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'For SSP members the poll indicates party support at around 1 per cent
and although this contrasts with the 5.7 per cent scored in the most
recent council by election in Dunbartonshire, it indicates the serious
challenge facing the party.' Ken Ferguson in Scottish Socialist Voice, July 2006. |
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1. Rosie Kane MSP |  |
| Scottish Socialist Party | ||
| Rosie Kane was born on the 5 th June 1961 in Glasgow and was educated at Lourdes Secondary School in Glasgow. She later studied first year Social Science at university bu gave up due to financial and child minding problems. She has worked in a number of shops, in a laundry, as a sports trainer, a swimming instructer and as a youth worker in Drumchapel. She also worked with Childline Scotland as a telephone councillor. She became the SSP's Environment spokesman and was elected in 2003 from second place on the SSP list as Glasgow's fourth regional MSP. She took her oath under protest with "My oath is to the people" ritten in pen on her hand. She has been imprisoned several times for anti-nuclear protests and has also been banned from the Scottish Parliament for disruptive behaviour. After a bitter dispute that split the SSP, Tommy Sheridan MSP left with Rosemary Byrne MSP to form Solidarity, leaving Rosie Kane as top SSP candidate in Glasgow in 2007. Recent electoral experience As a Scottish Socialist Party candidate: 2003 Scottish Parliament election, Glasgow Shettleston, 2,403 votes (14.52 %) 2003 Scottish Parliament election, Second on SSP Glasgow list, 31,116 votes (16.02 %) (elected) 2000 Scottish Parliament By-election, Glasgow Anniesland, 1,429 votes (7.07 %) 1999 Scottish Parliament election, Glasgow Shettleston, 1,640 votes (7.99 %) 1999 Scottish Parliament election, Third on SSP Glasgow list, 18,581 votes (7.25 %) 1999 Glasgow City Council election, Strathbungo, 351 votes (11.52 %) As a Scottish Socialist Alliance candidate: 1997 Westminster Parliament election, Glasgow Rutherglen, 251 votes (0.71 %) 1996 Glasgow Council By-election, Toryglen, 315 votes (18.61 %) | ||
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2. Jim McVicar | |
| Scottish Socialist Party | ||
| Jim McVicar is National Organiser of the International Socialist Movement. He contested Glasgow Baillieston at the 1997 Westminster election and at the 1999 and 2003 Scottish elections.
Recent electoral experience As a Scottish Socialist Party candidate: 2003 Scottish Parliament election, Glasgow Baillieston, 2,461 votes (13.47 %) 2003 Scottish Parliament election, Fourth on SSP Glasgow list, 31,116 votes (16.02 %) 2003 Scottish Parliament election, Glasgow Baillieston, 1,864 votes (7.86 %) As a Scottish Socialist Alliance candidate: 1997 Westminster Parliament election, Glasgow Baillieston, 970 votes (3.05 %) | ||
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3. Andy Harvey | |
| Scottish Socialist Party | ||
| Andy Karvey contested Galloway & Upper Nithsdale in 2001, polling 588 votes, eight times the Tory majority of 74 over the SNP. In 2003 he stood in Glasgow Kelvin.
Recent electoral experience 2003 Scottish Parliament election, Glasgow Kelvin, 3,159 votes (14.31 %) 2001 Scottish Parliament election, Galloway & Upper Nithsdale, 588 votes (1.64 %) | ||
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4. Anthea Irwin | |
| Scottish Socialist Party | ||
| Anthea Irwin lives in Partick and works as a lecturer in Media Analysis at Glasgow Caledonian University, where she is a member of the EIS/ULA union. She played an active role in the Save Our Hospitals campaign, fighting to save maternity services at the Queen Mother's and opposing cuts and privatisation across the Health Service. Anthea helps co-ordinate the SSPÕs womenÕs network and is also a committed campaigner against the war in Iraq. Anthea Irwin contested the Partick ward of Glasgow City council in 2003, coming second and Glasgow North West at the 2005 Westminster election, coming sixth.
Recent electoral experience 2005 Westminster election, Glasgow North West, 1,108 votes (3.25 %) 2003 Glasgow Council election, Partick, 536 votes (19.56 %) | ||
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5. Joanne Kelly | |
| Scottish Socialist Party | ||
| Joanne Kelly is a member of the SSP's Executive Committee and a leading member of Scottish Socialist Youth.
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6. Andy McPake | |
| Scottish Socialist Party | ||
| Andy McPake is an activist in the Scottish Socialist Youth and a supporter of the SSP-United Left. He is a student at Glasgow University.
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7. Jimmy Scott | |
| Scottish Socialist Party | ||
| Jimmy Scott is a fireman and a member of the FBU. He contested Glasgow Govan in 2003, coming third.
Recent electoral experience 2003 Scottish Parliament election, Glasgow Govan, 2,369 votes (11.21 %) | ||
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8. Jo Harvie | |
| Scottish Socialist Party | ||
| Jo Harvie was born in 1979. She is a member of the SSP Executive and testified against Tommy Sheridan in the News of the World trial. She has been the editor of the monthly Scottish Socialist Voice since 2004. The paper hit the headlines in June 2004 when it was revealed that the six SSP MSPs were being charged £490 each for adverts which normally cost £100 and then were claiming the sums against their expenses. £5,000 of taxpayer's money was spent in this manner in 2005.
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