Comments on: Glasgow East

By: Tulloch Gorum

Tulloch Gorum — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:58:14 +0000

I wonder if High Heid-yin Purcell’s indiscretions have boosted Mason’s chances of holding this seat.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:36:32 +0000

The Conservatives have changed their candidate – Hamira Khan is the new candidate

By: Barnaby JL Marder

Barnaby JL Marder — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 07:57:29 +0000

No seriously Coming Through The Rye, if you read Sir Alex’s autobiography there really is a player mentioned called McAveety playing for a Scottish league club, not Frank McAvennie who was best known for his successful spell as a goalscorer for West Ham. However Peter clearly knows what he’s talking about & I totally accept what he’s just said. Just 2 people with the same name – it happens. (It occurred to me because apparently Henry McLeish was once a footballer.)

By: Coming through the Rye

Coming through the Rye — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:09:13 +0000

The footballer is Frank McAvennie.

By: Peter Crerar

Peter Crerar — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 16:50:02 +0000

No…different man. He was Leader of Glasgow City Council before becoming an MSP.

By: Barnaby JL Marder

Barnaby JL Marder — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 16:27:18 +0000

“FRANK” sorry………

By: Barnaby JL Marder

Barnaby JL Marder — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 16:26:54 +0000

In his autobiography Sir Alex Ferguson mentions a Scottish footballer called Farnk McAveety. Is that the same person as the MSP?

By: Peter Crerar

Peter Crerar — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 16:01:58 +0000

If Frank McAveety fights Glasgow Southside, John Mason would have a better chance in Glasgow Shettleston. If he fights Glasgow Shettleston, Nicola Sturgeon will have a better chance in Glasgow Southside. This assumes John Mason loses to Curran in Round Two of Glasgow East in the next few months.

The most likely SNP seat in Glasgow in 2011 will be Glasgow Kelvin, which other than Broomhill, loses some solid Labour territory in Scotstoun and Whiteinch. The incoming North Kelvinside and Woodside areas are far more marginal and given the closesness of the 2007 result in Kelvin, Pauleen MacNeil could be effectively seeking to gain a notional SNP seat. She is not alone, Nicola Sturgeon will be seeking to gain a notional Labour seat.

At least Nicola Sturgeon can still return to Holyrood as a list MSP via the back door if she loses in 2010. MacNeil can’t because Labour don’t let constituency MSP’s stand on the list and it is impossible for Labour to win any list seats in Glasgow because they would need to lose over a third of their constituency seats to do so.

By: Iain Mackintosh

Iain Mackintosh — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 16:26:42 +0000

All these seats are likely to be close because the opinion polls suggest that the next Holyrood elections will be similar.

By: Peter Crerar

Peter Crerar — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 11:38:27 +0000

There will be three really interesting seats to watch in Glasgow at the next Holyrood elections. Predictions please?

Glasgow Kelvin -

Loses – Scotstoun, Whiteinch and Broomhill
Gains – North Kelvinside and Woodside

Boundary changes make little difference to this key Lab/ SNP marginal. This contest for this seat was almost as bitter as Glasgow Govan.

Glasgow Southside (Glasgow Govan) -

Loses – All of Govan except Ibrox.
Retains – Pollokshields and Shawlands
Gains – Gorbals and Hutchestontown

Boundary changes turn this very marginal SNP seat into a very marginal Labour seat. The incumbant SNP MSP and minister Nicola Sturgeon is likely to defend this seat.

Glasgow Shettleston -

This is effectively a merger between the current Glasgow Shettleston Holyrood seat represented by
Frank McAveety and the Glasgow Ballieston Holyrood seat represented by Margaret Curran (Labour candidate in the Glasgow East By Election). The new boundaries are very similar to the Glasgow East Westminster constituency.

Curran has been re-adopted for Glasgow East and it is my view that she will just push out John Mason next May.

My view is that John Mason will then be selected by the SNP to fight Margaret Currans vacated Holyrood constituency.

What will be interesting is whether Frank McAveety choses to take on Nicola Sturgeon on Glasgow Southside or John Mason in Glasgow Shettleston. I think he will go for the latter.