DOCSLIB.ORG

Council Launches Business World Business World Is Now Live

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Council Launches Business World Business World Is Now Live Innovative youth Quality shines Full STEAM work partnership through for ahead for wins national SBC plannerss Borders award Railway Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 sbscene SPRING 2017 YOUR SCOTTISH BORDERS COUNCIL STAFF NEWSLETTER Council launches Business World Business World is now live. At the start of April, it replaced the three main systems that are used to manage our staff and finances with a single modern, efficient and integrated system. SBC's Chief Financial Officer David Robertson said: "This is a huge change for the Council but one that will greatly improve how we work. “It has taken a monumental effort from a Staff from SBC, and partners CGI and Agilisys, worked tirelessly to ensure Business great number of staff to launch the system World launched on time and celebrated with a special cake. and the efforts of everyone involved are greatly appreciated. We had people regularly coming in during weekends and Apprentices in focus holidays, and after normal office hours, and I can’t thank them enough. “As with any major launch of this scale there have been some teething issues. However we have an incredibly hard working team who are working with our IT partner CGI to fine tune the system. “A number of support measures are in place as we all get used to Business World and I would encourage you to take full advantage of these.” FIS, Proactis and Resourcelink are no longer in use. To promote Scottish Apprenticeship Week our IT partner CGI ran a photo competition in conjunction with SBC open for all Modern Apprentices (MAs) working at the Council. Our MAs were asked to send in a photo of their You can find out more about daily working life that encapsulated their apprenticeship and showed that Business World on page 7. apprenticeships are changing. The winner was Siobhan Murphy (pictured) in Fleet Management. She won an Apple watch as a prize for this image. You can read more about our MAs on page 2. 2 My Job - Cameron Lyon Cameron Lyon Modern Apprentice, Neighbourhood Services Cameron Lyon started working with Neighbourhood Services in August last year and is working towards his SVQ 2 Parks, Gardens and Greenspace at Borders College on day release. How did you find out about the program? I found out about the scheme through a Council employee. I attended an interview to find out more about the MA opportunities. When I gained a place I was pretty chuffed although apprehensive. How did you feel once you started the MA? I was worried about attending the college on a day release but (L once I went, I realised that the class has other apprentices in it. I really enjoy my job and get on very well with my colleagues and feel that I am learning every day. Cameron Lyon, MA Neighbourhood ServicesServices Give an example of a working day I start at 8am in the winter time and 7.30am in the summer time, finishing at 3.30pm in the winter and 4.15pm in the Networking group summer. I can spend a whole day or a whole week cutting back bushes and hedges and clearing cuttings and debris. I could Scottish Borders Young Professionals (SBYP) is a new be gritting one day, making new flower beds, painting lines on networking group for young professionals who live and/or work football pitch, blowing paths or weeding flower beds. The work in the Scottish Borders. depends on the weather and the season. They plan to organise social and training events tailored What do you enjoy most about your job? to members in the Borders. There are no job or industry I enjoy working in a team and when I have completed a job and limitations, age restrictions. can see the improvement I feel very satisfied. I enjoy learning new skills and working outdoors. For more information: [email protected] Would you recommend the MA programme to others? Yes. Most definitely. I think this has helped me with my Search 'Scottish Borders Young Professionals' on confidence, motivation, self-satisfaction, giving me a purpose, Facebook. which makes me feel better within myself and my personal life. Since it was first introduced in 2014 the Modern Apprenticeship Support for young people (MA) scheme has gone from strength to strength with 68 apprenticeships recruited to date, across a number of council The Borders Children’s Charity (BCC) is keen to raise services. awareness of its work amongst professionals working with children who could benefit from funding. Alasdair Scott, Senior Employment Development Officer, said: “We’ve come a long way from the early days when we were The BCC helps children in physical, emotional or financial having to work quite hard to explain the benefits of MAs within distress. It is entirely run by a committee of volunteers. the workplace. Now we’re beginning to see some real success stories with officers appreciating just why having an MA on Applications for funding are accepted from social workers and their team can be of real benefit. We’re also seeing the MAs education and healthcare professionals. themselves achieving some outstanding results which they should all be very proud of.” Some of the most regularly requested items are beds, bedding, bedroom furniture, clothing, footwear, contributions towards For more information school trips, after-school activities, sporting equipment, Contact Alasdair Scott at: [email protected] educational aids and medical and special-needs equipment. For more information or to download an application form, visit: www.borderschildrenscharity.org.uk 3 Developing our workforce The Assessor and Electoral Registration Service has seen significant and exciting changes to its workforce following the approval of its People Plan in 2016. Electoral Registration Team The Registration Team has been bolstered with the recruitment of an Electoral Awareness Assistant brought about by the Electoral Commission’s Performance Standards which requires the Electoral Registration Officer to raise awareness of electoral registration. Clare Davis joined the team in November and has been actively engaging with care homes and our secondary schools to increase registration in the lead up to the Local Council Elections on 4 May. A new Team Leader post has been created to reflect the increased managerial capacity required for Individual Electoral Registration. Christel Kerr recently moved into the post to work alongside Keith Hardie. Maddie Irvine joined the team as a Modern Apprentice. Maddie is currently undertaking an SVQ Staff from the Assessor and Electoral Registration Services in Business Administration with Borders College and is gaining practical experience in all aspects of Electoral Registration, are following a structured training path to become qualified Valuation Roll and Council Tax. Maddie is mentored by Caitlin Members of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. Dunney, Registration and Rating Advisor, who joined the Team in 2015. The service has also recruited two Trainee Technicians, Jenna Reavely and Greg Bunyan. Jenna and Greg will soon be starting Valuation Team college with a view to completing an HNC in Built Environment The Service recognised that due to a shortage of suitably at West Lothian College. Jenna and Greg will be responsible experienced Chartered Surveyors within the expertise of non for surveying and banding new houses before they enter the domestic rating the most sustainable way forward was to grow Council Tax List. its own surveyors. Acting Assessor and Electoral Registration Officer Two Graduate Valuers, Shannon Strathdee and Linzi Davidson Brian Rout said: “Developing Our Workforce is a key driver to have recently joined the Valuation Team. Both Shannon and Linzi maintaining the sustainability of the service.” Adult Learners Award recipients congratulated The annual Adult Learners Awards ceremony took place at • Accredited learning: Chris Forsyth Earlston High School on 23 March. • Learning through volunteering: Martin Green Now in their 18th year, the awards are held to celebrate the Overall winner, Rachel Treeby, said: “I feel more confident achievements of adult learners across the region who, often contributing in class and in all discussions. I also feel my at times against considerable odds, take their future into their experiences have helped me to have an insight into the caring own hands and take advantage of the range of opportunities profession and helped me to empathise with others. I feel I available to them to enhance their knowledge, quality of life have goals that are now achievable and I hope to progress on to and job prospects. a nursing course after the summer. I have wanted to become a nurse for many years and I now feel that this is achievable.” The awards are also an opportunity to tell the stories of these learners so that others may be inspired to raise their aspirations The awards are organised by the Community Learning and and improve their life chances through learning. Development Service, Volunteer Centre Borders, Borders College, Scottish Borders Housing Association and Skills This year there were ten categories with the winners being: Development Scotland. • Young learner (16-25yrs): Scott Weir • Learner in the work place: Megan Bilsland For more information • Mature learner (50+ yrs): Jackie Gray Contact: Oonagh McGarry, • Learning in a group: Open Doors Community Learning & Development Team Leader • Learning in the community: Lynn Hardie (Adult Learning) at: [email protected] 4 Democratic Services is Team of the Year Congratulations to the Democratic Services team for its success at the Society of Lawyers and Administrators in Scotland (SOLAR) Conference in March. A ceremony took place in Aberdeen to recognise the talent and good practice in lawyers and administrators in local authorities across Scotland. SBC won the inaugural Democratic Services Team of the Year Award against stiff competition from Dundee Legal Team and Aberdeenshire Governance Review Team.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Battle of Philiphaugh." Berwickshire Naturalist Club, 8, 98
    Battle Name: Philiphaugh Council area: Scottish Borders Date: 13th September 1645 UKFOC number: 278 PHILIPHAUGH 1 SUMMARY 1.1 CONTEXT After the success of Kilsyth, Montrose intended to recruit his army before attempting to complete his military control in Scotland. But his Highland troops were disaffected when their plundering of Glasgow was heavily punished and within a few days many had deserted. Aboyne also left with most of the cavalry when Montrose appointed the Earl of Crawford as commander of the horse, while some 800 were sent north to protect their lands, reducing the army to little more than the 500 Irish troops and a few cavalry. Marching east through the Lowlands he was unable to raise significant numbers of new recruits. Not only was much of the area strongly Covenanter, the Highland and Irish troops may also have been unwelcome in the region because of the long trail of plundering and disorder that they had wreaked across Scotland over the preceding year, at places as far apart as Glasgow and Aberdeen. Montrose marched into the Borders to disrupt the mustering of the Covenanter levies and then, turning south from Kelso to Jedburgh and then west to Selkirk, he camped on the 12th September at Philiphaugh. However he suffered from poor intelligence from his scouts, for he was unaware that, on the 6th September, Sir David Leslie had marched north from England with a large army. On the 11th Leslie had rendezvoused with Lothian forces at Gladsmuir (west of Haddington), and then again unbeknown to Montrose, marched south, approaching Selkirk on the night of the 12th (1) (6) (2).
    [Show full text]
  • CASE STUDY Earlston Complex Needs Centre Scottish Borders
    CASE STUDY Earlston Complex Needs Centre Scottish Borders Division: Client:Client: Value:Value: Dates:Dates: Esh Border Construction ScottishDurham Borders County Council Council £1.6M£2.9M JanJul 20152016 – AprJan 20162017 Added Value Deliverables The scheme comprised of carrying out the construction of a new Complex Needs School which is located within the existing Earlston Deliverables Required Achieved Primary School campus. It will provide Existing Apprentices 123 7 classrooms, activity spaces, learning areas and supporting accommodation. Hard and soft Workshops 5 6 landscaping works were completed externally. Charity Provision 0 2 The facility will be able to support other children with complex needs, not only on the autistic spectrum, who Work Experience 4 5 may have complex sensory impairments and be on placements out with the Scottish Borders. The school Site Safety Presentation 1 1 was opened in a ceremony attended by the Lord- Lieutenant for Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale, the Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry KBE Richard Scott. Workshops Days College/Training Date Provider ‘Get into STEM’ is an exciting programme developed to address the Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM) 13 JCP & Borders College Groundworks skills gap in the built environment and introduce primary school students to STEM careers. 1 Earlston High School Civil Engeneering Each kit is filled with innovative construction themed items 15 Job Centre Plus Labouring and lesson plans. The kit includes child sized PPE, construction themed books, foam bricks, wheel barrow, model buildings and 15 Job Centre Plus Labouring design tools. ‘Get into STEM’ kits are provided to schools free of charge for a 2-week period and align with the Early Years 5 Earlston High Scgool Joinery & Carpentry Foundation Studies and Key Stage 1 curriculum.
    [Show full text]
  • PARTIES' PROGRESS: the DISTRICT COUNCIL ELECTIONS of MAY 1980* J.M. Bochel Department of Political Science, University of Dundee
    ~· I 1:! i'i PARTIES' PROGRESS: THE DISTRICT COUNCIL ELECTIONS OF MAY 1980* J.M. Bochel Department of Political Science, University of Dundee D.T. Denver Department of Politics, University of Lancaster The third round of elections to Scottish District Councils took place on May 1st 1980. In this chapter we present first of all a re­ latively straightforward analysis of the results of these elections comparing them with the previous District elections of 1974 and 1977. We then go on to look more specifically at the increasingly important role of political parties in Scottish local government. II In this section we consider four topics of interest - contests, candidatures, turnout and the distribution of votes and seats. At the outset it should be noted that between 1977 and 1980 ward boundaries were revised in 20 of the 53 Scottish Districts. These were Caithness, Sutherland, Skye and Lochalsh, Inverness, Badenoch and Strathspey, Nairn, North-East Fife, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Clackmannan, Stirling, Falkirk, Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale, Berwickshire, Cunninghame, Wigtown, Stewartry, Nithsdale and Annandale and Eskdale. It is antici­ pated that the remaining Districts will have their ward boundaries re­ drawn before the next elections in 1984. The changes since the last elections do not inhibit District by District comparisons but they do *This Chapter is based on the results of the District elections as published in The Scotsman newspaper, and should be regarded as a pre­ liminary analysis. A comprehensive analysis and compilation of results appears in The Scottish District Elections 1980, published by the authors. 237 / mean that in those cases where we wish to carry out ward-level analysis opponents' resources, exercise their electoral 'machine' and so on.
    [Show full text]
  • The Politics of Council Housing Finance
    Scottish Government Yearbook 1985 Scottish Government Yearbook 1985 (see David Alexander's article) was symptomatic of the new approach. Apart from the traditional Conservative vision of a property-owning democracy and the virtues of home ownership, there was the realisation that the propensity to vote Conservative was greater amongst working­ class owner-occupiers than working-class council tenants. (J) Table 1 THE POLITICS OF COUNCIL HOUSING FINANCE Changes in Cost Terms in Government Expenditure Programmes since 1978-79 ARTHUR MIDWINTER Defence DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION +23% Agriculture, Fisheries, Food OF STRATHCLYDE UNIVERSITY and Forestry +40% Law and Order +33% Health and Person Social Services +16% 1. The Conservative Government and Council Housing Finance Social Security +26% Local Authorities +10% The recently published Green Paper on Public Expenditure and Trade and Industry -29% Taxation< 1l revealed quite clearly that council housing has borne the brunt Public Housing -34% of the Government's policy of cutting public expenditure. Public housing has been a central target in the attempt to roll back the state. There are Thirdly, the nature of the council housing programme makes it administratively and politically convenient to cut. The growing literature several reasons why this should be so. on cutback management reveals the dominance of two strategies for coping with retrenchment and fiscal pressure. One is to increase income from First of all, although the overall thrust of Conservative policy was to other sources (charging) and the other is to cut capital expenditure, as it has reduce public spending and taxation, several key areas of expenditure were less short-term consequences for the organisation.
    [Show full text]
  • Parliamentary Returning Officers
    135 AGENDA ITEM [email protected] THE SCOTTISH OFFICE Home Department St. Andrew’s House Edinburgh EH1 3DG Telephone 0131-244 J-19 ’@ Fax 0131-244 Chief Executives of Unitary Authorities Electoral Registration Officers March 1996 Dear Sirhladam PARLIAMENTARY RETURNING OFFICERS 1. My letter of 6 November 1995 to Chief Executives of the new councils set out the position regarding parliamentary and European parliamentary returning officers after 1 April 1996 (copy attached, EROs only). The letter sought any comments about the councils the Department propose to recommend that the Secretary of State should designate as responsible for appointing a returning officer where a constituency covers more than one unitary authority area. 2. In all but 2 cases the Department’s proposals were acceptable to the councils concerned. In those instances where there was dissension from our proposals the Secretary of State gave careful consideration to the representations that were received from the councils concerned. He was not persuaded, however, that the arguments put forward warranted a departure from the general principles that had been followed and which were outlined in my letter of 6 November. As such, the Secretary of State has agreed that Orders should be made designating the councils, as proposed in my letter, as responsible for appointing returning officers where constituencies cover more than one unitary authority area for: a. existing parliamentary constituencies in the event of a by-election being held between 1 April and the date of the next general election; b. new parliamentary constituencies which would take effect at the next general election; and c.
    [Show full text]
  • THE LONDON GAZETTE, 21St JUNE 1983
    8208 THE LONDON GAZETTE, 21sT JUNE 1983 MID GLAMORGAN 571. Dunfermline East County Constituency James Gordon BROWN, Esquire. 543. Bridgend County Constituency Peter Charles HUBBARD-MUJES, Esquire. 572. Dunfermline West County Constituency Richard Giles DOUGLAS, Esquire. 544. Caerphilly County Constituency Ronald DAVIES, Esquire. 573. Kirkcaldy County Constituency Harry Philip Heggie GOURLAY, Esquire. 545. Cynon Valley County Constituency loan Lyonel EVANS. Esquire. 574. North East Fife County Constituency James Stewart Barry HENDERSON, Esquire. 546. Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney County Constituency Edward ROWLANDS, Esquire. GRAMPIAN REGION 547. Ogmore County Constituency Raymond POWELL, Esquire. 575. Aberdeen North Burgh Constituency 548. Pontypridd County Constituency Robert HUGHES, Esquire. Brymnor Thomas JOHN, Esquire. 576. Aberdeen South Burgh Constituency 549. Rhondda County Constituency Gerald MALONE, Esquire. Allan Ralph ROGERS, Esquire. 577. Banff and Buchan. County Constituency Albert McQuARRffi, Esquire. POWYS 578. Gordon County Constituency 550. Brecon and Radnor County Constituency Malcolm Gray BRUCE, Esquire. Tom Ellis HOOSON, Esquire. 579. Kincardine and Deeside County Constituency 551. Montgomery County Constituency. The Right Honourable Alick Laidlaw BUCHANAN-SMITH. Alexander Charles CARLILE, Esquire. 580. Moray County Constituency Alexander POLLOCK, Esquire. SOUTH GLAMORGAN HIGHLAND REGION 552. Vale of Glamorgan County Constituency Sir Herbert Raymond GOWER, Knight 581. Caithness and Sutherland County Constituency 553. Cardiff Central Borough Constituency Robert Adam Ross MACLENNAN, Esquire. Ian GRIST, Esquire. 582. Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber County Constituency 554. Cardiff North Borough Constituency David Russell JOHNSTON, Esquire. Gwilym Hadyn JONES, Esquire. 583. Ross, Cromarty and Skye County Constituency 555. Cardiff South and Penarth Borough Constituency Charles Peter KENNEDY, Esquire. The Right Honourable Leonard James CALLAGHAN. LOTHIAN REGION 556.
    [Show full text]
  • Discovery & Excavation in Scotland
    1991 DISCOVERY & EXCAVATION IN SCOTLAND An Annual Survey of Scottish Archaeological Discoveries. Excavation and Fieldwork EDITED BY COLLEEN E BATEY WITH JENNIFER BALL PUBLISHED BY THE COUNCIL FOR SCOTTISH ARCHAEOLOGY ISBN 0 901352 11 X ISSN 0419 -411X NOTES FOR CONTRIBUTORS 1 Contributions should be brief statements of work undertaken. 2 Each contribution should be on a separate page, typed or clearly hand-written and double spaced. Surveys should be submitted in summary form. 3 Two copies of each contribution are required, one for editing and one for NMRS. 4 The Editor reserves the right to shorten published contributions. The unabridged copy will be lodged with NMRS. 5 No proofs will be sent to Contributors because of the tight timetable and the cost. 6 Illustrations should be forwarded only by agreement with the Editor (and HS, where applicable). Line drawings should be supplied camera ready to suit page layout as in this volume. 7 Enquiries relating to published items should normally be directed to the Contributor, not the Editor. 8 The final date for receipt of contributions each year is 31 October, for publication on the last Saturday of February following. Contributions from current or earlier years may be forwarded at any time. 9 Contributions should be sent to Hon Editor, Discouery & Excavation in Scotland, CSA, c/o Royal Museum of Scotland, Queen Street, Edinburgh, EH2 1JD. Please use the following format:- REGION DISTRICT Site Name ( parish) Contributor Type of Site/Find NCR (2 letters, 6 figures) Report Sponsor: HS, Society, Institution, etc, as appropriate. Name of Contributor: (where more than one, please indicate which name should appear in the list of contributors) Address of main contributor.
    [Show full text]
  • Contact List of Lord Lieutenants and Clerks
    HER MAJESTY’S LORD-LIEUTENANTS AND CLERKS TO THE LIEUTENANCIES – SCOTLAND – 18 February 2020 Lieutenancy - Lord Lieutenant Clerk to Lord Lieutenant Contact details Additional contact information Aberdeen City Councillor Barney Crockett Gail Mair Tel: 01224 523 878 Garry Watson The Lord Provost of Aberdeen City Executive PA Assistant Clerk Room 2.10, 2nd Floor [email protected] Tel: 01224 523 881 Aberdeen City Council [email protected] Town House Aberdeen AB10 1FY Aberdeenshire James R Ingleby, Esq., CVO, Jim Savege, Esq., Tel: 01467 535 986 Chief Executive Aberdeenshire Council [email protected] Woodhill House Westburn Road Aberdeen AB16 5GB This list is maintained by the Protocol & Honours Team, Scottish Government. If you have any queries or updates please email [email protected] Angus Mrs Patricia A Sawers Mrs Margo Williamson Clerk Contact - Ms Elaine Whittet Chief Executive of Angus Chief Executive’s Support Manager Council Angus Council Angus Council Angus House Angus House Orchardbank Business Park Orchardbank Business Park Forfar Forfar DD8 1AX DD8 1AX Tel: 01307 476 099 [email protected] Argyll and Bute Patrick Stewart, Esq., MBE, WS Mr Douglas Hendry Clerk Contact - Ms Aileen McNicol Executive Director Leadership Support & Member Argyll & Bute Council Services Manager Kilmory Argyll & Bute Council Lochgilphead Kilmory Argyll Lochgilphead PA31 8RT Argyll PA31 8RT Tel: 01546 604 014 [email protected] This list is maintained by the Protocol & Honours Team, Scottish Government. If you have any queries or updates please email [email protected] Ayrshire and Arran Sheriff Iona McDonald R N Martin.
    [Show full text]
  • Scottish Borders Council Structure Plan Provides the the Site Subject to This Brief Is Allocated As Housing Site Strategic Planning Context
    Scottish Borders Finalised Local Plan Amendment Supplementary Planning Guidance Wildcat Gate South, Jedburgh Planning Brief January 2011 Wildcat Gate South Jedburgh Contents Introduction 2 Local context 3 Policy context 4 Site analysis 5 Constraints and opportunities 7 Development vision 8 Submission requirement 13 Contacts 15 Alternative format/language paragraph 16 Figure 1Local context 3 Figure 2 Site analysis 5 Figure 3 Development vision 8 1 Wildcat Gate South Jedburgh Introduction This planning brief is one of a series of Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPG) on development sites and sets out the main opportunities and constraints for the development of the Wildcat Gate South site. The site is included in the finalised Local Plan Amendment as housing allocation AJEDB005 and is 2.0 ha in size although the developable area of the site is approximately 1.0 ha. The site is expected to provide 20 housing units, although the final number of units will be determined at planning application stage when layout and design is agreed. The brief includes the development vision for the site and aims to lead to a high quality development. As the site is View from west of the site located at the edge of Jedburgh it is important that the development fits into to the surrounding countryside and reflects the scale of development in the existing settlement. The brief also highlights where development contributions will be sought. The planning brief should be read in conjunction with the developer guidance in Annex A. View from east of the site 2 Wildcat Gate South Jedburgh Local context Jedburgh is located north east of Hawick and south west of Kelso and has good links to the rest of the Borders and Northumberland especially by road with the A68 trunk road going through the town.
    [Show full text]
  • Rural Affairs and Environment Committee
    RURAL AFFAIRS AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE RURAL HOUSING INQUIRY SUBMISSION FROM SCOTTISH BORDERS COUNCIL REQUEST FOR INFORMATION: RURAL HOUSING ENQUIRY As requested in your letter dated 17 January 2007, I am providing you with information on rural parts of the Scottish Borders area. Much of this information comes from the Council’s 2006 Housing Needs Assessment, which can be viewed in full at: www.scotborders.gov.uk//council/departmentsandservices/socialwork/housing strategy/21470.html We are aware that we lack greater information on homelessness in rural areas, and are requesting that we address this issue with our I.T. data supplier in order that we are able to access information on the level of homelessness in each settlement in the Scottish Borders. Population Table 1 shows the population of the main settlements in the Scottish Borders. Generally Scottish rural is defined as a settlement with a population less than 3,000, this means that Eyemouth, Galashiels, Hawick, Jedburgh, Kelso, Peebles and Selkirk are not classed as rural and for this reason will not be included in this analysis. Table 1 also shows Innerleithen/ Cardrona and Melrose/Darnick/Newstead have a population over 3,000 but these will be included in the rural analysis as they have been grouped, individually they have a population less than 3,000. Duns will also be used in the rural analysis as there a many smaller settlements just outside Duns which have been included in table 1. Table 1: Household Size by Area Average Total Total Area household households population size
    [Show full text]
  • Scottish Parliament Election Preview: from Four Party Politics to Further Consolidation in the South of Scotland?
    Scottish Parliament election preview: From four party politics to further consolidation in the South of Scotland? democraticaudit.com /2016/04/23/21269/ By Democratic Audit UK 2016-4-23 The Scottish Parliament elections are upon us, with the SNP expected to consolidate their current dominance over Labour and the Conservatives. Here, Alistair Clark looks at the contest in the South Scotland region, an area which has had a recent history of four party politics but may be seeing its political profile shift. Glen Trool in Dumfriesshire (Credit: Sean Kippin) Anyone looking at a map of the 2003 Scottish parliament election results in South Scotland would be struck by the fact that all four main parties were relevant contenders in the region. Labour, the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats all held seats in the region, two each for the smaller parties, and five for Labour. The SNP were also strong challengers, second place in three marginals behind the Conservatives (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale), Labour (Kilmarnock and Loudon) and the Liberal Democrats in a three way marginal with Labour also involved (Tweedale, Ettrick and Lauderdale). By 2007, Labour still held five constituencies, but the Conservatives had added a third to their total, won from the Liberal Democrats. Following the redrawing of boundaries prior to the 2011 elections, the Liberal Democrats had dropped out of the picture, affected by the national swing against the party because of its participation in the UK coalition government. Instead, the SNP advance was echoed here, the party winning four seats, against three for the Conservatives and two for Labour.
    [Show full text]
  • Nicola Sturgeon (SNP) Click to Return
    Scottish Voting Results Scottish Results 2016 1. Aberdeen Central 25. Dundee City East 51. Inverness and Nairn 60 2. Aberdeen Donside 26. Dundee City West 52. Kilmarnock and 3. Aberdeen South and North 27. Dunfermline Irvine Valley Kincardine 28. East Kilbride 53. Kirkcaldy 13 4. Aberdeenshire East 29. East Lothian 54. Linlithgow 5. Aberdeenshire West 30. Eastwood 55. Mid Fife and Glenrothes 62 69 6. Airdrie and Shotts 31. Edinburgh Central 56. Midlothian North & 7. Almond Valley 32. Edinburgh Eastern Musselburgh 8. Angus North and Mearns 33. Edinburgh Northern and Leith 57. Midlothian South, 9. Angus South 34. Edinburgh Pentlands Tweeddale and Lauderdale 12 10. Argyll and Bute 35. Edinburgh Southern 58. Moray 58 11. Ayr 36. Edinburgh Western 59. Motherwell and Wishaw 4 12. Banffshire and Buchan 37. Ettrick, Roxburgh and 60. Na h-Eileanan an Iar 51 Coast Berwickshire 61. North East Fife 2 13. Caithness, Sutherland and 38. Falkirk East 62. Orkney Islands Ross 39. Falkirk West 63. Paisley 5 1 14. Carrick, Cumnock and 40. Galloway and West Dumfries 64. Perthshire North 70 Doon Valley 41. Glasgow Anniesland 65. Perthshire South and 3 15. Clackmannanshire and 42. Glasgow Cathcart Kinross-shire Dunblane 43. Glasgow Kelvin 66. Renfrewshire North and West 8 16. Clydebank and Milngavie 44. Glasgow Maryhill and 67. Renfrewshire South 9 17. Clydesdale Springburn 68. Rutherglen 64 18. Coatbridge and Chryston 45. Glasgow Pollok 69. Shetland Islands 19. Cowdenbeath 46. Glasgow Provan 70. Skye, Lochaber and 25 20. Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 47. Glasgow Shettleston Badenoch 71 21. Cunninghame North 48. Glasgow Southside 71. Stirling 10 65 61 22.
    [Show full text]