Upcoming local by-elections
Falkirk Council. Bo’ness and Blackness ward on 9 June. Death of Scottish National Party councillor John Constable.
Highland Council. Tain and Easter Ross ward on 9 June. Death of Alan Torrance who was elected as an Independent but had joined the Scottish National Party group.
Dumfries and Galloway Council. Abbey ward on 16 June. Resignation of Conservative Party councillor Michael Thomson.
Aberdeen Council. Airyhall/Broomhill/Garthdee ward on 23 June. Caused by the resignation of Scott Cassie who was elected as a Liberal Democrat but sat as an Independent after being charged with fraud.
Recent by-elections
Aberdeen Council 19 May 2011 Dyce, Bucksburn and Danestone ward
Neil MacGregor, Scottish National Party 2090 (elected at stage 1)
Graeme Lawrence, Labour Party 941
Kristian Chapman, Liberal Democrats 446
Ross Thomson, Conservative 352
Angela Joss, Independent 150
Rhonda Reekie, Scottish Green Party 88
SNP gain from the Liberal Democrats.
Highland Council 7 April 2011 Wick ward
Gail Ross, Scottish National Party 1049 (elected at stage 3)
Neil MacDonald, Labour Party 463
Niall Smith, Independent 245
Claire Clark, Liberal Democrat 236
Jim Oag, Independent 202
Laurel Bush, Independent 75
Michael Carr, Independent 33
SNP gain from Independent.
Councillors elected to Holyrood
SNP
Kevin Stewart – Aberdeen Central
Colin Keir – Edinburgh Western
Angus MacDonald – Falkirk East
James Dornan – Glasgow Cathcart
David Torrance – Kirkcaldy
Colin Beattie – Midlothian North & Mussleburgh
George Adam – Paisley
Dererk Mackay – Renfrewshire North & West
Bill Walker – Dunfermline
Richard Lyle – Central list
Clare Adamson – Central list
John Finnie – Highland list
Jean Urquhart – Highland list
Mark McDonald – North East list
Labour
John Pentland – Motherwell & Wishaw –
Mark Griffen – Central list
Anne McTaggart – Glasgow list
Hanzala Malik – Glasgow list
Neil Findlay – Lothian list
Neil Bibby – West of Scotland list
Mary Fee – West of Scotland list
Margaret McDougall – West of Scotland list
Liberal Democrat
Jim Hume – South of Scotland list
Green
Alison Johnstone – Lothian list
Recent defections
Renfrewshire Council. Two councillors elected as Liberal Democrats have joined the Scottish National Party. They are Marie McGurk (Paisley South ward) and Mike Dillon (Paisley North West ward).
