Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Alex Salmond (Scottish National Party), on Monday, 14 November 2005, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 9 members in total.

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SCOTTISH NATIONAL PARTY VICTORY IN LOANHEAD BY-ELECTION

That this House congratulates Councillor Owen Thompson on his election as the Scottish National Party's (SNP) latest elected representative following his decisive victory in the local authority by-election in Loanhead in Midlothian Council on the night of Thursday 10th November; notes that this victory was gained by a massive swing from Labour and Liberal Democrat voters which saw the SNP vote increase by nearly 30 per cent.; recognises that the seat was won against a strong campaign by the Labour Party's ex-Council Leader who had previously held the seat for 17 years until narrowly losing it by 12 votes in 2003 to an independent; welcomes the fact that the SNP has won the majority of local by-elections held since the 2005 election with five gains out of nine contests; further welcomes the fact that in all the nine by-elections the SNP is far ahead of the other parties in terms of the popular vote; and views this victory as a solid indication that the choice for Scottish voters in the 2007 elections will be a clear one between an SNP Executive with a vision of taking Scotland forward, or the failing Labour-LibDem Executive holding Scotland back on behalf of London.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1023 

Session

2005-06

Other sponsors

Angus Robertson

Mike Weir

Pete Wishart

Stewart Hosie

Angus Brendan MacNeil

Subjects

By-elections Local government Scottish National Party Midlothian Council

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk