Election Results
| Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Midlothian | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Rhona Brankin | 10,671 | 42.5 | -4.8 | |
| SNP | Colin Beattie | 8,969 | 35.7 | +11.9 | |
| Conservative | P J Lewis | 2,269 | 9.0 | -1.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ross Laird | 2,704 | 10.8 | -0.7 | |
| Had Enough Party | George McCleery | 498 | 2.0 | +2.0 | |
| Majority | 1,702 | 6.8 | |||
| Turnout | 25,111 | 51.6 | +2.9 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Scottish Parliament election, 2003: Midlothian | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Rhona Brankin | 11,139 | 47.29 | −1.33 | |
| SNP | Graham Sutherland | 5,597 | 23.76 | −6.29 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jacqui Bell | 2,700 | 11.46 | +0.76 | |
| Conservative | Rosemary Macarthur | 2,557 | 10.85 | +2.30 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Bob Goupillot | 1,563 | 6.64 | +6.64 | |
| Majority | 5,542 | 23.53 | +4.96 | ||
| Turnout | 23,556 | 48.75 | −12.76 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | 8.4 | |||
| Scottish Parliament election, 1999: Midlothian | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Rhona Brankin | 14,467 | 48.62 | ||
| SNP | Angus Robertson | 8,942 | 30.05 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Elder | 3,184 | 10.70 | N/A | |
| Conservative | George Turnbull | 2,544 | 8.55 | N/A | |
| Independent | Douglas Pryde | 618 | 2.08 | N/A | |
| Majority | 5,525 | 18.57 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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