Candidates and Constituency Assessments

'Tony and Cherie Blair were threatened with the bailiffs over an unpaid bill at their constituency home, expenses documents released by the Commons show.' BBC News, 23 rd May 2008.

Cumbernauld, Kilsyth & Kirkintilloch East

Candidates

	Julie Hepburn
	Scottish National Party
	Julie is a Campaigner and Education Coordinator for an international human rights charity. She has previously worked as a Policy Adviser to the Federation of Small Businesses, as a Policy Adviser to the SNP's Policy Unit, and as a Constituency Assistant to John Swinney MSP and Pete Wishart MP. She has an honours degree in Politics and a Masters degree in Policy Studies, both from the University of Edinburgh. Recent electoral experience
	Who?
	Conservative & Unionist
	Recent electoral experience.
	Who?
	Labour
	Rosemary McKenna is retiring at the next election. The next Labour candidate may be Greg McClymont, 36, raised locally, who is a Fellow and politics lecturer at Oxford University and was a speech writer for John Reid, the former Home Secretary. Ministerial Posts: Recent electoral experience
	Who?
	Liberal Democrat
	Recent electoral experience

Westminster Election, 5 th May 2005

Electorate 64,748 Turnout: 60.37 %
	Rosemary McKenna MP
	Labour
	Votes	20,251
	%	51.81 %
	% change since 2001 (Denver/Baxter figures)	- 5.98 % / - 5.80 %
	James Hepburn
	Scottish National Party
	Votes	8,689
	%	22.23 %
	% change since 2001 (Denver/Baxter figures)	- 3.77 % / - 3.73 %
	Hugh O'Donnell
	Liberal Democrat
	Votes	5,817
	%	14.88 %
	% change since 2001 (Denver/Baxter figures)	+ 8.78 % / + 8.84 %
	James Boswell
	Conservative & Unionist
	Votes	2,718
	%	6.95 %
	% change since 2001 (Denver/Baxter figures)	+ 1.85 % / + 1.93 %
	Willie O'Neill
	Scottish Socialist Party
	Votes	1,141
	%	2.92 %
	% change since 2001 (Denver/Baxter figures)	- 1.54 % / - 1.83 %
	Patrick Elliott
	Operation Christian Vote
	Votes	472
	%	2.69 %
	% change since 2001 (Denver/Baxter figures)	(+ 2.69 %) / - (+ 2.69 %)
Notional Labour hold
Labour majority		11,562
% majority		29.58 %
% change since 2001 (Denver/Baxter figures)		- 2.21 % / - 2.08 %

Notional 2001 result

Logo	Party	Denver			Baxter
		Votes	%		Votes	%
	Labour	23,026	57.79 %		23,314	57.61 %
	Scottish National Party	10,359	26.00 %		10,505	25.96 %
	Liberal Democrat	2,430	6.10 %		2,446	6.04 %
	Conservative & Unionist	2,017	5.06 %		2,031	5.02 %
	Scottish Socialist Party	1,775	4.46 %		1,992	4.75 %
	Others	234	0.59 %		250	0.62 %
Notional Labour win	Notional Labour majority	12,667	31.79 %		12,810	31.66 %