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Callum Chomczuk
(Also number 5 on Central Scotland list) |
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| Liberal Democrat |
Callum Chomczuk was born in 1982 and was educated at Falkirk High School and the University of Glasgow. He has worked as media monitor for Elspeth Attwooll MEP, as political intern to Robert Brown MSP, and as a claims adjuster with the Capita Group. He is single and lives in Edinburgh. His interests include running, 5-asides, and theatre. He contested Falkirk at the 2005 Westminster Parliament election, coming third.
Recent electoral experience
2005 Westminster Parliament election, Falkirk, 7,321 votes (16.00 %)
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Cllr Dennis Goldie
(Not standing on Central Scotland list) |
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| Labour |
Cllr Dennis Goldie is aged 58 and an ex Provost of Falkirk. He beat lawyer and Labour activist Ian Smart by 59 votes to 23 in a selection ballot of Labour party members. He hopes to win back Falkirk West for Labour but was described in the Daily Record by a leading local Labour member, who asked not to be named, as a "car crash waiting to happen". In 2005, Cllr Goldie was criticised by the Standards Commission after he likened a fellow councillor to mass-murderer Harold Shipman. The Record also reported that in 2002 Goldie had shouted: "You're a Nazi!" at another councillor. The Sunday Herald revealed on March 6 th that Goldie had been reported again for allegedly shouting "you're a liar" at the local authority leader and "you're a disgrace" at the provost. They also revealed that, in 2000, Goldie backed the retention of anti-gay legislation in schools despite his party's support for repealing the discriminatory clause and that he refused to deny he was one of two unnamed Falkirk councillors whose homes were raided by police in 1995 following a controversial planning application. The Record reports that in the 1990s it emerged that Cllr Goldie had bought five former council houses to rent out despite having opposed the right to buy. The Labour MP for Falkirk, Major Eric Joyce said: "He'll be a good MSP."
Council positions
Provost 1988-1992 of Falkirk Distirct Council
Provost 1992 (for two hours before the Labour group made him resign as they had already decided not to form an administation as they did not have a majority.)
November 1992 - 1996 Leader of Falkirk District Council
May 1999 - December 2000 Provost of Falkirk Council (removed by a vote of no confidence proposed by the SNP)
2003 - Present Deputy Leader of Labour Group on Falkirk Council
Recent electoral experience
2003 Falkirk Council election, Summerford, 999 votes (60.25 %) (elected)
1999 Falkirk Council election, Summerford, 1,286 votes (57.77 %) (elected)
1995 Falkirk Council election, Camelon, 859 votes (44.48 %) (elected)
1992 Falkirk District Council election, Camelon, (elected)
1988 Falkirk District Council election, Camelon, (elected)
1984 Falkirk District Council election, Camelon, (elected)
1980 Falkirk District Council election, Camelon, (elected)
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Michael Matheson MSP
(Also number 2 on Central Scotland list) |
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| Scottish National Party |
Michael Matheson was born on the 8 th September 1970 in Glasgow and educated at St John Bosco Secondary School in Glasgow, Queen Margaret College wher he graduated with a B.Sc. in Occupational Therapy and the Open University where he graduated with a B.A. in Applied Social Sciences and a Dip. in Applied Social Sciences. He worked as a Community Occupational Therapist with Highland Regional Council from 1991 to 1993, with Central Regional Council from 1993 to 1997 and with Stirling Council from 1997 until his election in 1999. He is single, a Roman Catholic and is a State Registered Occupational Therapist and a member of the Health Profession Council. In the parliament he is Co-Convener of the Cross-Party Group on Malawi and Deputy Convener of the Cross-Party Group on Cuba.
Shadow Ministerial Posts:
May 1999 - April 2003 - Shadow Deputy Minister for Justice & Equality
May 2003 - September 2004 - Shadow Deputy Minister for Justice
September 2004 - September 2006 Shadow Minister for Culture & Sport
Recent electoral experience
2003 Scottish Parliamentary election, Falkirk West, 4,703 votes (17.81 %)
2003 Scottish Parliamentary election, Third on SNP Central Scotland list, 59,274 votes (22.53 %) (elected)
1999 Scottish Parliamentary election, Falkirk West, 5,986 votes (17.78 % %)
1999 Scottish Parliamentary election, Third on SNP Central list, 91,802 votes (27.78 %) (elected)
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Stephen O'Rourke
(Also number 3 on Central Scotland list) |
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| Conservative & Unionist |
Stephen O'Rourke is a practising Advocate at the Scottish Bar. He lives in Edinburgh with his wife Joanna. He believes Falkirk is a part of Scotland that is undergoing immense and exciting regeneration and is very proud to be standing as it's Conservative candidate. "As it leaves behind its heavy industrial past, it has embraced the technologies and opportunities of the future. It is an area of Scotland attracting a great deal of outside investment as a result of its prime location. Falkirk is an example of how Scotland can evolve into an economically successful future.' His political hero is Bobby Kennedy.
Recent electoral experience.
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