Glasgow City Council - By-Election
A local council by-election is due to be held in Glasgow on 4 June 2009 – the same day as the European elections.
A contest is required because the sitting SNP councillor – Bill Kidd – is now a Holyrood MSP and the June by-election will elect his replacement to serve as a Glasgow City councillor.
The seat is in the Drumchapel–Anniesland ward – where the Labour party already holds 3 out of the 4 local council seats – so Labour is going for a clean sweep.
As usual, there will be lots of activity in the run up to polling day – lots of knocking on doors, distributing party leaflets, holding local meetings (or hustings) where the candidates will strut their stuff - and appeal for people’s votes.
Drumchapel-Anniesland is bound to have its fair share of local voters pursuing equal pay claims – after all Action 4 Equality Scotland and Stefan Cross Solicitors are representing well over 5,000 claimants across Glasgow as a whole.
So, this is an ideal opportunity to put the candidates and party workers on the spot.
Ask them why Glasgow City Council has still not resolved equal pay after all this time – and ask the candidates what they will do to sort things out - if they get elected.
If you don’t get straight answers to straight questions, you know what to do with your vote.
A contest is required because the sitting SNP councillor – Bill Kidd – is now a Holyrood MSP and the June by-election will elect his replacement to serve as a Glasgow City councillor.
The seat is in the Drumchapel–Anniesland ward – where the Labour party already holds 3 out of the 4 local council seats – so Labour is going for a clean sweep.
As usual, there will be lots of activity in the run up to polling day – lots of knocking on doors, distributing party leaflets, holding local meetings (or hustings) where the candidates will strut their stuff - and appeal for people’s votes.
Drumchapel-Anniesland is bound to have its fair share of local voters pursuing equal pay claims – after all Action 4 Equality Scotland and Stefan Cross Solicitors are representing well over 5,000 claimants across Glasgow as a whole.
So, this is an ideal opportunity to put the candidates and party workers on the spot.
Ask them why Glasgow City Council has still not resolved equal pay after all this time – and ask the candidates what they will do to sort things out - if they get elected.
If you don’t get straight answers to straight questions, you know what to do with your vote.
