The 2007 Scottish General Election

'I stand with people like Mrs Thatcher, who believed that the Union was important to the Conservatives. I believe the Union is important to the Labour Party.'
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, 14 th September 2006.

Candidates and Constituency Assessments

Scotland's MSPs in December 2004,
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This section will be updated for the election on Thursday 3 rd May 2007.
The constituency profiles will contain:

A list of candidates with short biographies and photographs where possible
A list of the current council wards in the constituency and a comparison with Westminster constituencies
The ranking on each party's target list and the swing required for each party to win the seat
Previous constituency and list results from 2003, 1999 and the 1997 Westminster elections
Links to any relevant websites

All profiles have been updated may not contain fully up to date information. If you have any additional candidate profiles, photographs or corrections, please contact me before the 20 th April 2007.

I am indebted to Jim Jackson for the original constituency gifs and to Dr Aidan Thomson for the local government ward analysis. Thanks also to all those who have sent information for these pages, including: 'Alias Smoky Bacon', Robert Bell, Cllr John Beare, Dr Donald Boyd, Doug Bradley, Donald Cameron, Dr James Cant, Steven Carleschi, Tom Clement, Bob Dalrymple, Cllr Alex Dingwall, James Dornan, Ewan Dow, Gary Dunion, Kristof Fabry, Tim Fell, Euan Fergusson, Cllr Joe FitzPatrick, Helen Gardiner, Graeme Gardner, Angela Gorrie, Christina Harcus, Prof. Christopher Harvie, Hugh Hill, Simon Hutton, David Jackson, David Johnston, Jamie Halcro Johnston, Andrew Kidd, Richard Laird, John Lamont, Philip Lardner, Cllr Angus MacDonald, Niniane Mackenzie, Karen Macdonald, Stewart Maxwell MSP, Julie McAnulty, Ian McCann, Iain McGill, Martyn McIntyre, Frances McGlinchey, Jamie McHale, Christina McKelvie, Stuart McMillan, Campbell Martin MSP, Jim Monaghan, Elaine Morrison, Matt Parkin, Brian Pope, Andrew Ramsay, Ross Renton, Rev Scott Rennie, Scott Richardson, Ian Ruffell, Anas Sarwar, Christian Schmidt, Andrew Sharp, Cllr John Stewart, Jonathan Stewart-Brown, Nicola Taylor-Rowan, Erin Thomson, Duncan Thorp, Norman Will, John Wilson, Noeleen Wilson and Duncan Wood.

Finally, a special thanks to our First Minister, the Rt Hon Jack McConnell, for his sterling work in promoting this website when it was launched back in 1996.

Central Scotland Region

10 constituency and 7 regional seats

Central Scotland region includes the constituencies of :

Glasgow Region

10 constituency and 7 regional seats

Glasgow region includes the constituencies of :