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2009 Glasgow North East by-election

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It is a convention (not always observed in practice) that mainstream political parties do not contest elections against sitting Speakers of the House of Commons. As such, Michael Martin won Glasgow North East without his former Labour Party label, and neither the Conservative nor Liberal Democrat
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who promised to reject the £64,000 MP's salary and "live instead on the average skilled worker's wage – not a penny more". On the ballot paper the party opted to use the description "Scottish Socialist Party – Make Greed History"
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There was a longer than normal gap between a seat falling vacant and the by-election. On 22 July, during a brief debate in the House of Commons, the UK Government refused to move the writ before the summer recess.
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to fight the by-election, claiming he might have stood down in favour of a left unity candidate. On the ballot paper the party used the full description "Solidarity – Scotland's Socialist Movement"
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Party candidate, won with 59% of the vote. Just 33% of the electorate voted, which is the lowest ever percentage turnout in a Scottish by-election to the House of Commons.
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as its first candidate for a Westminster election. On declaration of his candidacy in September, he was given the third shortest odds to win the seat.
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Official candidate names and ballot paper descriptions were confirmed by Glasgow City Council on 28 October 2009.
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Mev Brown stood as an independent candidate. Colin Campbell stood for The Individuals Labour and Tory (TILT).
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and themselves to adopt a "left unity" candidate. However, they later announced that they had selected
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The Socialist Labour Party stood Louise McDaid, who topped their party list for
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By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Glasgow constituencies
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Have-a-go hero John Smeaton third favourite for by-election victory
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David Doherty, an environmental protection graduate of the
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This was the last by-election of the 2005–2010 parliament.
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parties had fought the constituency (or its predecessor,
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Glasgow Springburn Scottish Parliament constituency
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Index

2005
2010



Willie Bain
Ruth Davidson
Labour
SNP
Conservative
Michael Martin
Speaker
Willie Bain
Labour
Parliament of the United Kingdom
House of Commons
constituency
Glasgow North East
Michael Martin
Speaker of the House of Commons
MPs' expenses scandal
Sir John Trevor
Willie Bain
Scottish Labour
Glasgow Springburn
Willie Bain
Paul Martin
Glasgow Springburn Scottish Parliament constituency
Scottish National Party
Sunday Herald

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