Election Results
| General Election 2001: North Tayside | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| SNP | Pete Wishart | 15,441 | 40.1 | −4.8 | |
| Conservative | Murdo Fraser | 12,158 | 31.6 | −4.2 | |
| Labour | Thomas Docherty | 5,715 | 14.8 | +3.6 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Julia Robertson | 4,365 | 11.3 | +3.2 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Rosie Adams | 620 | 1.6 | N/A | |
| Independent (politician) | Tina MacDonald | 220 | 0.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 3,283 | 8.5 | |||
| Turnout | 38,519 | 62.5 | −11.8 | ||
| SNP hold | Swing | ||||
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