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Richard Cook |
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| Conservative & Unionist |
Richard Cook, aged 34, joined the Eastwood Young Conservatives in 1985 and has been Chairman of Cathcart Conservative Association. Richard is Commercial Manager for the UK's largest waste and recycling company, where he has responsibility for the development of recycling initiatives for blue chip and local authority customers. He contested Glasgow Cathcart in 2001 and 2003, coming third, while in 2005 he was selected for the ex-Tory seat of East Renfrewshire (previously named Eastwood).
Recent electoral experience.
2005 Westminster Parliament election, East Renfrewshire, 14,158 votes (29.9 %)
2003 Scottish Parliament election, Glasgow Cathcart, 2,888 votes (13.0 %)
2001 Westminster Parliament election, Glasgow Cathcart, 3,662 votes (13.4 %)
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Christopher Creighton |
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| Independent |
Christopher Creighton is standing as an Independent. He is the Secretary of Newlands and Auldhouse community council.
Recent electoral experience
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Cllr Charles Gordon |
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| Labour |
Cllr Charles Gordon is aged 54 and represents Knightswood Park on Glasgow City Council. He became leader of Glasgow Council in 1999 and stepped down as in May 2005 and announced that he hoped to stand for the Scottish Parlaiment. He is currently Convener of the Regeneration of the Clyde working group on the council. While the Cllr's home is owned by his wife, the Cllr owns two flats in Glasgow.
Recent electoral experience
2003, Glasgow City Council Election, Knightswood Park, 1,613 votes (57.5 %)
1999, Glasgow City Council Election, Knightswood Park, 2,275 votes (63.8 %)
1995, Glasgow City Council Election, Knightswood Park, 1,839 votes (64.8 %)
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Pat Lally |
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| Independent |
Pat Lally, aged 79, is standing as an Independent, with the backing of the Scottish Senior Citizens' Party. Known as 'Lazarus' because of his come backs, Pat Lally is an ex Labour leader of Glasgow City Council. He was Lord Provost of Glasgow from 1996 until 1999. Pat Lally was expelled from the Labour party in 1998 while in office but made a successful court appeal and was reinstated. He finally resigned, after 50 years in the Labour Party, over the invasion of Iraq. At the 2003 Scottish parliamentary election he contested Glasgow Cathcart on a Local Health Concern/New Acute Victoria ticket.
Recent electoral experience
2003 Scottish Parliament election, Glasgow Cathcart, (Local Health Concern) 2,819 votes (10.8 %)
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Bryan McCormack |
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| UKIP |
The party's candidate will be Bryan McCormack, the Official Spokesman for UKIPScotland.
Mr McCormack (39) was the candidate in Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock at the recent General Election. Prior to joining UKIP in 2004 he was involved in the Labour Party and Trade Union Movement.
Bryan said "As the recent fiasco over Fergusons Shipbuilders shows, Scotland has been betrayed by the entire Scottish Political Establishment - Labour, Tory, LibDem, SNP, SSP & Greens. I look forward to exposing their treachery to the people of Cathcart, who have this opportunity to reject them and their lies and instead vote for Truth, Honesty & Freedom."
Recent electoral experience
2005 Westminster Parliament election, Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock, 365 votes (0.8 %) |
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Arthur Sanderson |
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| Liberal Democrat |
Arthur Sanderson was born in 1943 and educated at Glasgow Academy, Fettes College in Edinburgh, Oxford University, where he studied Classics, Philosophy, Politics & Economics, Edinburgh University where he graduated with a Dip Education, and Henley Management College where he graduated with a Dip Management. A fluent Portuguese speaker, he has worked as an English and maths teacher for VSO in Ghana, as a Economics teacher at Daniel Stewarts College, and as a Director for the British Council's Overseas Career Service. His interests include Transport & Planning; the Arts, especially in Glasgow, choral singing, hill-walking and languages. Arthur Sanderson was selected as Liberal PPC for Edinburgh North in 1971, but was replaced by R.H. Gould, who polled 18.4 %, in the by-election in September 1973, which was caused by the death of the 8 th Duke of Buccleuch & 10 th Duke Queensberry and the accession of the Earl of Dalkeith, Conservative MP for Edinburgh North, to the title.
Recent electoral experience
2005 Westminster Parliament election, Glasgow South, 7,321 votes (19.1 %)
2003 Scottish Parliament election, Glasgow Maryhill, 1,789 votes (9.78 %)
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Ronnie Stevenson |
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| Scottish Socialist Party |
Ronnie Stevenson, a social worker and Unison shop steward, has lived in the constituency for 26 years. He is a children and families' social worker in the East End and is the Unison shop stewards' convenor for over 4000 social work services members. He is committed to the fight to save public sector worker' pension rights. He also coaches athletics and is campaigning to improve Glasgow's athletic provision.
Recent electoral experience
2005 Westminster Parliament election, Glasgow South, 1,303 votes (3.4 %)
2001 Westminster Parliament election, Glasgow Cathcart, 1,730 votes (6.3 %)
1997 Westminster Parliament election, Glasgow Cathcart, 458 votes (1.3 %) |
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Chloe Stewart |
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| Scottish Green Party |
Chloe Stewart, 31, lives in Glasgow and works for the NHS in Glasgow as an information worker. She previously worked for Oxfam, is a member of Campaign Against the Arms Trade and Amnesty International, and has many years experience in campaigning on peace and human rights issues. She is a leading activist with JAM74, the group opposing the building of the controversial M74 Extension in Glasgow, and is a co-sponsor on the legal action taken against the Scottish Executive over the scheme. Born in Essex and mainly brought up in Bristol, Chloe moved to Glasgow in 2001 and has lived in Pollokshields since 2002, has a BA from University of Oxford and an MSc from University of Sheffield. Chloe is an elected office bearer and member of the Scottish Green Party Operations Committee.
Recent electoral experience
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Marie Whitehead |
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| Scottish National Party |
Maire Whitehead was born in Glasgow and has lived and worked in Cathcart for 30 years, as the headteacher in two local schools, Carnwardric (St Vincent's) and King's Park (St Mirrin's). She was involved in the successful local campaign to save the Couper Institute and has been active in the campaign to protect services at theVictoria Infirmary as chair of the Friends of Victoria pressure group. This included presenting a 20,000 signature petition to the Scottish Parliament. Maire stood for the SNP in Cathcart in 1999 and her priorities if elected would be campaigning to retain and improve services currently at the Victoria Infirmary in particular accident and emergency, sorting out traffic congestion across the constituency, tackling crime caused by under agedrinking and drug abuse the restoration of major post office services.
Recent electoral experience
1999 Scottish Parliament election, Glasgow Cathcart, 7,592 votes (28.1 %)
1999 City of Glasgow Council election, Newlands, 503 votes (15.67 %)
1997 Westminster Parliament election, Glasgow Cathcart, 6,913 votes (20.3 %)
1983 Westminster Parliamentary Election, Hamilton, 3,816 votes (8.2 %)
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