- Jim Bollan
Jim Bollan is a councillor in
West Dunbartonshire inScotland . He is a member of theScottish Socialist Party , and is at present its only elected representative.He was at one time a member of the
Communist Party of Great Britain , then the Labour Party, and he was later the Labour group leader onDumbarton District Council.In 1999 he was elected as an independent for Renton and Alexandria South, defeating a Labour opponent. Shortly after this he joined the SSP. In 2003 he was re-elected, defeating a
Scottish National Party opponent, but he did not have a Labour opponent. In 2007 he was the only SSP candidate to be elected.He has not been a prominent figure in the SSP at a national level, but he has been involved in the campaign against conditions in
Cornton Vale women's prison, as his daughter was one of a number of women prisoners who have committedsuicide there over the past few years.He was one of the supporters of the
United Left in the SSP, and stayed with it in spite ofTommy Sheridan 's breakaway.Jim Bollan has been an opponent of the
Trident program for many years and has taken part in many protests against their pressence at the Faslane base, including those organised byFaslane Peace Camp . [cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2001/oct/23/september11.afghanistan|title=Battle lines drawn at British submarine base:Local workers defy protesters over Trident 's role in theatre of war|last=Scott|first=Kirsty|date=Tuesday October 23, 2001|publisher=Guardian|accessdate=2008-08-03]External links
* [http://www.jimbollan.blogspot.com/ his blog]
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