text-align:left;" | John Swinburne | style="text-align:center;" | 1 | style="text-align:center;" | +1 | style="text-align:right;" | 17,146 | style="text-align:right;" | 6.52% | style="text-align:right;" | N/A |-

|- | style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Liberal Democrats | style="text-align:left;" | Donald Gorrie | style="text-align:center;" | 1 | style="text-align:center;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 15,494 | style="text-align:right;" | 5.89% | style="text-align:right;" | -0.31% |-

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Glasgow

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|- | style="background-color: #FDF38E; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | SNP | style="text-align:left;" | Nicola Sturgeon
Sandra White | style="text-align:center;" | 2 | style="text-align:center;" | −2 | style="text-align:right;" | 34,894 | style="text-align:right;" | 17.1% | style="text-align:right;" | -8.4% |-

|- | style="background-color: #ff0000; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Scottish Socialist | style="text-align:left;" | Tommy Sheridan
Rosie Kane | style="text-align:center;" | 2 | style="text-align:center;" | +1 | style="text-align:right;" | 31,216 | style="text-align:right;" | 15.2% | style="text-align:right;" | +8.0% |-

|- | style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Conservative | style="text-align:left;" | Bill Aitken | style="text-align:center;" | 1 | style="text-align:center;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 15,299 | style="text-align:right;" | 7.5% | style="text-align:right;" | -0.4% |-

|- | style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Liberal Democrats | style="text-align:left;" | Robert Brown | style="text-align:center;" | 1 | style="text-align:center;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 14,839 | style="text-align:right;" | 7.5% | style="text-align:right;" | -0.4% |-

|- | style="background-color: #00B140; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Scottish Green | style="text-align:left;" | Patrick Harvie | style="text-align:center;" | 1 | style="text-align:center;" | +1 | style="text-align:right;" | 14,570 | style="text-align:right;" | 7.1% | style="text-align:right;" | +3.1% |-

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Highlands and Islands

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|- | style="background-color: #FDF38E; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | SNP | style="text-align:left;" | Jim Mather
Rob Gibson | style="text-align:center;" | 2 | style="text-align:center;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 39,497 | style="text-align:right;" | 23.43% | style="text-align:right;" | -4.3% |-

|- | style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Labour | style="text-align:left;" | Peter Peacock
Maureen Macmillan | style="text-align:center;" | 2 | style="text-align:center;" | −1 | style="text-align:right;" | 37,605 | style="text-align:right;" | 22.31% | style="text-align:right;" | -3.16 |-

|- | style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Conservative | style="text-align:left;" | Jamie McGrigor
Mary Scanlon | style="text-align:center;" | 2 | style="text-align:center;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 26,989 | style="text-align:right;" | 16.01% | style="text-align:right;" | +1.07% |-

|- | style="background-color: #00B140; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Scottish Green | style="text-align:left;" | Eleanor Scott | style="text-align:center;" | 1 | style="text-align:center;" | +1 | style="text-align:right;" | 13,935 | style="text-align:right;" | 8.27% | style="text-align:right;" | +4.52% |-

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Lothians

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|- | style="background-color: #FDF38E; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | SNP | style="text-align:left;" | Kenny MacAskill
Fiona Hyslop | style="text-align:center;" | 2 | style="text-align:center;" | −1 | style="text-align:right;" | 43,142 | style="text-align:right;" | 16.2% | style="text-align:right;" | -9.5% |-

|- | style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Conservative | style="text-align:left;" | James Douglas-Hamilton | style="text-align:center;" | 1 | style="text-align:center;" | −1 | style="text-align:right;" | 40,173 | style="text-align:right;" | 15.1% | style="text-align:right;" | -0.6% |-

|- | style="background-color: #00B140; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Scottish Green | style="text-align:left;" | Robin Harper
Mark Ballard | style="text-align:center;" | 2 | style="text-align:center;" | +1 | style="text-align:right;" | 31,908 | style="text-align:right;" | 12.0% | style="text-align:right;" | +5.1% |-

|- | style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Independent | style="text-align:left;" | Margo MacDonald | style="text-align:center;" | 1 | style="text-align:center;" | +1 | style="text-align:right;" | 27,143 | style="text-align:right;" | 10.2% | style="text-align:right;" | N/A |-

|- | style="background-color: #ff0000; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Scottish Socialist | style="text-align:left;" | Colin Fox | style="text-align:center;" | 1 | style="text-align:center;" | +1 | style="text-align:right;" | 14,448 | style="text-align:right;" | 5.4% | style="text-align:right;" | +3.8% |-

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Mid Scotland and Fife

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|- | style="background-color: #FDF38E; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | SNP | style="text-align:left;" | Bruce Crawford
Tricia Marwick | style="text-align:center;" | 2 | style="text-align:center;" | −1 | style="text-align:right;" | 57,631 | style="text-align:right;" | 23.0% | style="text-align:right;" | -5.7% |-

|- | style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Conservative | style="text-align:left;" | Murdo Fraser
Brian Monteith
Ted Brocklebank | style="text-align:center;" | 3 | style="text-align:center;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 43,941 | style="text-align:right;" | 17.6% | style="text-align:right;" | -1.0% |-

|- | style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Liberal Democrats | style="text-align:left;" | Keith Raffan | style="text-align:center;" | 1 | style="text-align:center;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 30,112 | style="text-align:right;" | 12.0% | style="text-align:right;" | -0.7% |-

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North East Scotland

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|- | style="background-color: #FDF38E; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | SNP | style="text-align:left;" | Richard Lochhead | style="text-align:center;" | 1 | style="text-align:center;" | −3 | style="text-align:right;" | 66,463 | style="text-align:right;" | 27.3% | style="text-align:right;" | -5.0% |-

|- | style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Labour | style="text-align:left;" | Marlyn Glen
Richard Baker | style="text-align:center;" | 2 | style="text-align:center;" | +2 | style="text-align:right;" | 49,189 | style="text-align:right;" | 20.2% | style="text-align:right;" | -5.3% |-

|- | style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Conservative | style="text-align:left;" | David Davidson
Nanette Milne
Alex Johnstone | style="text-align:center;" | 3 | style="text-align:center;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 42,318 | style="text-align:right;" | 17.4% | style="text-align:right;" | -0.9% |-

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South of Scotland

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|- | style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Conservative | style="text-align:left;" | Phil Gallie
David Mundell | style="text-align:center;" | 2 | style="text-align:center;" | −1 | style="text-align:right;" | 63,827 | style="text-align:right;" | 24.2% | style="text-align:right;" | +2.6% |-

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Adam Ingram
Alasdair Morgan | style="text-align:center;" | 3 | style="text-align:center;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 48,371 | style="text-align:right;" | 18.4% | style="text-align:right;" | -6.7% |-

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Bruce McFee
Stewart Maxwell | style="text-align:center;" | 3 | style="text-align:center;" | −1 | style="text-align:right;" | 50,387 | style="text-align:right;" | 19.6% | style="text-align:right;" | -6.3% |-

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Murray Tosh | style="text-align:center;" | 2 | style="text-align:center;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 40,261 | style="text-align:right;" | 15.7% | style="text-align:right;" | – |-

|- | style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Liberal Democrats | style="text-align:left;" | Ross Finnie | style="text-align:center;" | 1 | style="text-align:center;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 31,580 | style="text-align:right;" | 12.3% | style="text-align:right;" | +1.3% |-

|- | style="background-color: #ff0000; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Scottish Socialist | style="text-align:left;" | Frances Curran | style="text-align:center;" | 1 | style="text-align:center;" | +1 | style="text-align:right;" | 18,591 | style="text-align:right;" | 7.2% | style="text-align:right;" | +5.3 |-

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Coalition

As part of the coalition deal between Labour and the Scottish Liberal Democrats, Labour allowed proportional representation to be used in Scottish local government elections. This system was first used in 2007.

Party political and administration costs

The Lib Dems declared a total of £130,358 was spent on the campaign, SSP spent £74,361 the Greens spent £65,852 and the Scottish Senior Citizens' Unity Party spent 3,558. The Scottish People's Alliance spent £188,889 and UKIP spent £39,504.^[2]

References

^ "Farewell to the parliament". BBC News. 2 April 2003. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
^ "Figures reveal election spending". BBC News. 27 August 2003. Retrieved 4 February 2018.

Party Manifestos

External links

[1] "Farewell to the parliament". BBC News. 2 April 2003. Retrieved 4 February 2018.

[2] "Figures reveal election spending". BBC News. 27 August 2003. Retrieved 4 February 2018.

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