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Friday, 11 November 2005 |
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Labour's Paul Rooney won the Knightswood Park by-election on Thursday
10th taking some 54% of the vote while the combined opposition took
46%. The SNP candidate, Graeme Hendry, took 21%, up from
17% in 2003. John Mason, the SNP Group Leader congratulated
Mr Rooney on his election. He said, "Mr Rooney appears to
be an intelligent individual and hopefully he will not abandon his
brain when he enters the City Chambers. Glasgow needs
councillors who can think for themselves rather than being obedient
little cogs in the Labour machine." |
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Friday, 04 November 2005 |
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Labour booked rooms for the by-election in Knightswood Park before the other parties even knew if Charlie Gordon was resigning!
The Council only had one empty shop within the ward (172 Archerhill
Road) and the Labour Party expressed an interest in this on Monday 3
October. Expressing an interest effectively means booking
it as the Council operates a "first come first served"
policy. Then on Wednesday 5 October the Council's Property
sub-committee approved the letting of premises for a by-election for a
nominal rent of £50. The paper on this was only tabled at
the meeting and had not been on the agenda. This was the
first "official" indication for opposition parties that there was going
to be a by-election soon. (Potentially Charlie Gordon could
have held his Council seat until the next Council elections in 2007, as
Tommy Sheridan did from 1999 to 2003.) After the meeting
the SNP inquired about available premises but were told there was
nothing in the ward. It later transpired that the available
rooms had been allocated to Labour. |
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Thursday, 20 October 2005 |
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 Talking about the unjust system of local taxation, Knightswood Park candidate Graeme Hendry commented:
"It punishes the low paid and the elderly and the SNP will end
this shameful tax. The Labour Scottish Executive refuses to ditch the
Council Tax, and the Labour Party in Glasgow set the highest tax in
Glasgow. The voters of Knightswood Park can put a nail in the coffin of
the Council Tax by rejecting New Labour on November 10th, and voting
SNP."
The SNP would replace the Council Tax with a Local Income Tax, based on people's ability to pay. |
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Wednesday, 19 October 2005 |
Commenting on proposed reforms of maternity and accident & emergency provision in Glasgow, Graeme Hendry said:
"Knightswood Park has a large elderly population and whilst health care
provision affects us all, many of the older residents of Knightswood
Park must be very worried about the prospect of the entire north and
west of Glasgow being without A & E provision. Many residents will
have grandchildren or look forward to having them in the near future.
They must also be concerned that the world class service provided by
both the Sick Childrens' and Queen Mother's Maternity hospital at
Yorkhill are facing the axe.
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Tuesday, 18 October 2005 |
During this next couple of weeks every resident will be contacted by
Graeme or a local SNP member to find out what issues are of particular
concern to them. On the consultation exercise Graeme said -
"I have stood for the SNP in Knightswood Park twice before, both at
council and at a parliamentary level and I have a good idea about many
of the issues that matter to the electorate. However too often
politicians spend too much time telling voters what they want when they
would be better advised to start listening to them. This is why it is
crucial that we have such an extensive consultation exercise and the
SNP will publish the results very soon." |
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Monday, 17 October 2005 |
 Graeme
Hendry has been selected by the SNP to fight the Knightswood Park by-
election on November 10th. On winning the nomination Graeme said -
'I wish Charlie Gordon all the best in representing the people of
Cathcart on the southside of Glasgow. This has, however, left the
people of Knightswood Park unrepresented at a time when their area in
the north west of Glasgow faces many pressing issues. I believe I am
the correct person to have the privilege of representing the people of
Knightswood Park during this important time'. |
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