Election Results
| Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Edinburgh West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Margaret Smith | 13,677 | 39.4 | -3.9 | |
| SNP | Sheena Cleland | 7,791 | 22.4 | +10.0 | |
| Conservative | Gordon Lindhurst | 7,361 | 21.2 | -4.4 | |
| Labour | Richard Meade | 5,343 | 15.4 | +0.2 | |
| Majority | 5,886 | 16.9 | |||
| Turnout | 34,752 | 57.9 | +2.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Scottish Parliament election, 2003: Edinburgh West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Margaret Smith | 14,434 | 43.34 | +6.88 | |
| Conservative | James Douglas-Hamilton | 8,520 | 25.58 | +0.14 | |
| Labour | Carol Fox | 5,046 | 15.15 | −6.16 | |
| SNP | Alyn Smith | 4,133 | 12.41 | −5.61 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Pat Smith | 993 | 2.98 | +2.98 | |
| Scottish Peoples Alliance | Bruce Skivington | 175 | 0.53 | +0.53 | |
| Majority | 5,914 | 17.76 | +6.74 | ||
| Turnout | 33,301 | 55.38 | −11.97 | ||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Scottish Parliament election, 1999: Edinburgh West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Margaret Smith | 15,161 | 36.46 | N/A | |
| Conservative | James Douglas-Hamilton | 10,578 | 25.44 | N/A | |
| Labour | Carol Fox | 8,860 | 21.31 | N/A | |
| SNP | Graham Sutherland | 6,984 | 16.80 | N/A | |
| Majority | 4,583 | 11.02 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | |||||
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