2008 Glasgow East by-election
2005 election result
The seat was created at the 2005 election.

2008 Glasgow East by-election

Section Title: 2005 election result
Table Section Text: The seat was created at the 2005 election.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±

Labour	David Marshall	18,775	60.7	N/A

SNP	Lachlan McNeill	5,268	17.0	N/A

Liberal Democrats	David Jackson	3,665	11.8	N/A

Conservative	Carl Thomson	2,135	6.9	N/A

Scottish Socialist	George Savage	1,096	3.5	N/A

Majority	13,507	43.7	N/A

Turnout	30,939	48.2	N/A

Labour hold	Swing	N/A

Sentence(s)

In the 2005 election, the Labour defeated the SNP by a majority of 13,507 votes, who beat the third place Liberal Democrats by 1,603 votes.

final_sentence: In the 2005 election, the Labour defeated the SNP by a majority of 13,507 votes, who beat the third place Liberal Democrats by 1,603 votes.