Donald Campbell Dewar was a Scottish statesman and politician who served as the inaugural First Minister of Scotland and Leader of the Labour Party in Scotland from 1999 until his death in 2000. He previously served as Secretary of State for Scotland from 1997 to 1999. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow Anniesland from 1978 to 2000. Dewar was also Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the equivalent seat from 1999 to 2000.
East Dunbartonshire is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders Glasgow City Council Area to the south,North Lanarkshire to the east,Stirling to the north,and West Dunbartonshire to the west. East Dunbartonshire contains many of the affluent areas north of Glasgow,including Bearsden,Milngavie,Milton of Campsie,Balmore,and Torrance,as well as many of Glasgow's commuter towns and villages. The council area covers parts of the historic counties of Dunbartonshire,Lanarkshire,and Stirlingshire.
Jean McGivern Turner is a Scottish medical doctor and former Independent politician. She was the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Strathkelvin and Bearsden constituency from 2003 until 2007.
The 2003 Scottish Parliament election was the second election of members to the Scottish Parliament. It was held on 1 May 2003 and it brought no change in terms of control of the Scottish Executive. Jack McConnell,the Labour Party MSP,remained in office as First Minister for a second term and the Executive continued as a Labour and Liberal Democrat coalition. As of 2022,it remains the last Scottish Parliament election victory for the Scottish Labour Party,and the last time the Scottish National Party lost a Holyrood election.
Margaret Anne Ewing was a Scottish politician and journalist. She served as a Scottish National Party (SNP) Member of Parliament for East Dunbartonshire from 1974 to 1979 and Moray from 1987 to 2001,and was the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Moray from 1999 until 2006.
Iain Smith is a Scottish Liberal Democrat politician. He was the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the North East Fife constituency from 1999 until his defeat at 2011 election by the SNP's Rod Campbell.
Henry Baird McLeish is a Scottish politician,author,academic and former professional footballer who served as First Minister of Scotland from 2000 to 2001. With a term of just 1 year and 12 days,he is the shortest serving holder of that office. He served as the Leader of the Labour Party in Scotland from 2000 to 2001.
Samuel Laird Galbraith was a Scottish politician and neurosurgeon who served as Minister for Environment,Sport and Culture from 2000 to 2001 and Minister for Children and Education from 1999 to 2000. Galbraith was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Strathkelvin and Bearsden from 1999 to 2001,and a Member of Parliament (MP) in the British House of Commons for the equivalent seat from 1987 to 2001.
The Strathkelvin and Bearsden by-election,2001 was a by-election held for the Scottish Parliament constituency of Strathkelvin and Bearsden on 7 June 2001,the same day as the UK general election and also a Scottish Parliament by-election in Banff and Buchan. It was caused by the resignation for health reasons of the constituency's MSP,Sam Galbraith.
Bill Butler is a Scottish Labour Co-operative politician. He was the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Glasgow Anniesland from a by-election in 2000 until losing his seat in the 2011 election.
Scott Barrie is a Scottish Labour Party politician and former social worker. He was the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Dunfermline West from 1999 to 2007,where he was a member of the Communities Committees of the Parliament.
Cumbernauld,Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 2005 general election,replacing Cumbernauld and Kilsyth and part of Strathkelvin and Bearsden.
Brian Fitzpatrick is a lawyer and former Scottish Labour Party politician. He was the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Strathkelvin and Bearsden between 2001 and 2003.
West of Scotland was one of the eight electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament that were created in 1999. Nine of the Parliament's 73 first past the post constituencies were sub-divisions of the region and it elected seven of the 56 additional-member Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). Thus it elected a total of 16 MSPs.
Fiona Grace McLeod is a Scottish politician who served as acting Minister for Children and Young People from 2014 to 2015. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP),she was Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Strathkelvin and Bearsden constituency from 2011 to 2016,having previously represented the West of Scotland region from 1999 to 2003.
Strathkelvin and Bearsden is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. Also,however,it is one of ten constituencies in the West Scotland electoral region,which elects seven additional members,in addition to ten constituency MSPs,to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
The East Dunbartonshire Independent Alliance was a minor political party operating in East Dunbartonshire,Scotland,represented on East Dunbartonshire Council until October 2012 by Jack Young,one of the three councillors for Kirkintilloch East &Twechar,and until July 2012 by Charles Kennedy,one of the three councillors for Campsie &Kirkintilloch North.
The Organisation of Scottish Labour is a body established under the national rules of the UK Labour Party.
The 2015 Scottish Labour Party leadership election was formally triggered on 16 May 2015 by the resignation of Jim Murphy as Leader of the Scottish Labour Party,which took effect on 13 June 2015,following the party's defeat at the 2015 general election. A new leader and deputy leader would be chosen following the resignations of Jim Murphy and Kezia Dugdale. In the meantime,former Scottish Labour leader Iain Gray took over as acting leader. On 15 August,Dugdale was elected to lead the party,while Alex Rowley was chosen to become her deputy.
Rona Mackay is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician who has been the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Strathkelvin and Bearsden since the Scottish Parliamentary elections in May 2016.
