Mandates, Strikes and Politicians

Here's a very interesting table which shows the turnout and result in the Scottish Parliament elections for the seat of Glasgow Cathcart in 2016.

James Dornan won the seat for the SNP on 52.9% of the total vote and a turnout of 50.3% - and I understand that some of his local Glasgow Cathcart constituents have a meeting with James later today to discuss equal pay.

Now the GMB's astonishing strike ballot resulted in a majority of 98.1% based on a much higher turnout of 62.5% of union members. 

So I hope that Glasgow's politicians are listening because the mandate the GMB has received for strike action is arguably much more impressive than the mandates received by many of the City's elected Councillors, MSPs and MPs.

I'll be posting some other interesting facts and figures from around the City in the days ahead - so watch this space. 

   

Scottish Parliamentary Election 2016: Glasgow Cathcart

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	SNP	James Dornan	16,200	52.9	+7.4
	Labour	Soriya Siddique	6,810	22.2	-17.2
	Conservative	Kyle Thornton	4,514	14.7	+5.5
	Liberal Democrat	Margot Clark	1,703	5.6	+1.3
	TUSC	Brian Smith	909	3.0	+3.0
	Independent	Chris Creighton	501	1.6	+1.6
Majority			9,390	30.7	+24.6
Turnout			30,637	50.3
	SNP hold		Swing