Election Results
| General Election 2001: Dumbarton | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour Co-op | John McFall | 16,151 | 47.5 | -2.1 | |
| SNP | Iain Robertson | 6,576 | 19.3 | -3.9 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Eric Thompson | 5,265 | 15.5 | +7.9 | |
| Conservative | Peter Ramsay | 4,648 | 13.7 | -4.0 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Les Robertson | 1,354 | 4.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 9,575 | 28.2 | |||
| Turnout | 33,994 | 61.1 | -12.3 | ||
| Labour Co-op hold | Swing | ||||
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