| Results 2005: LD win - notional hold |
| Candidate (Party) | Votes (percentage) | |
| Alan Reid (LD) | 15,786 (36.52%) | |
| James McGrigor (C) | 10,150 (23.48%) | |
| Carolyn Manson (Lab) | 9,696 (22.43%) | |
| Isobel Strong (SNP) | 6,716 (15.54%) | |
| Deirdre Henderson (SSP) | 881 (2.04%) | |
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| LD maj 5,636 (13.04%) | |
| Notional 1.94% swing C to LD |
| 39.60% boundary change |
| Electorate 67,325 |
| Turnout 43,229 (64.21%) | |
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| Results 2001 | | |
| Name | Party | Votes |
| Alan Reid | Liberal Democrat | 9,245 |
| Hugh Raven | Labour | 7,592 |
| David Petrie | Conservative | 6,436 |
| Agnes Samuel | Scottish National Party | 6,433 |
| Des Divers | Scottish Socialist Party | 1,251 |
| Liberal Democrat | Majority | 1,653 |
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| Swing to Labour | | 9.60 |
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| Results 1997 | | |
| Name | Party | Votes |
| Michie | Liberal Democrat | 14,359 |
| MacCormick | Scottish National Party | 8,278 |
| Leishman | Conservative | 6,774 |
| Syed | Labour | 5,596 |
| Stewart | Referendum Party | 713 |
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