2009 Glasgow North East by-election

2009 UK Parliamentary by-election May 2011 February 2020 2009 Glasgow North East by-election presidential United Kingdom Glasgow North East parliamentary seat no 2005 United Kingdom general election 2005 2010 United Kingdom general election 2010 12 November 2009 33.2% File:WillieBainMP.jpg Willie Bain Scottish Labour 12,231 59.4% Scottish National Party David Kerr Scottish National Party 4,120 20.0% File:Ruth Davidson 2012 (cropped).jpg Ruth Davidson Scottish Conservatives 1,075 5.2% MP Michael Martin Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom) Willie Bain Scottish Labour A by-election for the United Kingdom parliamentary constituency of Glasgow North East was held on 12 November 2009, following the resignation of incumbent member of Parliament (MP) Michael Martin both as an MP and as Speaker of the House of Commons following the MPs' expenses scandal. It was won by Willie Bain of the Labour Party with 59% of the vote. It is general convention that mainstream political parties do not contest elections against sitting Speakers of the House of Commons. As such, Martin won the seat without his former Labour Party label since he was elected Speaker in 2000 and neither the Conservative nor Liberal Democrat parties had fought the constituency—or its predecessor, Glasgow Springburn—in either 2001 or 2005. Just 33% of the electorate voted, which was the then-lowest ever percentage turnout in a Scottish by-election to the House of Commons. This was the last by-election of the 2005–2010 parliament. Background Speaker of the House of Commons Michael Martin resigned as an MP and as Speaker on 21 June 2009 following the MPs' expenses scandal. There was a longer than normal gap between a seat falling vacant and the by-election. On 22 July, during a brief debate in the House of Commons, the UK Government refused to move the writ to trigger a by-election before the summer recess.https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmhansrd/cm090721/debtext/90721-0005.htm#09072161001820 House of Commons Hansard Debates for 21 July 2009 (pt 0005) publications.parliament.uk Candidates Labour selected Willie Bain, a law lecturer and Constituency Labour Party secretary, as their candidate.http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2009/06/30/exclusive-glasgow-north-east-by-election-will-not-be-held-until-november-86908-21482833/ Exclusive: Glasgow North East by-election will not be held until November The Daily Record 14 November 2009 Michael Martin's son Paul Martin, the MSP for the roughly equivalent Glasgow Springburn Scottish Parliament constituency, had ruled himself out. The Scottish National Party (SNP) selected David Kerr. They had previously selected James Dornan, their leader on Glasgow City Council, https://web.archive.org/web/20090710001709/http://www.snp.org/node/15477 10 July 2009 but on 12 July he announced that he was withdrawing as a candidate following allegations in the Sunday Herald over past financial difficulties. https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/8146794.stm SNP election hopeful stands down 12 July 2009 12 July 2009 BBC News Online The Conservative Party selected Ruth Davidson, a journalist and broadcaster, as well as a Territorial Army volunteer and Sunday school teacher.http://conservativehome.blogs.com/goldlist/2009/08/scottish-tories-choose-exsunday-school-teacher-to-fight-clean-and-honest-campaign-in-glasgow-north-e.html ConservativeHome's Seats & Candidates blog: Scottish Tories choose ex-Sunday school teacher to fight clean and honest campaign in Glasgow North East Conservativehome.blogs.com 13 August 2009 14 November 2009 The Scottish Liberal Democrats selected the South Lanarkshire councillor Eileen Baxendale as their candidate.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/8188111.stm UK, Scotland, Glasgow, Lanarkshire and West, Lib Dems name by-election hopeful BBC News 6 August 2009 14 November 2009 The Scottish Socialist Party decided to stand Kevin McVey, a party organiser from Cumbernauld who promised to reject the £64,000 MP's salary and "live instead on the average skilled worker's wage – not a penny more".https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/8298385.stm SSP names by-election candidate 9 October 2009 11 March 2014 On the ballot paper the party opted to use the description "Scottish Socialist Party – Make Greed History" Solidarity initially called on the SSP, the Socialist Labour Party and themselves to adopt a "left unity" candidate.http://www.solidarityscotland.org/content/view/649/2/ Glasgow North East By-Election Solidarity Scotland 14 November 2009 http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20090724150318/http://www.solidarityscotland.org/content/view/649/2/ 24 July 2009 usurped dmy-all However, they later announced that they had selected Tommy Sheridan to fight the by-election, claiming he might have stood down in favour of a left unity candidate.Daily Record, 2 July 2009 On the ballot paper the party used the full description "Solidarity – Scotland's Socialist Movement" Former Big Brother housemate Mikey Hughes stood as an independent candidate.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/8308229.stm Big Brother star in Commons bid 15 October 2009 BBC News The British National Party (BNP) selected Charlie Baillie as their candidatehttp://bnp.org.uk/2009/06/bnp-will-fight-glasgow-ne-westminster-by-election/ BNP Will Fight Glasgow NE Westminster By-Election 30 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090704095554/http://bnp.org.uk/2009/06/bnp-will-fight-glasgow-ne-westminster-by-election/ 4 July 2009 dead dmy-all who stood as second candidate on the list for Scotland in the 2009 European Election. The Jury Team, an umbrella organisation aiming to support Independent candidates in UK elections, selected John Smeaton, the former Glasgow Airport baggage handler who became known for his intervention during the 2007 Glasgow Airport attack as its first candidate for a Westminster election.Smeaton pledges to 'badger' MPs", BBC News, 25 September 2009 On declaration of his candidacy in September, he was given the third shortest odds to win the seat.Lorraine Davidson, "Have-a-go hero John Smeaton third favourite for by-election victorySeptember 2024 medicmedic", The Times, 26 September 2009 David Doherty, an environmental protection graduate of the University of Strathclyde, was the Scottish Green Party candidate.http://www.scottishgreens.org.uk/site/6309/GreensAnnounceCandidateForGlasgowNorthEast.html Scottish Green Party :: Greens Announce Candidate For Glasgow North East Scottishgreens.org.uk 8 October 2009 14 November 2009 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20091021052140/http://www.scottishgreens.org.uk/site/6309/GreensAnnounceCandidateForGlasgowNorthEast.html 21 October 2009 dmy The Socialist Labour Party stood Louise McDaid, who topped their party list for Scotland in the 2009 European Election.http://www.socialist-labour-party.org.uk/european_elections_2009.htm EUROPEAN ELECTIONS 2009 Socialist-labour-party.org.uk 4 June 2009 14 November 2009 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20091124011936/http://www.socialist-labour-party.org.uk/european_elections_2009.htm 24 November 2009 dmy Mev Brown stood as an independent candidate. Colin Campbell stood for The Individuals Labour and Tory (TILT).https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/8329597.stm Nominations close in by-election BBC News Online 28 October 2009 Official candidate names and ballot paper descriptions were confirmed by Glasgow City Council on 28 October 2009.Candidates Glasgow City Council Result 2009 Glasgow North East by-electionhttp://www.election.demon.co.uk/by2005.html Results of Byelections in the 2005–2010 Parliament Boothroyd David 2015-10-05 United Kingdom Election Results 27 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151227081306/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/by2005.html dead Scottish Labour Willie Bain 12,231 59.4 New Scottish National Party David Kerr 4,120 20.0 +2.3 Scottish Conservatives Ruth Davidson 1,075 5.2 New British National Party Charlie Baillie 1,013 4.9 +1.7 Solidarity (Scotland) Tommy Sheridan 794 3.9 New Scottish Liberal Democrats Eileen Baxendale 474 2.3 New Scottish Greens David Doherty 332 1.6 New Jury Team John Smeaton 258 1.2 New Scottish Socialist Party Kevin McVey 152 0.7 –4.2 No Label Mikey Hughes 54 0.3 New Socialist Labour Party (UK) Louise McDaid 47 0.2 –14.0 Independent politician Mev Brown 32 0.2 New The Individuals Labour and Tory (TILT) Colin Campbell 13 0.1 New 8,111 39.4 +3.8 20,595 33.2 –12.6 Scottish Labour Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom) 2005 UK election result General election 2005: Glasgow North East Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom) Michael Martin 15,153 53.3 -13.8 Scottish National Party John McLaughlin 5,019 17.7 -0.5 Socialist Labour Party (UK) Doris Kelly 4,036 14.2 New Scottish Socialist Party Graham Campbell 1,402 4.9 -3.2 Scottish Unionist Party (1986) Daniel Houston 1,266 4.5 +0.3 British National Party Scott McLean 920 3.2 New Independent politician Joe Chambers 622 2.2 New 10,134 35.6 -13.3 28,418 45.8 +1.9 Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom) -6.6 See also 2009 Speaker of the British House of Commons election References Glasgow North East by-election Glasgow North East by-election Category:2000s elections in Scotland Glasgow North East by-election Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Glasgow constituencies Category:2000s in Glasgow Category:Springburn