Election 97

Livingston


Result 97 gain
from Labour
Current MP 97 Robin Cook
Majority 0 ( 0.0%)
Conservative 97 4,028 ( 9.4%)
Labour 97 23,510 (54.9%)
LibDem 97 2,876 ( 6.7%)
Nationalist 97 11,763 (27.5%)
Other 97 657 ( 1.5%)
Elected party 97
Electorate 97 60,296
Turnout 97 42,834 (71.0%)



1992 MP Robin Cook
Old constituency name Livingston
Majority 92 8,448 (19.9%)
Conservative 92 7,689 (18.1%)
Labour 92 19,461 (45.8%)
LibDem 92 3,857 ( 9.1%)
Nationalist 92 11,013 (25.9%)
Other 92 425 ( 1.0%)
Elected party 92 Labour
Electorate 92 58,068
Turnout 92 42,445 (73.1%)
Livingston



Tory change -8.7%
Labour change +9.0%
Lib Dem change -2.4%
Nationalist change +1.5%
Other change +0.5%
Electorate change +3.8%
Turnout Change -2.1%
Robert Waller wrote

The Scottish New Town seat of Livingston looks safe for Labour's Robin Cook. As in much of Central Scotland, the SNP has made some advances in the past decade and moved into second place as the main challengers to Labour in 1992. Although Cook held on to significantly less than half the vote at that election the opposition was split. He will only be seriously threatened by the Nationalists this time if there is a major upset in the order of things in Central Scotland.


Super Profiles

1,440 4.23 9.03 47
0 0.00 11.17 0
1,259 3.70 11.25 33
15,242 44.76 14.70 304
0 0.00 10.45 0
279 0.82 2.81 29
1,714 5.03 8.01 63
3,808 11.18 15.25 73
7,742 22.74 7.13 319
2,567 7.54 10.17 74