 | 'Are Team Henry planning to turn Scotland's national parliament into that 'big cooncil' that many forecast would be the ultimate face of devolution.' Iain MacWhirter in the Sunday Herald, 29 th October 2000. |  |
| 'Are Team Henry planning to turn Scotland's national parliament into that 'big cooncil' that many forecast would be the ultimate face of devolution.' Iain MacWhirter in the Sunday Herald, 29 th October 2000. | |
Voters go to the polls on 23 November to elect an MP and an MSP for the Glasgow Anniesland Westminster and Scottish Parliament constituencies.
The candidates - English teacher and local councillor Bill Butler and John Robertson, Mr Dewar's former election agent - both paid tribute to Mr Dewar as they launched their campaigns.
Mr Butler is contesting the Holyrood seat, while Mr Robertson is hoping to represent the constituency at Westminster.
The death of former First Minister Mr Dewar of a brain haemorrhage last month brought about both by-elections.
First Minister Henry McLeish said: "The greatest tribute we can pay him, the greatest honour we can bestow is to carry on the fight for what he stood for and believed in - decency, fairness, and social justice.
"These are our values, these are our causes.
"No child should ever be born in poverty simply because they are on the wrong side of the social arithmetic."
Scotland Office Minister Brian Wilson said: "That is what people want to see from Labour. We have a good story to tell and we will be telling it during this campaign."
The Conservatives are to claim in their campaign that they are the party standing up for the pound, for the elderly and for motorists over issues like road tolling and workplace parking charges.
"People are going to be asking and making a judgement on Labour in government," said Scottish Tory leader David McLetchie.
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