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	Hill & Knowlton UK Election Watch 2005
		The periodic changes to parliamentary constituencies south of the border are on their way, but will not occur until the election 2009/10 so for now the number of seats in the Commons will be reduced from 659 to 646, with the figure required for an overall majority falling to 324 seats.
		The Boundary Commission of Scotland's work in reducing the number of constituencies now means that electorates in most seats have increased to the average size of electorates in England, at least for the time being, and goes someway to answering the critics who point to Scotland's disproportionate presence in the UK Parliament.
		Some sitting Members of Parliament, faced with the prospect of a contest with parliamentary colleagues to become the party's candidate in a new seat, decided that discretion was the better part of valour' and chose to stand down.
	www.netcoms.com /election2005/changes_in_scotland.asp (659 words)

	Encyclopedia: United Kingdom Parliamentary Constituencies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The Scottish Parliament is a devolved parliament with constituencies representing Scotland.
		For the 2005 House of Commons general election the number of House of Commons constituencies in Scotland was reduced from 72 to 59 and the Scottish Parliament constituencies remainded as they had been in 1999.
		Constituencies in the Republic of Ireland elect between three and five TD (parliament)TD s, while constituencies between 1536 and 1800 in the Kingdom of Ireland used to return two MPs.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/United-Kingdom-Parliamentary-Constituencies (309 words)

	soc.culture.scottish FAQ - faqs.org.ru
		About the authors: Bernard Crick, founding secretary of the Study of Parliament group in 1963 and author of The Reform of Parliament (1963) and of In Defence of Politics, is Emeritus Professor of Politics, London University and an Honorary Fellow of the Politics Department of the University of Edinburgh.
		Scottish Nationalisn is not based on history it is conceived on the hopes of the future.
		Scottish businesses in particular, rather than having a Scottish address are forced to use either a "UK" version, or an international one which might already be in use by a different company elsewhere in the world.
	faqs.org.ru /en/travel/cultures/scottish/scottish-faq-20.htm (3457 words)

	East Renfrewshire (UK Parliament constituency) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Renfrewshire East is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
		From the 1983 general election until the 2005 general election, the constituency was called Eastwood.
		The constituency covers the East Renfrewshire council area, sitting on the borders of Glasgow.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/East_Renfrewshire_%28UK_Parliament_constituency%29 (141 words)

	LIVINGSTON (UK PARLIAMENT CONSTITUENCY) : Encyclopedia Entry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Livingston is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
		The constituency covers the eastern portion of the West Lothian council area, and is dominated by Livingston.
		It borders onto the constituencies of Edinburgh West, Edinburgh South West, Dumfriesshire, Lanark and Hamilton East, Airdrie and Shotts, and Linlithgow and East Falkirk.
	bibleocean.com /OmniDefinition/Livingston_%28UK_Parliament_constituency%29 (133 words)

	Report on North Lanarkshire Council by the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland
		During the passage through Parliament of the 1994 Act, there was cross-Party understanding that we would review the number of councillors and boundaries of electoral wards for each council in time for changes to be implemented for the 1999 local elections.
		In England and Wales the Redcliffe-Maude Commission, which reported to Parliament in 1969, also drew attention to the management problems of large councils and endorsed the recommendation of The Committee on the Management of Local Government that a maximum number of 75 councillors should be set.
		Coatbridge and Chryston Constituency Labour Party wrote to register its opposition to the Council's proposals as they affected the constituency of Coatbridge and Chryston asked that they be given permission to attend any public enquiry so that objections could be submitted in detail.
	www.lgbc-scotland.gov.uk /reports/northlanarkshire.htm (5864 words)

	The Scotsman - Top Stories - SNP and the Lib Dems make good progress (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		As dawn broke this morning, the Scottish Labour Party was poised to take a majority of the 59 Scottish seats - 41 (including the Speaker), with the Liberal Democrats on 11, the SNP on six and the Tories with just one.
		After most of the Scottish results were in, they showed that Labour was doing well at holding on to most of its seats, but the party was losing an average of 5 per cent of the vote at each count.
		In Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill the Labour vote was down 5 per cent and the Liberal Democrat vote was up 6 per cent.
	thescotsman.scotsman.com /index.cfm?id=487472005 (1634 words)

	Centre for Advancement of Women in Politics
		The Scottish Parliament, first elected in May 1999, has seventy-three constituency members elected by first-past-the-post, and fifty-six chosen from party top-up lists to represent eight regions.
		These additional regional members (marked with * on Table 1) ensure that the parliament's party balance reflects the popular vote by giving extra seats to parties whose number of constituency seats is proportionately less than their share of votes.
		As shown on Table 2 most women MSPs are constituency members, though the SNP relied on the regional list system to facilitate women's election by placing them near the top of its lists in 1999.
	www.qub.ac.uk /cawp/UKhtmls/MSP.htm (182 words)

	Elaine Smith MSP - Coatbridge & Chryston (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		I try to be as accessible as possible to my constituents in Coatbridge and Chryston and hope that this website will help with that aim.
		I have a staffed Constituency office which is usually open Monday to Friday, 10am to 4pm, a Parliamentary office open Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, and, in addition, I hold monthly surgeries across the Constituency.
		If you need help, advice or information on matters devolved to the Scottish Parliament please do not hesitate to contact me by getting in touch with Lesley in the Constituency office or Catherine in the Parliamentary office.
	www.elaine-smith.co.uk (155 words)

	Scotland Guide - Government and Politics - The Scottish Parliament
		The Parliament was elected on 6 May 1999, reconvened after a 292 year gap on 12 May 1999, and assumed its full powers after the official opening by the Queen on 1 July 1999.
		The powers of the Scottish Parliament are based on those established by the Labour led Constitutional Convention.
		Airdrie and Shotts; Coatbridge and Chryston; Cumbernauld and Kilsyth; East Kilbride; Kilmarnock and Loudon; Hamilton North and Bellshill; Hamilton South; Motherwell and Wishaw; Falkirk East; Falkirk West (10 seats).
	www.siliconglen.com /scotfaq/19_12.html (754 words)

	Shepherd+ Wedderburn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		One of the biggest criticisms of the first term of the Scottish Parliament was the lack of MSPs with backgrounds in business, or even any real understanding of the requirements of the business community.
		Possibly the worst news for Scottish businesses is the general swing to the left which the results have produced.
		Where the Parliament's pro-business credentials may suffer the most, however, is with the failure of the SNP's Andrew Wilson to secure a return to Holyrood.
	www.shepwedd.com /ebulletins/saltire/election-special.htm (2187 words)

	Issue 13
		Scottish universities have seen a drop of over 6 per cent in the numbers applying to study since the fees were introduced last year.
		The Euro elections have also clarified the confusion that existed on the left during the Scottish parliamentary election, when the socialist vote was split down the middle between the SSP and Arthur Scargill¹s Socialist Labour Party.
		As new Scottish Socialist MSP, Tommy Sheridan, begins to make his mark in the Scottish parliament, the bedrock 40,000-strong army of SSP voters is likely to expand rapidly, paving the way eventually for the rise of a mass party of Scottish socialism as the new millenium opens.
	www.scottishsocialistvoice.net /back%20issues%2099/issue13.html (11809 words)

	House of Commons Hansard Debates for 23 Mar 2004 (pt 15)
		It is fair to say that the most robust representations on behalf of the Scottish whisky industry were made by my hon.
		In my constituency, we still remember fl Wednesday, and we have no desire to return to those days or to the negative equity, high unemployment and high inflation that we experienced under the previous Government but which have not been a feature of this Chancellor's stewardship.
		Companies such as Sheffield Forgemasters in my constituency have gone into liquidation, and former employees have no guarantee of receiving their full pension entitlement, even though some of them have worked for the same company for more than 30 years.
	www.publications.parliament.uk /pa/cm200304/cmhansrd/vo040323/debtext/40323-15.htm (1583 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Politics \| Special Reports \| Scottish seats cut by boundary changes
		The number of Scottish MPs is to be cut from 72 to 59 following a review by the boundary commission, it emerged yesterday.
		George Galloway, whose Glasgow Kelvin constituency is to be carved up between Glasgow North-west, North, and Central, has his eye on the Central seat.
		In Ayrshire the commission is to make five seats into four, splitting the Carrick, Cumnock and Doon valley constituency of the Scotland office minister, George Foulkes.
	politics.guardian.co.uk /scotland/story/0,9061,645574,00.html (374 words)

	SocietyGuardian.co.uk \| Health \| Scots mothers can breastfeed in public - by law
		The Scottish Conservatives had opposed the legislation saying it was taking the "nanny state" to extremes.
		The MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston had launched the private member's bill after becoming concerned about the low rates of breastfeeding in her own constituency, and after a number of high profile incidents, including one in which a young mother was put off a bus in Edinburgh for breastfeeding.
		Last week, the Scottish parliament voted for a comprehensive ban on smoking in public, going much further than planned at Westminster.
	society.guardian.co.uk /health/news/0,8363,1354917,00.html (629 words)

	House of Commons Hansard Debates for 29 Jun 1999 (pt 1)
		The consequence of the announcement of the policy has been to cause great resentment in Scotland and to give the impression that the Scottish Executive is acting as a little Sir Echo of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions.
		It is not true that the Scottish Parliament may be the first to consider road charging.
		The Secretary of State will be aware of the Scottish Office working party report on the future of the borders economy, especially the strong recommendations regarding the reopening of the Waverley line and the issue of rail freight raised therein.
	www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk /pa/cm199899/cmhansrd/cm990629/debtext/90629-01.htm (1848 words)

	UK Politics Directory - Elections, Parties and Government Links - British political links, parliament and government. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		UK Politics Directory - Elections, Parties and Government Links - British political links, parliament and government.
		You know who you are, and I will not give you further publicity by naming and shaming you.
		UK government departments, parliament and local and European links.
	www.uk-p.org /Election2001/coatbridge_and_chryston.html (224 words)

	Scottish Labour bureaucracy tries to stifle debate on coalition with Liberal Democrats (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The Campaign for Socialism (CfS) will support attempts by Glasgow Kelvin and Coatbridge and Chryston CLPs, to overturn a ban on their proposed changes to the Scottish Labour Party constitution.
		They received letters from Lesley Quinn on Wednesday, only two days before the start of conference, telling them that their amendments were not competent because in addition to their main amendment they indicated that a follow up amendment would be required, otherwise the rule book would be contradictory.
		Elaine Smith, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston on 0771 365 1276
	www.thecitizen.org.uk /news/pr018.htm (258 words)

	File (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The Scottish Executive has consistently maintained a neutral position in relation to the bill and believes that it is for the Parliament to determine the bill's fate.
		Although it is not a priority of the Parliament, I wish that we got as many cards and letters on some of the issues that are priorities of the Parliament as we have received on this issue.
		Many of them had no interest in the Scottish Parliament and were using the bill as an excuse to say that they did not like the institution.
	www.labouranimalwelfaresociety.org /articles/spor.htm (17043 words)

	House of Commons Hansard Debates for 6 Dec 2000 (pt 6)
		Although she made light of it, it was a serious accident, but despite that she worked ceaselessly for her constituents.
		She is known as an outstanding constituency Member of Parliament.
		She was a teacher and she used to say that, having taught 15 to 16-year-olds, being in the House of Commons was no problem for her.
	www.publications.parliament.uk /pa/cm200001/cmhansrd/vo001206/debtext/01206-06.htm (2767 words)

	Aspect 2003: Elaine Smith, Scottish Labour Party candidate, Coatbridge and Chryston, 2003
		Labour in the Scottish Parliament is committed to fighting against drugs.
		I am privileged to again be selected as the Labour candidate for my home constituency of Coatbridge and Chryston in the forthcoming Scottish Parliament elections on May 1st.
		Having served as your MSP since 1999, I believe that the overall priority for the next term of the Scottish Parliament should be to deliver social justice for all.
	gdl.cdlr.strath.ac.uk /aspect/aspect2003/lab/a03labcoa.htm (726 words)

	politics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The new Scottish Parliament, devolved from Westminster, will have 129 MSPs (Members of the Scottish Parliament).
		One vote will choose a constituency MSP and the second vote will be for a political party.
		Opinion polls in Scotland suggest that this electoral system is most likely to result in the formation of a coalition Government in the first term of the Scottish Parliament.
	scottishfreedom.net /electsyst.html (259 words)

	IMN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		We know from debates in the Scottish Parliament and elsewhere that there is a great deal of concern, particularly among women's organisations such as the Scottish Rape Crisis Network, about the lack of protection that is offered to women against male violence.
		On the issue of rape and other forms of sexual assault, victims should have confidence in the medical profession, in the police force and in the legal profession to know that their legitimate complaints will be treated as the very serious matters that they are.
		I am therefore pleased to be able to tell the Parliament that this afternoon I spoke with the Lord Advocate, who said that he had concluded his consideration of the transcript of the trial and of the trial advocate depute's report.
	www.mens-network.org /scotran.html (9449 words)

	The Skakagrall: May 2005 Archives
		Scottish Natural Heritage have decided in favour of the re-introduction of the European beaver to Scotland after an absence of 400 years.
		Tom Devine, director of the Centre for Irish and Scottish Studies at Aberdeen University, is quoted at length on the Lowland Clearances, of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, by Leon McDermott in the Sunday Herald.
		Scottish artists, particularly performing artists, have a record of excellence that should be the envy of other sectors of the economy.
	www.skakagrall.com /archives/2005/05 (4877 words)

	DodOnline - Political Biographies, Constituency & MP Profiles, News, Online Bookshop....
		Welcome to dodonline, the leading provider of complete information on the people and institutions that make up the UK Parliaments and Assemblies, Civil Service and the EU.
		A report has strongly criticised Scottish ministers in Westminster and Edinburgh for their decisions in the run up to this year's Holyrood elections.
		Tom Clarke (Labour - Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill) 19,519
	www.dodonline.co.uk (88 words)

	Mark Lazarowicz: Edinburgh North & Leith (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		I say that not only from the perspective of a Member representing a Scottish constituency, although in the light of the comments made by my right hon.
		We saw that in the House, the Scottish Parliament, the press and among the public of Scotland.
		In particular, there has been lengthy and lively debate about the effect that the sale might have on the plurality of views available from the press.
	www.marklazarowicz.org.uk /parliament/speeches2002/12.03(WH)II.htm (1355 words)

	SNP - Office (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Constituency Office for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber and Highland Region.
		Regional Constituency Office for Margo MacDonald MSP, Kenny MacAskill MSP and Fiona Hyslop MSP.
		Constituency Office for the MP and MSP for Moray.
	www.alba.uklinux.net /aithne/officerel.php3 (100 words)

	Articles - Scotland (European Parliament constituency) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Scotland constitutes a single constituency of the European Parliament.
		It currently elects 7 MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.
		The constituency corresponds to the country of Scotland, one of the four constituent nations of the United Kingdom.
	www.pointgathering.com /articles/Scotland_%28European_Parliament_constituency%29 (68 words)

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