Sentences with phrase «scottish parliamentary seats»
He represents a Scottish parliamentary seat.
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After losing his Glasgow - Govan parliamentary seat in the 1992 General Election, Scottish National Party politician Jim Sillars condemned Scotland as a country of «Ninety - Minute Patriots,» willing to support Scotland during a football match but unwilling to take the necessary steps to....
The SNP's Callum McCaig has a healthy 9,000 plus majority in the granite city, but this seat is in the Tories» sights this time after a strong performance in the Scottish parliamentary elections from candidate Ross Thomson.
On Friday, Mr Murphy said he would remain leader of the party in Scotland and stand for a seat at Holyrood in next year's Scottish parliamentary election.
The Scottish Parliamentary results produced a net loss of one seat for the Conservatives, due to a fall in their share of the list vote.
The United Kingdom Parliamentary boundary changes in Scotland, in 2005, were harmful to the Party, breaking up two of the Conservatives» best prospects, Edinburgh Pentlands, and Ayr, with the result that the Scottish Conservatives only won one seat in 2005.
All but three of Scotland's 59 parliamentary seats have fallen to the Scottish nationalists in a landslide, giving a separatist party a mandate to speak for practically all of one of the UK's four constituent countries.
Yet in terms of policy payoffs, evidence suggests that the more proportional dispersal of parliamentary seats in the Scottish Parliament and National Assembly for Wales has created the conditions for non-government parties to exert influence, particularly in times of minority government.
- Born in London, Scottish roots, education and parliamentary seat.