Candidates and Constituency Assessments

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East Dunbartonshire

Candidates

	Mark Nolan
	Conservative & Unionist
	A law graduate from Strathclyde University, Mark works in investment banking in Glasgow. He is also a graduate of Glasgow University, where he gained a degree in politics. During his time at Glasgow he spent a summer working in Washington DC in the not so conservative offices of Senator. Ted Kennedy and President Bill Clinton.Ê A keen musician, he is an organist in the Church of Scotland, and also spends his spare time at the gym or on the golf course. In this election Mark is determined to campaign on the issues that matter to voters in East Dunbartonshire and to break through the governments politically correct barracking to allow the aspirations of the huge silent majority to be heard. Mark says, "Now is the time to start talking about real issues.Ê After ten years of the failed policy of 'government knows best' it is time to look at how we can reduce the size of government, do away with "the dependency culture and allow hard working people to keep more of their own money. "It is time to restore rights in freedom of expression, to make our streets safer for law abiding citizens and support people to follow their own aspirations and reach their full potential." "Hard working families simply want a government that delivers on its promises and lets them get on with their lives. Voters are undoubtedly fed up with this Labour government and all its broken promises." "Everyone now realises that only the Conservatives can beat Labour at Westminster - no one else can win here and I will be campaigning on the issues that matter to voters which have been ignored for far too long.Ó Recent electoral experience. 2005 North Lanarkshire Council by-election, 12 votes (0.81 %) 2003 Scottish Parliament election, Motherwell & Wishaw, 2,542 votes (10.01 %) 2003 Scottish Parliament election, Third on Tory West of Scotland list, 24,121 votes (9.17 %) 2001 Westminster Election, Motherwell & Wishaw, 3,155 votes (10.63 %)
	Dr. Iain R. White
	Scottish National Party
	Dr. Iain R. White graduated in Science from Glasgow University, but for the past 25 years has run a small business, both here and in the south of England. Iain White was Chairman of the British Computer Society in Scotland for 5 years, resigning in March of this year to devote more time to politics. He is chairman of the Federation of Engineering Societies in Glasgow and the West of Scotland. He is a family man with three adult children - and a dog! Recent electoral experience 2007 Scottish Parliament election, 7,952 votes (25.63 %) 2007 Scottish Parliament election, Ninth on Scottish Natonal Party South of Scotland list, 77,053 votes (27.88 %)
	Who?
	Labour
	Ministerial Posts: Recent electoral experience
	Who?
	Liberal Democrat
	Recent electoral experience

Notional 2001 result

Logo	Party	Denver			Baxter
		Votes	%		Votes	%
	Labour	13,792	33.33 %		15,787	38.19 %
	Liberal Democrat	11,191	27.05 %		10,385	25.12 %
	Conservative & Unionist	9,290	22.45 %		8,246	19.95 %
	Scottish National Party	6,099	14.74 %		5,868	14.19 %
	Scottish Socialist Party	1,006	2.43 %		1,053	2.55 %
Notional Labour win	Notional Labour majority	2,601	6.29 %		5,402	13.07 %

Links

• East Dunbartonshire Consituency (Scottish National Party)