Candidates and Constituency Assessments

'I was prominent in the Labour Party when Tony Blair was just an ugly rumour.' Independent Labour MP, George Galloway, 23 rd October 2003. (Tony Blair's student band was called Ugly Rumours.)

Glasgow Central

Candidates

	Anas Sarwar
	Labour
	Anas Sarwar is 23 years old and is the fourth child of Mohammad Sarwar, Labour MP for Glasgow Central. He was educated at the posh fee-paying Hutchesons' Grammar school. He recently graduated from university and now works as a dentist. He is married to Furheen. Soon after the London bombings he set up the Scottish Muslim Network with friends in order to encourage young Muslims to become more politically involved. Anas Sarwar was believed to be a prime future Labour candidate for the Scottish Parliament seat of Glasgow Govan seat where the controversial QC Gordon Jackson had been in trouble for continuing his legal career despite being the MSP for Govan since 1999. However the Scottish National Party's Nicola Sturgeon won Govan in May 2007 and Sawrar Junior was selected to succeed his father in Glasgow Central. Recent electoral experience 2007 Scottish parliament election, First on Labour Glasgow list, 78,738 votes (38.16 %)
	Who?
	Conservative & Unionist
	Recent electoral experience.
	Who?
	Liberal Democrat
	Recent electoral experience
	Who?
	Scottish National Party
	Recent electoral experience

Notional 2001 result

Logo	Party	Denver			Baxter
		Votes	%		Votes	%
	Labour	15,179	54.71 %		15,937	54.05 %
	Scottish National Party	5,797	20.89 %		6,130	20.79 %
	Liberal Democrat	2,655	9.57 %		2,918	9.90 %
	Scottish Socialist Party	1,814	6.54 %		1,959	6.64 %
	Conservative & Unionist	1,707	6.15 %		1,911	6.48 %
	Others	592	2.13 %		631	2.15 %
Notional Labour win	Notional Labour majority	9,382	33.82 %		9,807	33.26 %