2005 Livingston by-election

UK parliamentary by-election April 2021 May 2012 2005 Livingston by-election parliamentary 29 September 2005 No 38.6% Lab Labour Party (UK) Jim Devine 12,319 41.8% 9.3% x160px Scottish National Party Angela Constance 9,639 32.7% 11.1% LD Liberal Democrats (UK) Charles Dundas 4,362 14.8% 0.6% x160px Conservative Party (UK) Gordon Lindhurst 1,993 6.8% 3.4% MP Jim Devine Labour Party (UK) Robin Cook United Kingdom 2010 United Kingdom general election May 2005 2005 United Kingdom general election 2010 Labour Party (UK) A by-election for the United Kingdom parliamentary constituency of Livingston was held on 29 September 2005, following the death of incumbent Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) Robin Cook. It was won by Jim Devine, who held the seat for Labour. Cook died on 6 August 2005. Notice of the vacancy in the constituency was published in The London Gazette on 2 September, which allowed the Speaker of the House of Commons to issue the writ for the election on 8 September under the Recess Elections Act 1975. The poll was held on 29 September, in the week of the Labour Party Conference, when the Labour candidate Jim Devine held the seat for his party. A by-election for the Glasgow Cathcart seat in the Scottish Parliament was also held on the same day. Result Livingston by-election, 2005http://www.election.demon.co.uk/by2005.html Results of Byelections in the 2005-2010 Parliament Boothroyd David 2015-10-05 United Kingdom Election Results 27 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151227081306/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/by2005.html dead Scottish Labour Jim Devine 12,319 41.8 9.3 Scottish National Party Angela Constance 9,639 32.7 11.1 Scottish Liberal Democrats Charles Dundas 4,362 14.8 0.6 Scottish Conservatives Gordon Lindhurst 1,993 6.8 3.4 Scottish Greens David Robertson 529 1.8 New Scottish Socialist Party Steven Nimmo 407 1.4 0.4 UK Independence Party Peter Adams 108 0.4 New Independent Melville Brown 55 0.2 New Alliance for Change (UK) John William Allman 33 0.1 New Socialist Party of Great Britain Brian Gardner 32 0.1 New 2,680 9.1 20.4 29,477 38.6 19.5 Scottish Labour 10.2 Previous election General Election 2005: Livingston Scottish Labour Robin Cook 22,657 51.1 1.9 Scottish National Party Angela Constance 9,560 21.6 2.0 Scottish Liberal Democrats Charles Dundas 6,832 15.4 5.5 Scottish Conservatives Alison Ross 4,499 10.1 2.5 Scottish Socialist Party Steven Nimmo 789 1.8 1.2 13,097 29.5 0.1 44,337 58.1 2.0 Scottish Labour 1.2 Reaction to result Labour's retention of the seat, albeit with a reduced majority, was regarded by the party with satisfaction. The Scottish National Party was the only party to increase their vote from the general election, and although they did not win, they achieved a swing of 10% from Labour. The Liberal Democrats' share of the vote fell by 0.6%. There was a swing from Labour to Conservatives of 3%, but given the fourth-place position of the Conservative Party in this seat, and their third-place position in Scotland, the significance of this is debatable. In 2007 Angela Constance gained the Livingston seat in the Scottish Parliament (which has slightly different boundaries) from Labour. See also Livingston (UK Parliament constituency) Elections in Scotland References External links Campaign literature from the by-election BBC News: Date is set for Cook by-election Scottish Election Results 1997 - present Category:2005 elections in the United Kingdom Category:2005 in Scotland Category:2000s elections in Scotland Category:Politics of West Lothian Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Scottish constituencies