- Glasgow City Council election, 2007
Elections to
Glasgow City Council were held on theMay 3 2007 the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and theScottish Parliament general election. The election was the first one using 21 new wards created as a results of theLocal Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 , each ward will elect three or four councillors using thesingle transferable vote system a form ofproportional representation [http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/AboutGlasgow/Factsheets/Wards/Multi+member+wards.htm] . The new wards replace 79 single-member wards which used theplurality (first past the post ) system of election. It also saw the election of Glasgow's first councillors for theScottish Green Party and for Solidarity.Since the election Ruth Black, the sole Solidarity councillor, has defected to the Labour Party. John Mason has won the
Glasgow East by-election, 2008 , and as he indicated that he would stand down as a councillor if elected this means that there will be a by-election in the Baillieston ward before25 October ,2008 .Election result
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party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Alex Glass
votes = 1,637
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seat = 2
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party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = William O'Rouke
votes = 1,296
percentage =
seat = 4
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party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Tommy Morrison
votes = 1,180
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seat = 3
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party = Solidarity (Scotland)
candidate = Alice Sheridan
votes = 630
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party = Scottish Socialist Party
candidate =Keith Baldassara
votes = 591
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party = Scottish Conservative Party
candidate = Rory O'Brien
votes = 549
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party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Fleming Carswell
votes = 393
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party = Scottish Green Party
candidate = Caroline Scott
votes = 233
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title=2007 Council election: Craigton (4 members)Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Iris Gibson
votes = 2,729
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party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Alistair Watson
votes = 2,065
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party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = John Matthew Kerr
votes = 1,920
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party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Gordon McDiamid
votes = 1,328
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party = Solidarity (Scotland)
candidate = Ruth Black
votes = 1,220
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party = Scottish Conservative Party
candidate = Scott Alexander Petty
votes = 569
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party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Scott R Goghill
votes = 457
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party = Scottish Green Party
candidate = Gordon Masterton
votes = 315
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party = Scottish Unionist Party (modern)
candidate = Mark Dingwall
votes = 225
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party = Scottish Socialist Party
candidate = Wullie McGartland
votes = 224
percentage =
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title=2007 Council election: Govan (3 members)Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Allison Hunter
votes = 2,694
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party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = John Flanagan
votes = 1,657
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party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Stephen Dornan
votes = 1,590
percentage =
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party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Shaukat Butt
votes = 1,371
percentage =
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party = Scottish Conservative Party
candidate = Patricia McIntyre
votes = 450
percentage =
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party = Solidarity (Scotland)
candidate = Irene Lang
votes = 398
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party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Michael Cobley
votes = 394
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party = Scottish Green Party
candidate = Will Jess
votes = 377
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = George McNee
votes = 377
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party = Scottish Unionist Party (modern)
candidate = Alan Hughes
votes = 138
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party = Scottish Socialist Party
candidate = Carolina Perez
votes = 114
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title=2007 Council election: LangsideIrish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = James Dornan
votes = 2,522
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party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Archie Graham
votes = 2,222
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party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Paul Coleshill
votes = 1,207
percentage =
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party = Scottish Conservative Party
candidate = Russell Munn
votes = 993
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party = Scottish Green Party
candidate = Neil Sloan McDonald
votes = 891
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party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Margaret McCarrerty
votes = 853
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party = Solidarity (Scotland)
candidate = Martin Frain
votes = 467
percentage =
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party = Scottish Socialist Party
candidate = James Nesbitt
votes = 179
percentage =
seat =
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title=2007 Council election: Pollokshields (3 members) Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Socialist Party
candidate = Ali Ashraf
votes =184
percentage =
seat = 1
count = 3Irish Election box candidate with party link
party =Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Irfan Rabbani
votes =2575
percentage =
seat = 2
count = 8Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Karin Currie
votes = 438
percentage =
seat = 3
count = 8Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Khalil-ur Rahman Malik
votes = 2057
percentage =
seat =
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party = Scottish Conservative Party
candidate = David Meikle
votes = 1435
percentage =
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party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Isobel Nelson
votes = 863
percentage =
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party = Scottish Green Party
candidate = Ian Ruffell
votes = 1043
percentage =
seat =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Muhammad Shoaib
votes = 592
percentage =
seat =
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party = Solidarity (Scotland)
candidate = Fatima Uygun
votes = 380
percentage =
seat =
count =Irish Election box begin
title=2007 Council election: Southside Centralhttp://www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/News/councilcandidates2007wards8to14.htm] Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Jahangir Hanif
votes = 2,392
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party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Anne Marie Millar
votes = 1,869
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party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = James Scanlon
votes = 1,372
percentage =
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party = Scottish Green Party
candidate = Danny Alderslowe
votes = 812
percentage =
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party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Hanif Raja
votes = 554
percentage =
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party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Katy McCloskey
votes = 533
percentage =
seat =
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party = Solidarity (Scotland)
candidate = Jill McGowan
votes = 456
percentage =
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party = Scottish Conservative Party
candidate = John B Marshall
votes = 423
percentage =
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party = Scottish Socialist Party
candidate =Rosie Kane
votes = 327
percentage =
seat =
count =Irish Election box begin
title=2007 Council election: CaltonIrish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = George Redmond
votes = 1,982
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party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Alison E Thewliss
votes = 1,143
percentage =
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party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Ruth Simpson
votes = 628
percentage =
seat =
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party = Solidarity (Scotland)
candidate = Fiacra Fullerton
votes = 302
percentage =
seat =
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party = Scottish Conservative Party
candidate = Scott Gillespie
votes = 245
percentage =
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party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Paul Graham
votes = 231
percentage =
seat =
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party = Scottish Green Party
candidate = Alasdair Duke-Wardrop
votes = 219
percentage =
seat =
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party = Scottish Conservative Party
candidate = Danny Houston
votes = 195
percentage =
seat =
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party = Scottish Socialist Party
candidate = Kenny Murray
votes = 126
percentage =
seat =
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party = Independent (politican)
candidate = Gary Barton
votes = 128
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box begin
title=2007 Council election: Anderston/CityIrish Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Green Party
candidate = Nina Baker
votes = 880
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Conservative Party
candidate = Erin Boyle
votes = 486
percentage =
seat =
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party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Philip Braat
votes = 1,291
percentage =
seat =
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party =Independent (politician)
candidate = Dave Holladay
votes = 145
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Solidarity (Scotland)
candidate = Akhtar Khan
votes = 285
percentage =
seat =
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party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Ann Laird
votes = 806
percentage =
seat =
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party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Craig MacKay
votes = 1,632
percentage =
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party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Gordon Matheson
votes = 1,177
percentage =
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party = Scottish Socialist Party
candidate = Peter Murray
votes = 198
percentage =
seat =
count =Irish Election box begin
title=2007 Council election: HillheadIrish Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Conservative Party
candidate = John Anderson
votes = 912
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate
party = Nine Per Cent Growth
candidate = Neil Craig
votes = 51
percentage =
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party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Kenneth Elder
votes = 1,184
percentage =
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party = Scottish Socialist Party
candidate = Anthea Irwin
votes = 184
percentage =
seat =
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party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Abdul A Khan
votes = 463
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Solidarity (Scotland)
candidate = Akhter Khan
votes = 344
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Hanzala Malik
votes = 1,192
percentage =
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party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Martin Rhodes
votes = 1,080
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = George A Roberts
votes = 1,899
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Green Party
candidate = Martha Ferguson Wardrop
votes = 1,675
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box begin
title=2007 Council election: Partick WestIrish Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Unionist Party (modern)
candidate = George Aytoun Atkinson
votes = 265
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Green Party
candidate = Stuart Clay
votes = 1,594
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Aileen Colleran
votes = 2,099
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Irene Graham
votes = 1,699
percentage =
seat =
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party = Scottish Socialist Party
candidate = Andrew Gray
votes = 240
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Christopher Mason
votes = 2,259
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Kenny McLean
votes = 2,811
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Solidarity (Scotland)
candidate = Jimmy Ross
votes = 373
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Conservative Party
candidate = Richard Alan Sullivan
votes = 1,404
percentage =
seat =
count =Irish Election box begin
title=2007 Council election: Garscadden/ScotstounhillIrish Election box candidate with party link
party = Solidarity (Scotland)
candidate = Charlotte Ahmed
votes = 318
percentage =
seat =
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party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Liz Cameron
votes = 2,744
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Green Party
candidate = Sue England
votes = 402
percentage =
seat =
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party = Scottish Unionist Party (modern)
candidate = Robert Findlay
votes = 191
percentage =
seat =
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party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Graeme Hendry
votes = 2,333
percentage =
seat =
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party = Scottish Socialist Party
candidate = Peter Lavelle
votes = 145
percentage =
seat =
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party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Jean McFadden
votes = 1,115
percentage =
seat =
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party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = James Paris
votes = 483
percentage =
seat =
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party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Paul Rooney
votes = 1,895
percentage =
seat =
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party = Scottish Conservative Party
candidate = Matthew T Smith
votes = 534
percentage =
seat =
count =Irish Election box begin
title=2007 Council election: Drumchapel/AnnieslandIrish Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Paul Carey
votes = 2,284
percentage =
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party = Scottish Green Party
candidate = Eileen Margaret Cartner Duke
votes = 260
percentage =
seat =
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party = Scottish Socialist Party
candidate = Mike Dyer
votes = 148
percentage =
seat =
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party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Jonathan Findlay
votes = 1,102
percentage =
seat =
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party = Scottish Unionist Party (modern)
candidate = Bobby Howie
votes = 177
percentage =
seat =
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party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Bill Kidd
votes = 1,869
percentage =
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party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Alan Lee
votes = 349
percentage =
seat =
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party = Scottish Conservative Party
candidate = Susan McCourt
votes = 412
percentage =
seat =
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party = Solidarity (Scotland)
candidate = Esther Nixon
votes = 223
percentage =
seat =
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party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Steven Purcell
votes = 1,856
percentage =
seat =
count =Irish Election box begin
title=2007 Council election: Maryhill/Kelvinhttp://www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/News/councilcandidateswards15to21.htm] Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Alex Dingwall
votes = 2,561
percentage =
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party = Scottish Socialist Party
candidate = John Lawson
votes = 255
percentage =
seat =
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party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Mary Paris
votes = 1,602
percentage =
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party = Scottish Conservative Party
candidate = Brian Clifford Pope
votes = 943
percentage =
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party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Mohammed Razaq
votes = 1,546
percentage =
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party = Scottish Green Party
candidate = Daryl L Tayar
votes = 705
percentage =
seat =
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party = Solidarity (Scotland)
candidate = Paul Wilcox
votes = 341
percentage =
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party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Robert Winter
votes = 1,948
percentage =
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count =Irish Election box begin
title=2007 Council election: CanalIrish Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Unionist Party (modern)
candidate = Brian Brown
votes = 193
percentage =
seat =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = James Cruickshank
votes = 94
percentage =
seat =
count =Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Norman Fraser
votes = 587
percentage =
seat =
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party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Ellen Hurcombe
votes = 1,961
percentage =
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party = Scottish Conservative Party
candidate = David E Ledgerwood
votes = 338
percentage =
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party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Jim MacKechnie
votes = 1,055
percentage =
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party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Haleema Malik
votes = 579
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Billy McAllister
votes = 2,514
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Solidarity (Scotland)
candidate = Angela McCormick
votes = 425
percentage =
seat =
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party = Scottish Socialist Party
candidate = Kirsteen Redpath
votes = 175
percentage =
seat =
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party = Scottish Green Party
candidate = Kieran Wild
votes = 703
percentage =
seat =
count =Irish Election box begin
title=2007 Council election: SpringburnIrish Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Socialist Party
candidate = Margaret Bean
votes = 135
percentage =
seat =
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party = Solidarity (Scotland)
candidate = Graham Campbell
votes = 339
percentage =
seat =
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party = Scottish Conservative Party
candidate = Graeme Dickson
votes = 173
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Phil Greene
votes = 1,300
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Green Party
candidate = Patrick McAleer
votes = 134
percentage =
seat =
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party = Scottish Unionist Party (modern)
candidate = Robert G. C. Sawers
votes = 85
percentage =
seat =
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party = British National Party
candidate = Kenny Smith
votes = 135
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Allan Stewart
votes = 1,752
percentage =
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count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = John H Stuart
votes = 168
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = James Todd
votes = 1,189
percentage =
seat =
count =Irish Election box begin
title=2007 Council election: East CentreIrish Election box candidate with party link
party = Solidarity (Scotland)
candidate = Jim Adams
votes = 556
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Patricia Chalmers
votes = 1,792
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Green Party
candidate = Elaine Cooper
votes = 471
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Unionist Party (modern)
candidate = Drew Dickie
votes = 175
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Frank Docherty
votes = 1,277
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Jennifer Dunn
votes = 1,969
percentage =
seat =
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party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Stuart Grieve
votes = 460
percentage =
seat =
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party = Scottish Christian Party
candidate = David Johnston
votes = 137
percentage =
seat =
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party = Christian Peoples Alliance
candidate = John Kerr
votes = 270
percentage =
seat =
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party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Elaine McDougall
votes = 1,039
percentage =
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count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = William McLachlan
votes = 226
percentage =
seat =
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party = Scottish Socialist Party
candidate = Daniel O'Donnell
votes = 323
percentage =
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party = Scottish Conservative Party
candidate = Randle Wilson
votes = 383
percentage =
seat =
count =Irish Election box begin
title=2007 Council election: Shettleston Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Socialist Party
candidate = Mick Eyre
votes = 163
percentage =
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party = British National Party
candidate = Walter Hamilton
votes = 268
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Solidarity (Scotland)
candidate = Wheatley Harris
votes = 458
percentage =
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count =Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = David Jackson
votes = 420
percentage =
seat =
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party = Scottish Unionist Party (modern)
candidate = Gordon Kirker
votes = 190
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Green Party
candidate = Catherine Maguire
votes = 227
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Tom McKeown
votes = 1,861
percentage =
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count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = John F. McLaughlin
votes = 1,896
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Euan McLeod
votes = 1,369
percentage =
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count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = George Ryan
votes = 1,386
percentage =
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party = Scottish Conservative Party
candidate = Alex White
votes = 565
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