9am update

Anniesland: victors pay tribute to Dewar

Westminster seat: Labour hold, majority 6,337
Edinburgh seat: Labour hold, majority 5,376

Special report: Election 2000
Full Anniesland results

Staff and agencies
guardian.co.uk, Friday November 24 2000 11.24 GMT

Anniesland's new MP John Robertson and MSP Bill Butler paid tribute in their victory speeches to their predecessor, Scottish first minister Donald Dewar, whose shock death on 11 October prompted the by-elections.

Mr Butler said: "No-one will be able to fill Donald's shoes but I consider it a huge honour to be given the chance to follow in his footsteps.

"The people of Anniesland voted for decency, fairness and social justice - Donald Dewar's values and New Labour's values."

And Mr Robertson said: "I cannot be another Donald Dewar. I can only be John Robertson.

"But I promise the people of Anniesland that I will represent them to the best of my ability."

Later, the SNP's Westminster seat candidate Grant Thoms said: "We've achieved a 6% swing in Labour's safest seat in a by-election that no-one wanted. Translated nationally that means 13 Labour seats would go to the Scottish National Party."

A spokesman for the Scottish Liberal Democrats said: "Our share of the vote has increased substantially in both Glasgow seats. The swing was around 6% from Labour to the Scottish National Party in both the Westminster and Holyrood polls.

"We know that the real losers tonight are the SNP and the Tories. They have failed to make any improvement. This must be extremely worrying for the SNP so close to the General Election."

House of commons seat - Lab hold (% of vote and % change in brackets)
John Robertson (Lab) 10,539 (52.14%, -9.70%)
Grant Thoms (SNP) 4,202 (20.79%, +3.68%)
Dorothy Luckhurst (C) 2,188 (10.83%, -0.63%)
Christopher McGinty (LD) 1,630 (8.06%, +0.82%)
Charlie McCarthy (SSP) 1,441 (7.13%)
William Lyden (Family) 212 (1.05%)

Lab maj 6,337 (31.35%), 6.69% swing Lab to SNP
Electorate 52,609; Turnout 20,212 (Down 25.56%)

1997: Lab maj 15,154 (44.73%) - Turnout 33,879

Scottish parliament seat - Lab hold (% of vote and % change in brackets)
Bill Butler (Lab) 9,838 (48.65%, -10.16%)
Tom Chalmers (SNP) 4,462 (22.07%, +1.86%)
Kate Pickering (C) 2,148 (10.62%, -0.03%)
Rosie Kane (SSP) 1,429 (7.07%, +3.56%)
Judith Fryer (LD) 1,384 (6.84%, +0.51%)
Alastair Whitelaw (Green) 662 (3.27%)
Murdo Ritchie (Soc Lab) 298 (1.47%, +0.98%)

Lab maj 5,376 (26.59%) 6.01% swing Lab to SNP
Electorate 52,809; Turnout 20,221 (38.29%, -14.08%)

1999: Lab maj 10,993 (38.60%) - Turnout 28,480