The Glasgow North East By-election 2009

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'After years of returning Labour MPs, MSPs and councillors, Glasgow North East is still broken, a place where the rats feel safe to gambol in broad daylight.'
Tom Gordon, Scottish Political Editor in the Sunday Herald, 24 th May 2009.

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Glasgow North East by-election, 24 th July 2008

Michael Martin

The Speaker of the House of Commons, the Rt Hon Michael Martin MP

Correlation to the old Westminster and current Scottish Parliamentary constituencies

Glasgow North East consists of the whole of the old Glasgow Springburn seat with the addition of the Milton, Ashfield and Keppochhill wards from the old Glasgow Maryhill seat.

Assessment

Candidates
Westminster election results in Glasgow North East 2005, Glasgow Springburn 1987 - 2001 and Glasgow Maryhill 1987 - 2001
Scottish Parliamentary election results in Glasgow Springburn 1999 - 2007 and Glasgow Maryhill 1999 - 2007
European Parliamentary election results in Glasgow Springburn 1999 - 2004 and Glasgow Maryhill 1999 - 2004

Election and resignation of a Speaker

Ex-shop steward Martin is Speaker 24 th October 2000
'Gorbals Mick' is a blustering bully with a chip on BOTH shoulders 9 th August 2007
Under-fire Speaker 'Gorbals Mick' hires top libel firm at public expense 10 th August 2007
Gorbals Mick and a Ł17,000 bid to hide MPs' travel expenses 10 th August 2007
Speaker, Michael Martin, broke his own rules to arrange cheap flights for family break 18 th February 2008
Speaker's aide quits over story 23 rd February 2008
Top aide Mike Granatt quits over Speaker Michael Martin's expenses 24 th February 2008
Pressure mounts on Speaker amid complaints over his expenses 25 th February 2008
Michael Martin could face inquiry over Air Miles 26 th February 2008
Speaker's House gets Ł700,000 makeover 30 th March 2008
Speaker facing expenses inquiry1 st April 2008
Speaker Michael Martin to be investigated over wife's taxi expenses 2 nd April 2008
Sleaze watchdog launches inquiry into the Ł4,000 taxi expenses of the Speaker Michael Martin's wife 2 nd April 2008
Speaker faces inquiry into wife's Ł4,000 taxi expenses 2 nd April 2008
The Speaker must go 2 nd April 2008
Speaker Michael Martin KEEPS his Ł1.4m pension pot perk 29 th May 2008
Speaker Michael Martin blames Serjeant at Arms for raid on Damian Green 4 th December 2008
Labour MP urges Speaker to resign 6 th December 2008
Tories turn fire on Speaker over Damian Green affair 5 th February 2009
Ministers tell Gordon Brown that Speaker Michael Martin must go 12 th April 2009
Damian Green cleared - pressure grows on Speaker Michael Martin16 nd April 2009
MPs expenses: Michael Martin's four-year battle to keep the details secret 9 th May 2009
Speaker's expenses rant renders house speechless 11 th May 2009
Bad-mood Martin gives the House a piece of his mind 12 th May 2009
Pressure builds for Speaker to quit over response to MPs' expenses scandal 15 th May 2009
Michael Martin: growing crisis as Speaker defies calls to force him out 18 th May 2009
MPs may get vote on Michael Martin's future 18 th May 2009
Furious MPs tell Speaker Martin: go now or suffer 'death by thousand cuts' 18 th May 2009
Only the Speaker can restore faith in Parliament. That is why Mr Martin must go 18 th May 2009
Martin must go now, without his Ł100,000 golden goodbye 18 th May 2009
He's contemptible and incompetent. But the Speaker is the least of our worries 19 th May 2009
Michael Martin: Speaker spent Ł1,400 on chauffeurs to his local job centre and Celtic Park 19 th May 2009
Gorbals Mick gulped the air like a winded welterweight 19 th May 2009
He failed to lead 19 th May 2009
Angry MPs turn on Commons Speaker' 19 th May 2009
Farewell then, Speaker Martin 19 th May 2009
Q&A: Speaker Martin to quit 19 th May 2009
He's been a good MP, but I think the lifestyle went to his head 20 th May 2009
Michael Martin faces backlash over possible peerage 21 st May 2009
Revenge is sweet as Mr Speaker leaves one not-so-silent assassin with egg on his face 20 th May 2009
Michael Martin was put under 'severe pressure' to fight expenses case 28 th May 2009
They've Scots snouts in the trough 19 th June 2009
MPs' expenses: Speaker Martin claims he could have survived 22 nd June 2009
PM warned that elevation of Michael Martin could damage Lords 1 st July 2009
Row erupts over peerage for disgraced ex-Speaker 1 st July 2009
Martin peerage despite criticism 1 st July 2009
Gorbals WILL become a Lord with Ł28,000 expenses and a Ł1.4m pension 1 st July 2009
Arise Lord Martin Đ do you know what you're letting yourself in for? 1 st July 2009
Labour MPs attack Martin 'slur' 3 rd July 2009

By-election news

Speaker Michael Martin quits: I will step down on June 21 19 th May 2009
Regaining order in the Commons 20 th May 2009
Historic moment as Michael Martin quits role as House of Commons Speaker 20 th May 2009
Speaker resigns post and seat 20 th May 2009
Speaker quits over expenses 20 th May 2009
Martin confirms resignation as MP 20 th May 2009
Collapse of the last bastion of old Labour 20 th May 2009
A Glasgow by-election to test the strength of Labour 20 th May 2009
Nationalists poised to break Labour's grip on Glasgow North East seat 20 th May 2009
Labour's candidate is facing 'perfect storm' 20 th May 2009
Parties on war footing for Glasgow by-election 21 st May 2009
Speaker confirms he will vacate his seat 21 st May 2009
John Swinburne confirms candidacy for Glasgow by-election 21 st May 2009
Labour split over timing of Glasgow North East by-election 22 nd May 2009
London Labour splits with Scotland over date of Glasgow North-East by-election 22 nd May 2009
SNP turns its guns on Glasgow by-election 22 nd May 2009
David Cameron wants top lawyer Paul McBride to fight Glasgow North East for the Tories 22 nd May 2009
Scottish Labour winning argument to delay Glasgow North-East by-election 23 rd May 2009
Glasgow North-East byelection: a battle for the brave ... or foolish 23 rd May 2009
SNP to play 'trump card' of school closures in battle for Martin's seat 23 rd May 2009
A Scottish take on MPs expenses 23 rd May 2009
Michael Martin's Glasgow: fighting political battles ... and media bigotry 24 th May 2009
'Gorbals Mick': Not true, not funny 24 th May 2009
Labour faces 'lengthy spell on the sidelines' in Scotland 24 th May 2009
No Rush For By-Election Say Pundits 28 th May 2009
Brown faces tough Glasgow dilemma 28 th May 2009
Labour candidates queue up to fight for city seat 22 nd June 2009
SNP favourite withdraws from nomination race 24 th June 2009
By-election won't take place until November 30 th June 2009
Labour names by-election hopeful 30 th June 2009
Labour chooses lecturer to run in by-election 30 th June 2009
Labour pins hopes on local activist to replace Michael Martin in Glasgow 30 th June 2009
Glasgow North East by-election will not be held until November 30 th June 2009
Labour is accused of running scared over delay in by-election 1 st July 2009
Sheridan bid for city seat 3 rd July 2009
Tommy Sheridan to fight deposed speaker Michael Martin's seat in by-election - on anti-expenses ticket 3 rd July 2009
BBC presenter tipped as SNP candidate for seat 5 th July 2009
James Dornan to fight Glasgow North East 7 th July 2009
SNP selects by-election hopeful 8 th July 2009

Thatcher Brown

Margaret Thatcher with her new acolyte, Gordon Brown

Links

Video

By-election due in Speaker's seat BBC News 19 th May 2009

6.00 minutes. 1 st November 2006. The Speaker of the House of Commons appears to forget that he is no longer a Labour MP.

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