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'I look forward to campaigning in Central Scotland and I think Solidarity has a real chance of winning a seat as it has the second strongest socialist vote in the country after Glasgow.' Lynn Sheridan, 12 th January 2007. |
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'I look forward to campaigning in Central Scotland and I think Solidarity has a real chance of winning a seat as it has the second strongest socialist vote in the country after Glasgow.' Lynn Sheridan, 12 th January 2007. |
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1. Lynn Sheridan |  |
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| Lynn Sherridan was originally selected as fourth on the Scottish Socialist Party's Central list but has since joined Solidarity. She is aged 48, a lecturer at Glasgow Caledonian University and is the sister of Tommy Sheridan MSP. She has worked as a bus and a taxi driver and also served in the territoral and regular army. She is also an activist in the trade union UNISON and has been especially involved in promoting the cause of gay rights. Upon her selection as the top Solidarity candidate in Central region, Ms Sheridan said: 'I look forward to campaigning in Central Scotland and I think Solidarity has a real chance of winning a seat as it has the second strongest socialist vote in the country after Glasgow.' Recent electoral experience As a Scottish Socialist Party candidate: 2004 European election, Fifth on SSP national list, 61,356 votes (5.21 %) 2001 Westminster election, Coatbridge & Chryston, 1,547 votes (5.10 %) | ||
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2. Hugh Kerr | |
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| Hugh Kerr was born and brought up in Kilmarnock. He moved to England in search of work and was a factory worker and lumberjack before becoming a university lecturer. He was a Labour Cllr and was elected Labour Member of the European Parliament for Essex West & Hertfordshire Eastfrom 1994 until 1999, being expelled from the Labour party in 1998 for opposing benefit cuts and the suppression of democracy in the party. He joined the Green group and initally sat as an Independent and then as Scottish Socialist Party member. In 1999 and 2003 he was respectively first and third on the SSP's list for the European Parliament. In 2003 he contested East Lothian while living in North Berwick, while in 2005 he stood in Kilmarnock & Loudoun. He is a previous SSP Press Officer. Recent electoral experience As a Scottish Socialist Party candidate: 2005 Westminster Parliament election, Kilmarnock & Loudoun, 833 votes (1.88 %) 2004 European Parliament election, Third on the SSP national list, 61,356 votes (5.21 %) 2003 Scottish Parliament election, East Lothian, 1,380 votes (4.42 %) 2003 Scottish Parliament election, Third on SSP South of Scotland list, 14,228 votes (5.40 %) 1999 European Parliament election, First on the SSP national list, 39,720 votes (4.02 %) As a Labour candidate: 1994, European Parliament election, Essex West & Hertfordshire East, 66,379 votes (35.41 %) (elected) Previous Labour Cllr | ||
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3. Geena Mitchell | |
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| Geena Mitchell lives in Blantyre. Recent electoral experience | ||
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4. Gordon Walker | |
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| In 1999, a Gordon Walker contested the Kilmarnock Central ward of East Ayrshire Council for Labour, coming within 12 votes of winning the seat from the SNP. Recent electoral experience (?) As a Labour candidate: 1999 East Ayrshire Council election, Kilmarnock Central East, 724 votes (38.3 %) | ||
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5. Anna Lang | |
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| Anna Lang lives in Newarthill. Recent electoral experience | ||
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6. Ray Gunnion | |
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| Ray Gunnion, was a member of the Motherwell SSP branch, and of the CWI (International Socialists) and the Chair of Motherwell Educational Institute of Scotland. Recent electoral experience | ||
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7. William Kelly | |
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| William Kelly lives in Wishaw. Recent electoral experience | ||
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