2005 General Election - East Renfrewshire
| Year | 2005 | 
| General election | 2005 General Election | 
| Constituency | East Renfrewshire | 
| Turnout | 72.1% | 
Results
| Candidate | Party | Votes | 
| Murphy, Jim | Labour | 20,815 | 
| Cook, Richard | Conservative | 14,158 | 
| MacDonald, Gordon | Liberal Democrats | 8,659 | 
| Bhutta, Osama | SNP | 3,245 | 
| Henderson, Ian | Scottish Socialist | 528 |