Vote for Clydesdale's MSP tomorrow
The six politicians wanting to be Clydesdale’s MSP are the SNP’s Aileen Campbell, Labour’s Claudia Beamish, Conservative Alex Allison, Liberal-Democrat Jennifer Jamieson Ball and Independent candidates Bev Gauld and Danny Meikle.
Aileen has been the Clydesdale MSP since 2011, and Claudia a South of Scotland list MSP since then.
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Hide AdThere were only three Clydesdale candidates in 2011, and results then were:
Aileen Campbell, 14,931 (49.65% of the vote);
Labour’s Karen Gillon (who had held the seat until then) 10,715 (35.63% of the vote);
Colin McGavigan for the Conservatives, with 4,291 votes (14.27%).
Turnout in Clydesdale, with 30,073 votes cast, was 52.92%
And tomorrow voters will find a choice of nine parties on the voting paper for the list MSPs for the South Scotland Region.
They are:
Clydesdale and South Scotland Independent;
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Hide AdRise - Respect, Independence, Socialism and Environmentalism;
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party;
Scottish Green Party;
Scottish Labour Party;
Scottish Liberal Democrats;
Scottish National Party;
Solidarity - Scotland’s Socialist Movement;
UK Independence Party (UKIP).
Last time there were 12 parties, with the SNP taking 45.96% of the vote in the regional constituency, Labour 28.78% and the Conservatives 13.9%.