Please read the following table in HTML format from a webpage and then answer the question in detail according to the table. Each table cell is defined by a <td> and a </td> tag. Each table row starts with a <tr> and ends with a </tr> tag. 'rowspan=m' and 'colspan=n' represents a cell spaning over 'm' rows and 'n' columns.

Webpage title:
2008 Glasgow East by-election
Table title:
2005 election result
Table:
<table id='hittask' contenteditable='False'>
<tr> <th colspan=2 rowspan=1 > Party </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Candidate </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Votes </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > % </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > ± </th></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Labour </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > David Marshall </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 18,775 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 60.7 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > N/A </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > SNP </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Lachlan McNeill </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 5,268 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 17.0 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > N/A </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Liberal Democrats </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > David Jackson </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 3,665 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 11.8 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > N/A </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Conservative </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Carl Thomson </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 2,135 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 6.9 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > N/A </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Scottish Socialist </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > George Savage </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1,096 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 3.5 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > N/A </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=3 rowspan=1 > Majority </th><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 13,507 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 43.7 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > N/A </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=3 rowspan=1 > Turnout </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 30,939 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 48.2 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > N/A </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=2 rowspan=1 > Labour hold </td><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Swing </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > N/A </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
</table>
Question:
How did the Labour party do in the 2005 election?
Answer:
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.