Updates

'Labour strongly denied speculation that the series of changes in policy had undermined George Robertson's credibility to the point that he could be replaced as shadow Scottish secretary by the Monklands East MP, Helen Liddell. This was reinforced by Mrs Liddell last night who described the speculation as 'the silliest of silly season stories'. The Scotsman, June 1996

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Updates to Scottish Politics in 1999

15/12/99

Added link to web page of Douglas Alexander MP and added e.mail addresses for Douglas Alexander MP, Mohammad Sarwar MP and the Scottish Affairs Select Committee in MPs (Thanks to Stephen Curran)

13/12/99

Added pages for the MEPs Struan Stevenson, Neil MacCormick, John Purves, Elspeth Attwooll, and Catherine Taylor and updated pages for David Martin, Ian Hudghton and Bill Miller in MEPs
Updated Longest serving Members of the European Parliament and Scottish MEPs 1975 - in The European Parliament

10/12/99

Added result of Rosyth East (Fife, Labour hold) to Local Council by-elections and updated Total Votes in Local Government By-elections 1999

8/12/99

Added links to Scotland on Sunday and Edinburgh Evening News in Scottish Newspapers
Added link to SNP North American Network in SNP web sites

7/12/99

Reorganisation of System 3 polls into Holyrood polls and Westminster polls
Updated latest Holyrood and Westminster System 3 polls for the Herald and Comments in Opinion polls

30/11/99

Added result of Sidlaw East & Ashludie (Angus, SNP hold) to Local Council by-elections and updated Total Votes in Local Government By-elections 1999

22/11/99

Added link to new website of the Communist Party of Britain in British political parties

17/11/99

Updated Local Council political composition following the change in East Dunbartonshire Council from a Labour minority administration to a Liberal Democrat/Conservative coalition

15/11/99

Added link to new website of Official Monster Raving Loony Party in British political parties

9/11/99

Added link to website of Renfrewshire Council in Council websites
Updated URL for Stirling Uni SNP Students in SNP websites

8/11/99

Updated System 3 poll for the Herald in Opinion polls

5/11/99

Added link to website of Fife Council in Council websites
Added link to 'Astounding result for SNP in Hamilton South' (SNP website) in Hamilton South by-election

12/10/99

Updated cabinet following reshuffle

5/10/99

Updated System 3 poll for the Herald in opinion polls

4/10/99

Updated Westminster by-elections since 1997 and change in voting percentages in By-Election results
Replaced Doddie Robertson by Bill Tynan in MPs
Updated Smallest majorities in Westminster elections and Longest serving MPs in Westminster parliament

29/9/99

Added result to Hamilton South by-election

7/9/99

Added link to Scottish Parliament - Life in the New Scotland to Scottish Parliament web sites
Added Hamilton crossroads for SNP, More than Winnie's little girl and The curious sayings of General George by Dennis Canavan to Hamilton South by-election
Updated Previous elections in Hamilton South

6/9/99

Added Back to the polls we go., Accies field by-election candidate, Blair joins by-election campaign, I stand on my own merits, says Ewing and Another by-election drama? to Hamilton South by-election

1/9/99

Added Doddie's Boundary Boob, Candidacy challenge to coalition , Salmond protests at by-election 'fiddle', Ewing to stand in by-election, and Labour defends poll date clash to Hamilton South by-election

31/8/99

Added result of Elie, St Monans & Pittenweem (Fife, Conservative gain from Independent) to Local Council by-elections and updated Council composition

27/8/99

Added Previous electoral statistics for the Hamilton South Westminster constituency and How Hamilton South voted in the 1999 Holyrood and European elections to Hamilton South by-election

25/8/99

Updated George Robertson MP and Cabinet following appointment of Doddie Robertson as Lord Robertson of Port Ellen
Added Home win for Labour favourite, Support for Labour in Hamilton slips, Robertson peerage ploy attacked, Blair sparks by-election row, Peerage for Robertson confirmed, Peerage will help village's fragile existence, SNP condemns snap poll as abuse of democracy, Robertson peerage 'abuse of democracy' and Peerage ignites fierce election fight to Hamilton South by-election

20/8/99

Added Constituency assessment, SNP predicts a two-horse race in Hamilton, Sound bites need substance, Blair adviser is Hamilton frontrunner, Labour silent on 'Lord Robertson', Early poll will follow peerage for Robertson and Defence Secretary set for Lords to Hamilton South by-election

18/8/99

Added section on the 1999 Hamilton South by-election

3/8/99

Added links to personal web pages of Charles Kennedy and Malcolm Bruce in Members of Parliament
Added Search King Award to Reviews & press conferences
Added link to BBC Scotland's Scottish Parliament information in Scottish Parliament Websites
Updated URL for the Federation of Student Nationalists in SNP web sites
Updated URL for the STUC in Scottish political web sites

2/8/99

Added links to Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser, Ayrshire Post, Blairgowrie Advertiser, Dumfries & Galloway Standard, East Kilbride News, Hamilton Advertiser, Irvine Herald, Kilmarnock Standard, Lennox Herald, Paisley Daily Express, Perthshire Advertiser, Stirling Observer, Strathearn Herald, West Lothian Courier and Wishaw Press in Newspapers
Added Sites in the news to Scottish Politics on the Web
Added Hinge, 6 th May project to Reviews & press conferences

30/7/99

Updated Scottish Office following appointment of Brian Wilson as Deputy Secretary of State for Scotland
Updated information on Donald Dewar, Sam Galbraith, Helen Liddell, Henry McLeish, Calum Macdonald, John Reid and Brian Wilson in MPs' pages
Added links to the web sites of Labour and the Natural Law Party (Northern Ireland) and Nicholas Whyte's Northern Ireland Elections sites in N. I. political parties

29/7/99

Updated Scottish Office following the sacking of Dr Calum Macdonald, MP and Lord Sewel of Gilcomstoun PhD and the promotion of Lord Macdonald of Tradeston to Minister of Transport for England & Wales
Updated Cabinet and Scots in Government following replacement of Alun Michael as Secretary of State for Wales by Paul Murphy, and Rt Hon Helen Liddell MP as Minister of Transport by Lord Macdonald of Tradeston

26/7/99

Added links to Corrective Party, Progressive Liberal Party in British Political Parties
Updated URLs for the Communist Party of Britain, Green Party of England & Wales, Mebyon Kernow (Cornish National Movement), National Democrats, Socialist Workers Party and the UK Independence Party in British Political Parties
Added link to the Democratic Left and the Irish Republican Socialist Party in Irish Political Parties

19/7/99

Updated Secretaries of State for Scotland following the elevation of Sir Michael Forsyth to the House of Lords

16/7/99

Added link to the Scottish Parliament Project in Scottish Parliament Web sites
Added link to the European Parliament, the Northern Ireland Assembly and York University Baroness Thatcher Page in UK political web sites
Added link to the Democracy Movement in British Political Parties
Aded link to Scottish Peoples Mission in Scottish Political web sites
Added links to web sites of Conservative and Unionist Associations of Cunninghame North, Dundee West, Dunfermline East, Edinburgh Pentlands, Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber, Livingston and the Scottish Conservative & Unionist Students Associations of Edinburgh, Napier, and St Andrews Universities in Conservative web sites

13/7/99

Added links to Scottish Parliament Web pages in Links
Added links to the web sites of Edinburgh East & Musselburgh SNP, West Lothian SNP, Napier University SNP students, University of Paisley Federation of Student Nationalists and Strathclyde University SNP Students in SNP web sites
Added link to Jack McConnell is Cool in Scottish Political web pages
Added link to the United Kingdom Unionist Party and the Socialist Workers Party Ireland in Irish Political Parties
Updated URL for website of Michael Connarty MP

24/6/99

Corrected result for East Lothian in Holyrood election results

14/6/99

Added election result to the European Parliament election and EC Election results

4/6/99

Added regional list breakdowns by constituency for Aberdeen North, Aberdeen South, Aberdeenshire West & Kincardine, Angus, Dundee East, Dundee West and Gordon

1/6/99

Added link to Free Scotland in Scottish political web sites

31/5/99

Added regional list breakdowns by constituency for Argyll & Bute, Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross, Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber, Moray, Orkney, Ross, Skye & Inverness West, Shetland and Western Isles
Major update of links to Councils and councillors in Local council websites

30/5/99

Added full ward by ward results for East Lothian Council and links to ward by ward local council results on web sites of Angus, East Ayrshire, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Highland, South Lanarkshire, West Lothian, Moray, Perthshire & Kinross and Stirling Councils to Local Council elections 1999
Added Presiding Officers, The Shadow Scottish Executive and Other opposition parties and updated The Scottish Executive in the Scottish Parliament
Added The Scottish Office and Scots in government and the opposition to The Westminster parliament

27/5/99

Updated Renfrewshire Council in Local Council elections 1999

25/5/99

Added Local Council Political Compositions 1999 to Local Councils
Added full ward by ward results for Renfrewshire Council to Local Council elections 1999

21/5/99

Added map of local government results to Scottish local government maps

20/5/99

Added MSP records and Smallest majorities to The Scottish Parliament

19/5/99

Added The Scottish Executive, The First Minister and Ministers defeated in Holyrood elections to The Scottish Parliament
Updated HM Government and Opposition and Secretaries of State for Scotland following the cabinet reshuffle in the London government

18/5/99

Added full list of candidates for the European elections in European Parliament Elections 1999

14/5/99

Added results of Regional lists to Scottish General Election results

11/5/99

Added results of constituencies to Scottish General Election results

7/5/99

Added map of Scottish General election constituency result to Scottish general election maps

4/5/99

Updated Members of Parliament, House of Commons, State of the Parties and Westminster Election Maps following the expulsion of Dennis Canavan from the Labour party in April 1999

3/5/99

Updated candidate lists for Central Scotland, Glasgow, Highlands & Islands, Lothians, Mid Scotland & Fife, North East Scotland, South of Scotland and West of Scotland Scotland in Constituency assessments

30/4/99

Updated profiles for Glasgow Anniesland, Baillieston, Cathcart, Govan, Kelvin, Maryhill, Pollok, Rutherglen, Shettleston and Springburn in Constituency assessments

29/4/99

Updated profiles for Clydebank & Milngavie, Cunninghame North, Dumbarton, Eastwood, Greenock & Inverclyde, Paisley North, Paisley South, Renfrewshire West and Strathkelvin & Bearsden in Constituency assessments

28/4/99

Updated profiles for Dunfermline East, Dunfermline West, Fife Central, Fife North East, Kirkcaldy, Ochil, Perth, Stirling and Tayside North in Constituency assessments

27/4/99

Updated profiles for Ayr, Carrick, Cumnock & Doon Valley, Clydesdale, Cunninghame South, Dumfries, East Lothian, Galloway & Upper Nithsdale, Roxburgh & Berwickshire and Tweedale, Ettrick & Lauderdale in Constituency assessments

26/4/99

Updated profiles for Airdrie & Shotts, Coatbridge & Chryston, Cumbernauld & Kilsyth, East Kilbride, Falkirk East, Falkirk West, Hamilton North & Bellshill, Hamilton South, Kilmarnock & Loudoun and Motherwell & Wishaw in Constituency assessments

25/4/99

Updated profiles for Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh East & Musselburgh, Edinburgh North & Leith, Edinburgh Pentlands, Edinburgh South, Edinburgh West, Linlithgow, Livingston and Midlothian in Constituency assessments

23/4/99

Updated profiles for Banff & Buchan, Dundee East, Dundee West and Gordon in Constituency assessments

22/5/99

Updated profile for Angus in Constituency assessments

21/5/99

Updated profiles for Aberdeen Central, Aberdeen North, Aberdeen South and Aberdeenshire West & Kincardine in Constituency assessments
Updated URL for Scottish Green Party in Scottish Political Parties

20/5/99

Updated the profiles for Argyll & Bute, Caithness Sutherland & Easter Ross, Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber, Moray, Orkney, Ross, Skye & Inverness West, Shetland
and Western Isles in Constituency assessments

19/5/99

Added The long and winding road to Holyrood to The Scottish Parliament
Added Look of parliament still fluid , Veneer cover to 300 years of history and Steel calls for redesign of debating chamber to Progress on the Scottish Partliament

15//99

Added link to BBC election 99 and to the SNP manifesto in General election 99 sites

14/4/98

Updated NOP poll for the Sunday Times in Opinion polls

13/4/98

Updated MORI poll for the Sunday Herald in Opinion polls
Updated Council political composition following decision of Cllr Anne Maggs (Blacklaw, South Lanarkshire) to join the Scottish National Party.
Added link to West Lothian SNP in Linlothgow, Livingston and SNP web sites

12/4/98

Updated System 3 monthly polls for the Herald ICM polls for the Scotsman and Scotland on Sunday, and MORI poll for the Sunday Herald in Opinion polls
Updated URL for Scottish National Party from www.snp.org.uk to www.snp.org in Election 99 sites and Scottish political parties
Added A monarch for the future? to The Scottish parliament
Added An independent Scotland's economy would flourish to Scotching the myth
Added If this is the new democracy to Calton Hill
Added Ministers defeated in Scotland this century, Records for Scottish MPs, Smallest majorities at Westminster elections and Tightest 3 and 4 way marginals to the Westminster parliament

9/8/99

Added Scottish Politics Discussion Group to Interactive section

8/4/99

Updated URL for Scottish Conservative & Unionist Party in Scottish political parties
Added link to Eastwood SNP in Eastwood assessment and SNP web sites
Added link to East Kilbride SNP in East Kilbride assessment and SNP web sites
Added link to Glasgow Govan SNP in Glasgow Govan assessment
Added link to webpage of Dr Maitland Mackie in Banff & Buchan assessemnt
Updated link to Declaration of Faslane in General Election 99 Websites

7/4/99

Updated link to Edinburgh Pentlands SNP in Edinburgh Pentlands assessment and SNP web sites
Updated link to British Parliamentary Election Results by Election Guru David Boothroyd in UK political web pages
Added comment by David Boothroyd concerning discrepancies in the Fife count for the 1997 devolution referendum
Added Gold Standard Award to Reviews

6/4/99

Added Vengeance from the deep to Scotching the Myth
Added Open Government and updated Bizarre pay scales in About the Scottish Parliament
Added Britain's most expensive building to Scottish Parliament buildings

2/4/99

Added link to The Scottish Parliament.com in Scottish election 99 and to Berwick Advertiser, Berwickshire News, Southern Reporter, Shetland Times, Dunoon Observer, Hawick News and Tweedale Press in Newspapers

29/3/99

Added Independent Scotland could join Euro to Scotching the myth

25/3/99

Scottish politics is four years old today.
Added links to web pages of SNP regional list candidates in Central Scotland, Glasgow, Highlands & Islands, Lothians, Mid Scotland & Fife, North East Scotland, South of Scotland and West of Scotland

24/3/99

Added search this site and Cybervote to Interactive section

22/3/99

Scottish Politics transferred to www.alba.org.uk

17/3/99

Updated System 3 monthly polls in Opinion polls
Added link to website of Glasgow Govan SNP and updated URL for London branch SNP in Constituency web sites

24/2/99

Added link to website of Scottish New Labour / Monster Raving Liddell Party in Scottish Political Parties
Updated regional lists for Highlands & Islands, North East Scotland, West of Scotland and South of Scotland following publication of Conservative lists

23/2/99

Added Mori polls for the Sunday Herald to Opinion polls
Updated ICM opinion polls and added ICM's methods to
Added new section on Scottish parliamentary elections in Links
Added link to Cáirdeas - Highlands and Islands Alliance in Scottish political parties
Added Braveheart to Scotching the Myth

11/2/99

Added Asian voters terrified of Sarwar to Another Glasgow Govan by-election?
Updated regional lists for Central Scotland, Glasgow, Lothians and Mid Scotland & Fife following the selection of Conservative & Unionist party candidates

10/2/99

Updated System 3 monthly polls in Opinion polls

8/2/99

Added Progress of work to Holyrood parliament building
Updated regional lists for Highlands & Islands following the selection of SNP party candidates
Updated Local Council Political composition following the defection of Cllr Carol Hughes (South Lanarkshire) from Labour to Independent
Updated Another Glasgow Govan by-election? with details of the trial of Mohammad Sarwar MP

5/2/99

Added Analysis by Cllr Dr John Hulbert to Local council by-elections
Updated ICM opinion poll in Polls

4/2/99

Added link to web pages of the Scottish Socialist Party in Scottish Political Parties and the Edinburgh and Lothian Green Party in Scottish Green Party Web sites
Updated regional lists for Lothians following the selection of Green party candidates

3/2/99

Added NOP polls for the Sunday Times to Opinion polls

29/1/99

Updated Local Council Political composition following the defections of:
Cllr John Cox (Aberdeenshire, Banff/Hilton) from Independent to the Scottish National Party,
Cllr John Lloyd (Perthshire & Kinross, Dunsinane/St Martins) from the Scottish National Party to Liberal Democrat,
Cllr Tom Murphy (North Lanarkshire, Blairpark) from Labour to the Scottish National Party,
Cllr Anne Maggs (South Lanarkshire, Blacklaw) from Labour to Independent and
Cllr James McGinley (Brighton & Hove, Brunswick & Adelaide) from Labour to the Scottish National Party
Added links to the Sunday Herald, Scottish Media Group and the Big Issue in Scottish Newspapers
Added link to Scottish Affairs in Discussion Groups

26/1/99

Updated regional lists for Glasgow and Lothians following the selection of SSP candidates

25/1/99

Added Scottish MEPs 1975 - present to The European Parliament
Updated European Parliament Elections 1999 following the resignation of Kathleen Walker Shaw from the Labour list
Added 1998 averages for Holyrood to System 3 yearly averages in Opinion polls
Updated links to the Scotland Bill in Hansard

21/1/99

Updated regional lists for Central Scotland, Glasgow, Lothians, Mid Scotland & Fife, North East Scotland, South of Scotland and West of Scotland in Constituency and Regional Assessments following the selection of SNP candidates.
Added Site access statistics for 1998 to Interactive section

20/1/99

Added links to web pages of Willie Dunn in Labour party web sites and Scottish Independence Web Server in Scottish Political WWW pages

19/1/99

Updated System 3 monthly polls in Opinion polls

18/1/99

Updated ICM opinion poll in Polls
Added link to web pages of Cunninghame North SNP in SNP branches, constituencies and university associations and Cunninghame North assessment
Added link to web pages of Donald Macgregor (Independent Alliance) in North East Fife assessment

5/1/99

Updated HM Government following the resignations of Peter Mandelson (Secretary of State for Trade & Industry - aka the Prince of Darkness) and Geoffrey Robinson (Paymaster General - aka Offshore Investment Specialist) in the Home-a-Loan scandal
Updated Local Council Political composition following the defection of Cllr Archie Simpson (Glasgow, Govan) from Labour to Scottish National Party
Added Scotland House in Brussels and updated Dover House in Scottish Parliament buildings