Friday, December 06, 2013
Shettleston By Election
The Shettleston by election result. 4th place puts us well ahead of the LudDums and, as always, the Greens. 3rd would have been wonderful but beating those 2 is well worth it. This ward was always a certainty for Labour so winning was never an issue, what matters is the trend. What we did manage was to put more people on the ground than the Tories - basically, as a party their members are averaging about 80, and I suspect their voters aren't much younger.
| Name of Candidate | Political Party | Elected | Votes | |
| Martin NEILL | Scottish Labour Party | Yes | 2026 | 53.56% |
| Laura DOHERTY | Scottish National Party (SNP) | 1086 | 28.71% | |
| Raymond MCCRAE | Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party | 224 | 5.92% | |
| Arthur Misty THACKERAY | UKIP | 129 | 3.41% | |
| Jamie COCOZZA | Scottish Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 68 | 1.80% | |
| James SPEIRS | Scottish Liberal Democrats | 53 |
Labels: Scottish politics, UKIP, X-Prizes
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Even though this is a Labour Fiefdom, any sympathy vote for Thackeray evaporated when he took part in the defenestration of Lord Monckton et al.
Your list of Candidates omitted several, also rans, and to be fair here is the full list in alphabetical order.
Charles BAILLIE (Britannica) 31
Tommy BALL (Scottish Socialist Party - People Not Profit) 35
Jamie COCOZZA (Scottish Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition) 68
Laura DOHERTY (Scottish National Party (SNP) 1,086
Alasdair DUKE (Scottish Green Party) 41
John FLANAGAN (No Bedroom Tax - No Welfare Cuts) 50
Raymond MCCRAE (Scottish Conservative and Unionist) 224
Victor MURPHY (Scottish Christian Party "Proclaiming Christ's Lordship") 34
Martin NEILL (Scottish Labour Party) 2,025 - ELECTED
James SPIERS (Scottish Liberal Democrats) 53
Arthur THACKERAY (UKIP) 129
James TROLLAND (Scottish Democratic Alliance) 6
Your list of Candidates omitted several, also rans, and to be fair here is the full list in alphabetical order.
Charles BAILLIE (Britannica) 31
Tommy BALL (Scottish Socialist Party - People Not Profit) 35
Jamie COCOZZA (Scottish Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition) 68
Laura DOHERTY (Scottish National Party (SNP) 1,086
Alasdair DUKE (Scottish Green Party) 41
John FLANAGAN (No Bedroom Tax - No Welfare Cuts) 50
Raymond MCCRAE (Scottish Conservative and Unionist) 224
Victor MURPHY (Scottish Christian Party "Proclaiming Christ's Lordship") 34
Martin NEILL (Scottish Labour Party) 2,025 - ELECTED
James SPIERS (Scottish Liberal Democrats) 53
Arthur THACKERAY (UKIP) 129
James TROLLAND (Scottish Democratic Alliance) 6
# posted by 
: December 07, 2013
: December 07, 2013
While my personal admiration for Monckton is unstinted (I regard him as pretty nearly the only genuine intellectual in current British politics) I very much doubt if the average Shettlestonian knew anything about him let alone had their vote swayed.
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