Now that the damned recount is finished, the SNP have just officially achieved the impressive feat of winning a by-election for an institution they would dearly love to abolish. The actual results were:
- Chris Creighton, Independent - 67
- Frances Curran, Scottish Socialist Party - 555
- Margaret Curran, Scottish Labour Party - 10912
- Eileen Duke, Scottish Green Party - 232
- Hamish Howitt, Freedom-4-Choice - 65
- John Mason, Scottish National Party - 11277
- Tricia McLeish, Solidarity - 512
- Davena Rankin, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party - 1639
- Ian Robertson, Scottish Liberal Democrats - 915
- Spoiled ballots - 45
Well done to John Mason. In addition, given that there will be several crucial votes in the London Parliament next year which could be catastrophic for our liberty, well done to the people of Glasgow East for reducing Neo Labour’s power in the London Parliament by what has in the recent past been a crucial margin.
External Links
- BBC’s live coverage (will probably turn into a written report once the by-election TV program ends)
- Glasgow East Labour
- Glasgow SNP
- Times Online analysis
Tags: Glasgow East, John Mason, Labour, Margaret Curran, News, Politics, SNP