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Hugh Jackman

	The Socialist Alliance: Through the looking class
		In 2004 Local Council elections in both Bankstown and Marrickville the vote was down compared to that in the state elections.
		Much has been made of the significance of the international situation as regards revolutionary regroupment – in particular the rise of the anti-capitalist movement and political developments across Europe such as the success of revolutionary candidates in the French elections 2002, the left shift by Partito della Rifondazione Communista (PRC).
		The SWP is now a major force behind the formation of Respect that will contest the European Elections in June.
	members.optushome.com.au /spainter/Lookingclass.html

	European Parliament Elections 2003
		She was fourth on Labour's list for the 1999 elections, but after a disasterous showing in the 1998 North east Scotland by-election, Kathleen Walker-Shaw resigned her third place on Labour's list and Stihler was elected as the eight list MEP in 1999..
		The fifth direct elections in 1999 were held by proportional representation with the d'Hondt system being used to determine the placing.
		A Board member of the European Movement, he is a regional organiser for the pro-euro Scotland in Europe campaign and established the vote16 campaign planning to reduce the voting age to 16.
	www.alba.org.uk /euro04/euro04cand.html

	Scotland Office - FAQs
		The Scotland Office is responsible for certain limited executive functions, notably in relation to the financial transactions between the UK Government and the Scottish Executive, in Parliamentary elections in Scotland and for undertaking certain residual functions for Scotland in reserved areas.
		The Secretary of State for Scotland is responsible for the conduct of Parliamentary elections in Scotland and for the franchise (including at Local Government elections) in Scotland.
		The Scotland Office is also the authoritative centre of knowledge within Government on the operation of the Scotland's devolution settlement and the UK legislative programme's impact on Scotland.
	www.scotlandoffice.gov.uk /faqs (2213 words)

	British Government and Politics on the Internet
		The Funding of Political Parties in the UK (Report from the Neill Committee, 1998)
		Politics of Envy - 'leftwing slant on British and world news'
		British and Irish Legal Information Institute - over 75,000 documents in 14 databases including decisions by House of Lords, Court of Appeal, High Court searchable
	www.keele.ac.uk /depts/por/ukbase.htm (2271 words)

	Election 2003 - 2003 Holyrood Elections - Students in bid to make voice heard at elections
		NUS Scotland also wants to freeze the graduate endowment - paid once students leave college or university - and raise the repayment threshold so no-one pays until they are earning £25,000.
		NUS Scotland also calls for better standards for student accommodation.
		The manifesto argues every student should have the right to enough money to live on, but says students who take out a full loan currently have just £3.88 a day to live on, after rent.
	www.election.scotsman.com /topics.cfm?tid=757&id=268082003 (2271 words)

	European Elections 2004
		Elections for the European Parliament are being held throughout Scotland on 10 June 2004.
		The following have been duly elected to serve in the European Parliament as Members for the Scotland Region:
		This page contains information about the election timetable, election notices, a list of nominees, how the European electoral system works and the results from the last European election in 1999.
	www.edinburgh.gov.uk /europeanelections2004 (2271 words)

	Politics
		Topics included are: Federalism; the President; Congress; the role of the Supreme Court; elections in America; voting patterns in elections; political parties at a state and local level; pressure groups in America and public attitude towards politics in America.
		American Politics: This site is aimed at those students studying American Politics at an Advanced level (17 to 18 year olds) and most sections have been updated to include the 2000 election result and issues that have arisen in the current government of George Bush.
		Political Cartoons: The Political Cartoon Society is a non-profit making organisation for those interested in History and Politics through the medium of cartoons.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /REVpolitics.htm (9607 words)

	SSP in Euro left-wing alliance bid for cash - [Sunday Herald]
		John Edward, head of the European parliament’s representation in Scotland, confirmed that legislation governing the financing of European political parties was working its way through the European parliament and would be passed before the June elections.
		Scotland: the premier destination for tourists aiming to be king of the castle
		The party, which won six seats in the Scottish elections in May, have their eyes on a fund of £8 million, which is to be made available by the EU to political parties which operate on a pan-European basis.
	www.sundayherald.com /36097 (9607 words)

	Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights - Elections - United Kingdom
		Assessment report on the elections for the devolved administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
		Assessment report on the elections for the devolved administrations In Scotland, Wales And Northern Ireland.
		United Kingdom: Consultation paper by the electoral commission on the cycle of local government elections in England.
	www.osce.org /odihr-elections/documents.html?lsi=true&limit=10&grp=235 (125 words)

	Marxism and the British Labour Party
		The proposal is to establish an organisation/party that will stand candidates in the general election, Scottish Assembly elections, regional and district elections against the Labour Party.
		We were seen as a socialist minority fighting the reformism of the labour leaders, not from outside of the labour movement, but as a component, but independent part of it.
		The boom from 1982 largely cut across these developments in the Labour Party and provided the Tories with material conditions (as well as the outcome of the Falklands war) for electoral victories in 1983 and 1987.
	www.marxist.net /openturn/main/3-3-2.htm (2682 words)

	Scottish Lib Dems: Press Releases - January 1998
		Scottish Lib Dem MPs have tabled amendments to the Scotland Bill which would reduce the voting age to 16 for next year’s elections to the Scottish Parliament.
		Scottish Lib Dem Education spokesman Donald Gorrie MP comments on reports that Education Minister Brian Wilson is calling on higher education authorities to find ways of encouraging non Scots UK students to go directly into second year as a means of encouraging them to apply in spite of facing higher tuition fees in Scotland.
		Scottish Lib Dem MPs are continuing their campaign for immediate action to alleviate the crisis in Scottish agriculture.
	www.cix.co.uk /~sldweb/xpress/xind9801.htm (2682 words)

	United Kingdom
		The United Kingdom, consisting of Great Britain (England, Wales, and Scotland) and Northern Ireland, is twice the size of New York State.
		England, in the southeast part of the British Isles, is separated from Scotland on the north by the granite Cheviot Hills; from them the Pennine chain of uplands extends south through the center of England, reaching its highest point in the Lake District in the northwest.
		Despite this victory, Blair's party was severely hurt in the elections.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0108078.html (2858 words)

	CIA - The World Factbook -- United Kingdom
		elections: none; the monarchy is hereditary; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or the leader of the majority coalition is usually the prime minister
		House of Lords (highest court of appeal; several Lords of Appeal in Ordinary are appointed by the monarch for life); Supreme Courts of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland (comprising the Courts of Appeal, the High Courts of Justice, and the Crown Courts); Scotland's Court of Session and Court of the Justiciary
		bicameral Parliament comprised of House of Lords (consists of approximately 500 life peers, 92 hereditary peers and 26 clergy) and House of Commons (646 seats since 2005 elections; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms unless the House is dissolved earlier)
	www.cia.gov /cia/publications/factbook/geos/uk.html (1652 words)

	Labor Wins Elections to Choose Newly-Born Scottish Parliament
		The elections in Scotland and Wales mark the first step in the historic process known here as “devolution” -- that is, transferring some elements of government authority from the U.K.’s central government in London to the new local bodies in Edinburgh and Cardiff.
		There were also local elections Thursday in cities and counties all over England.
		That would end the immediate threat that Scotland might secede from the United Kingdom.
	www-tech.mit.edu /V119/N25/scotland-25.25w.html (362 words)

	CIA - The World Factbook -- United Kingdom
		elections: none; the monarchy is hereditary; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or the leader of the majority coalition is usually the prime minister
		House of Lords (highest court of appeal; several Lords of Appeal in Ordinary are appointed by the monarch for life); Supreme Courts of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland (comprising the Courts of Appeal, the High Courts of Justice, and the Crown Courts); Scotland's Court of Session and Court of the Justiciary
		bicameral Parliament comprised of House of Lords (consists of approximately 500 life peers, 92 hereditary peers and 26 clergy) and House of Commons (646 seats since 2005 elections; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms unless the House is dissolved earlier)
	www.cia.gov /cia/publications/factbook/geos/uk.html (362 words)

	List of election results - Gurupedia
		UK Regional and local elections (including Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales)
		4.24.2 UK Regional and local elections (including Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales)
		This is a list of election results from around the world.
	www.gurupedia.com /l/li/list_of_election_results.htm (194 words)

	Scottish Parliament (Constituencies) Act 2004
		This Schedule is linked to sections 1 to 12 in the Scotland Act 1998 concerning elections.
		Under the Scotland Act before this Act, this report also had to include recommendations for consequential alterations to the regions for purposes of Scottish Parliament elections.
		Before it was amended by this Act, the Scotland Act 1998 provided for the constituencies of the Scottish Parliament to be the same as those for the United Kingdom Parliament, except that Orkney and Shetland were separate constituencies.
	www.hmso.gov.uk /acts/en2004/2004en13.htm (1707 words)

	The Herald, Glasgow, Scottish sport, football, politics and business news
		The Scottish Executive will today announce the introduction of electronic vote counting in next year’s Holyrood and council elections.
		A major dossier on health problems in the west of Scotland calls for a radical approach to deal with excessive drinking and obesity.
		Electronic vote counting to be introduced in Scotland next year
	www.theherald.co.uk (390 words)

	Tweedale, Ettrick & Lauderdale
		Mrs Creech was also the SNP candidate for South of Scotland in the 1994 European elections when she came third with 45,032 votes, a mere 563 votes behind Alasdair Hutton, the previous Conservative MEP.
		Scotland was once practically a one-party state dominated by the Liberals, and as late as the election of December 1910, the Liberals won 59 seats in Scotland compared to eight for the Tories, four for the Liberal Unionists and three for Labour.
		This is indeed the most marginal seat in Scotland will certainly be one to watch on the night.
	www.alba.org.uk /nextwe/s09.html (390 words)

	BBC NEWS VOTE2001 SCOTLAND
		BBC Scotland's David Allison on why the four-week election campaign is now the norm in British politics.
		More than half the votes in Scotland were cast for candidates who failed to win a seat at Westminster, according to campaigners.
		Labour and the Scottish Nationalists hold onto their seats in the by-elections for the Holyrood parliament.
	newswm.bbc.co.uk /vote2001/hi/english/scotland/default.stm (390 words)

	British Elections
		On June 7 voters in England, Wales, Scotland, and British-occupied Northern Ireland reelected the British Labour Party to a second full term for the first time in its 100-year history.
		This result puts the SSP in a strong position to win more seats in the next elections for the Scottish Parliament—which is held under proportional representation.
		During the election campaign Blair began to make the case for joining the euro, but now we have had the rejection of the Nice treaty by the Irish electorate, and things are not so clear.
	www.laborstandard.org /New_Postings/british_elections.htm (2909 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Far Right in the UK - Students to target BNP in Scottish elections
		Highlighting the low turnout in French elections earlier this year, which gave a massive boost to National Front leader, Jean-Marie Le Pen, the National Union of Students (NUS) Scotland will urge students - accused, like many young people, of political apathy in recent years - to register to vote.
		Mr Okasha revealed that NUS Scotland will also be running a related campaign, along with the STUC, the Electoral Reform Society and the Scottish Youth Parliament, calling for the age at which people can vote to be lowered to 16.
		Andrew Wilson, the SNP’s spokesman on lifelong learning, backed the NUS campaign, saying: "While we need to be careful not to draw attention to BNP members, we also need to be vigilant, to do what we can to expose them.
	www.news.scotsman.com /topics.cfm?tid=730&id=954002002 (2909 words)

	p o l i t i c o s . c o . u k
		It includes discussion of the General Election of 2001 and the 2002 French and Irish elections, as well as essays on the issue of regional devolution in the UK, voter disillusionment in Scotland and Wales and the growing crisis in electoral turnout across Europe.
		The "British Elections and Parties" series examines parties, elections and voting behaviour, providing authoritative analyses of current and historical developments.
		Written and edited by some of the leading names in politics, the "British Elections and Parties Review" is a valuable tool for researcher, student and practitioner.
	www.politicos.co.uk /item.jsp?ID=3452 (156 words)

	BBC News Elections Scotland 99 Constituencies Eastwood
		In the south of the seat the only main centre of population is Eaglesham, the first conservation village in Scotland and the site of Rudolph Hess's landing on his “peace” mission to Britain in 1941.
		Farming is common in this part of the seat, whilst light and service industries form the basis of the economy in the more populated areas in the north.
		"There no actual town called Eastwood, the seat instead being composed of a number of middle-class commuter towns in the far south of the Glasgow conurbation, with the addition of industrial Barrhead.
	news.bbc.co.uk /hi/english/static/vote_99/scotland_99/html/constituency/26.stm (126 words)

	NUS in Focus - NUS Elections
		NUS Conference will also elect members to the Steering Committee (runs Conference), the Finance Committee (keeps a check on the NEC's spending), the Rules Revision Committee (responsible for reviewing the Rules of NUS and ensuring the NEC stick to them) and Elections Committee (runs NUS elections).
		NUS also has several other Committees you could get involve with.
		Wanting to get more involved in your National Union?
	users.durge.org /~paul/nus/elect.html (126 words)

	BBC News Elections Scotland 99 Constituencies Glasgow Rutherglen
		It is the oldest burgh in Scotland - 500 years older than Glasgow, in fact - and is proud enough of its history to have its own museum.
		"Rutherglen was once a distinctive town - and still trades on its burgh status.
		But the Rutherglen constituency is mostly made up of vast, anonymous-looking council estates south east of the city centre..
	news.bbc.co.uk /hi/english/static/vote_99/scotland_99/html/constituency/45.stm (112 words)

	Glasgow Rutherglen
		He was a Glasgow District councillor from 1977 until 1992 and stood in five Westminster elections in Rutherglen in October 1974, 1979, 1983, 1987 and 1997 and the Scottish parliamentary election in 1999 where he was elected as a Glasgow Region MSP.
		Until 1983, the seat was known simply as Rutherglen and was one of the oldest burghs in Scotland, with a charter dating from 1126.
		Labour MSP Janis Hughes was born in Glasgow in 1958 and educated at Queen's Park School and Glasgow School of nursing.
	www.alba.org.uk /scot03constit/g08.html (1153 words)

	Uk Elections - Political Review
		Programmes Voting System Local Elections Nations N Ireland Scotland Wales Tuesday, 14 August, 2001, 14:03 GMT 15:03 UK THE
		Filed under: UK Elections - others admin @ 4:12 am Be wary of the party spinners As we get nearer the General Election pundits and punters will be looking beyond the opinion polls to
		These are some blogs related to the UK General Elections in 2005.
	www.politique-opinion.com /uk-elections.html (1153 words)

	CNN - Related Election Sites - 1997 UK Elections
		United Kingdom General Election 1997 Women's Information - Women's perspective on the elections.
		The Scottish National Party - A highly graphical online guide produced by Scotland's pro-sovereignty party.
		Financial Times - Lots of info -- election guide, straw poll, discussion groups, and not just with a financial bent.
	www.cnn.com /WORLD/9704/uk97.elex/relateds (1153 words)

	European Parliament UK Office - European Elections
		Results of the elections to the European Parliament in the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1999; seats won, share of the vote by party, voter turnout across the EU.
		The European Parliamentary Elections Act, which received Royal Assent on 14th January 1999, introduced a regional list system with seats allocated to parties in proportion to their share of the vote.
		In Scotland the SNP retained 2 seats with over 27% of the vote while in Wales, Plaid Cymru took 2 seats for the first time with 29.6% of the Welsh vote.
	www.europarl.org.uk /guide/textonly/Gelecttx.htm (1153 words)

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