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1427:Dundee East
1088:2011–
1010:(new seat)
766:Independent
743:Independent
703:Jim Mackie
350:Dunfermline
246:Dunfermline
192:Westminster
142:Dunfermline
1573:Categories
1470:Clydesdale
1326:Midlothian
1321:Livingston
1316:Linlithgow
849:Candidate
681:Jim Tolson
582:Candidate
453:Len Woods
401:Jim Tolson
374:Candidate
327:Jim Tolson
152:See also:
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1528:Dumbarton
1359:Kirkcaldy
1017:Footnotes
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231:Kirkcaldy
92:Abolished
1533:Eastwood
1480:Dumfries
1384:Stirling
1278:Lothians
1268:Shetland
1035:Archived
289:Election
126:Holyrood
70:Scotland
41:for the
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1162:Glasgow
1085:»
1079:of the
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986:Turnout
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528:Turnout
132:by the
120:of the
82:Created
1437:Gordon
1258:Orkney
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852:Votes
846:Party
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668:−10.4
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639:4,584
615:8,644
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