<page_title> 2008 Glasgow East by-election </page_title> <section_title> 2005 election result </section_title> <table> <cell> Labour <col_header> Party </col_header> </cell> <cell> SNP <col_header> Party </col_header> </cell> <cell> 5,268 <col_header> Votes </col_header> </cell> <cell> Liberal Democrats <col_header> Party </col_header> </cell> <cell> 3,665 <col_header> Votes </col_header> </cell> <cell> 13,507 <col_header> Votes </col_header> <row_header> Majority </row_header> </cell> </table>
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.