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	BCOMTEMPLATENORMAL
		In the case of 18 local authority areas, the theoretical entitlement to constituencies is such that a satisfactory constituency structure within the terms of the statutory rules is not achievable without breaching local authority boundaries.
		For Argyll and Bute Council area the June 2001 electorate is 69,587.
		For The Moray Council area the June 2001 electorate is 63,959.
	www.bcomm-scotland.gov.uk /pressrelease/finalprovisionalpressrelease.html (2710 words)

	Report on Scottish Borders Council by the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland
		The electorate at 1996 and that forecast at 2001 was 2,499 and 2,585 respectively, producing a divergence from electoral parity of 0% and 1%.
		The electorate at 1996 and that forecast at 2001 was 2,310 and 2,318 respectively, producing a divergence from electoral parity of -8% and -9%.
		With regard to the use of roads as electoral boundaries in rural areas and the convenience of polling stations, we noted that the use of roads as ward boundaries in rural areas is generally accepted throughout Scotland and that polling arrangements are matters for the Council to consider.
	www.lgbc-scotland.gov.uk /reports/borders.htm (11919 words)

	Glasgow, Voters Roll, Electoral Register, Constituencies
		The City Assessor and Electoral Registration Officer is responsible for creating and updating the Register of Electors which is published on 1st December every year.
		The Electoral Registration pages of the Glasgow City Council website contain detailed information about registration, eligibility, absent voting, and other aspects of the electoral process.
		From May 2007 each new multi-member ward is represented by either three or four members, depending on the size of the electorate.
	www.saa.gov.uk /glasgow/electoralreg.html (431 words)

	Report on Glasgow City Council by the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland
		It considered that the proposal to include an area to the east would be inappropriate as it seemed to be proposed only as a way of compensating for a loss of population arising from a change in boundaries to the west It asked if the proposals took into account population increases at new build sites.
		The proposals by the Scottish National Party Govan Constituency Association indicated that electoral parity in wards designed within the constraints of the Govan Constituency would result in divergences from electoral parity ranging between -5% and 15%, which we concluded are wholly unacceptable.
		We consulted the council on the question of forecast electorate and noted the view that the representation was correct in observing the amount of demolition in the area and the effect that this had had on the number of electors.
	www.lgbc-scotland.gov.uk /reports/glasgow.htm (4421 words)

	Scottish Referendums
		Scottish devolution or home rule is an issue for the whole of the United Kingdom.
		The Scottish National Party stayed out of the Convention because they feared their policy of full independence for Scotland would not be offered to the people as an alternative in any subsequent test of popular opinion.
		During the election, Labour's Scottish General Secretary Jack McConnell was challenged to confirm that the intention of the reformed voting system was to prevent the SNP from gaining power in the devolved Parliament with a minority of the popular vote.
	www.bbc.co.uk /politics97/devolution/scotland/briefing/scotbrief1.shtml (6735 words)

	scottish history timeline
		The industrial primacy of the Glasgow and Clyde region was made possible by coal and iron deposits, served by canal, sea and rail transportation.
		1830's-1870's Glasgow and Edinburgh were centers for engineering and science, home to the most eminent Victorian scientists William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, one of the authors of the laws of thermodynamics, James Clerk Maxwell, a pioneer in the theory of electromagneticism, and David Brewster, researcher in optics and photography and inventor of the kaleidoscope.
		Scottish twentieth-century mortality rates were higher than those for England; in 1936 the infant mortality rate for Glasgow was 180 per cent that of Chicago and 290 per cent that for Stockholm.
	www.uiowa.edu /~c008224b/scotline2.htm (2702 words)

	Caithness CWS - Links - Scottish Government
		Scottish Parliament regions should be revised to reflect natural local communities and identity and should be built on local authority areas.
		The Electoral Commission should clarify the purpose of the regional vote and in particular revise the design of the ballot papers used in Scottish Parliament elections with the aim of conveying better the way the voting system operates.
		The code of conduct for Members of the Scottish Parliament should be revised to provide a clear and positive role for both constituency and regional members to enhance representation for constituents and improve scrutiny of local and national services.
	www.caithness.org /links/scottishgovernment.htm (1640 words)

	Report of the Consultative Steering Group on the Scottish Parliament. page :21
		In the absence of a second chamber in the Scottish Parliament, important for all legislation to be properly scrutinised.
		Scottish Parliament should be as accessible to someone living in Shetland as it is to someone living in the central belt.
		Scottish Parliamentary ceremonies should be in the Scottish tradition.
	www.scotland.gov.uk /library/documents-w5/rcsg-21.htm (2531 words)

	Scottish Statistics
		Scottish Crime Survey (SCS) is a repeat cross-sectional survey measuring the incidence and prevalence of victimisation among the Scottish population.
		Scottish Health Survey - provides a detailed picture of the health of the Scottish population in private households and is designed to make a major contribution to the monitoring of health in Scotland.
		Scottish Social Attitudes (SSA) survey - SSA survey is carried out by the National Centre for Social Research in conjunction with the Unit for the Study of Government in Scotland at the University of Edinburgh.
	www.lib.gla.ac.uk /Depts/MOPS/Stats/scotstats.shtml (939 words)

	Glasgow Central (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		She also contested Glasgow Pollock twice, firstly at the 2001 Westminster election, when she came fourth with 6.38 %, and at the Scottish parliamentary election in 2003 when she came fifth with 4.47 %.
		The Scottish Green Party candidate is Gordon Masterton who is an IT Service Delivery Manager working in the Glasgow area and lives on the city¹s southside with his fiancée and dog.
		There are three wards from the old Glasgow Kelvin, two from the old Glasgow Shettleston, two from the old Glasgow Govan, one shared between the old Glasgow Govan and Glasgow Shettleston, and one shared between the old Glasgow Rutherglen and Glasgow Shettleston.
	www.alba.org.uk /nextge/glasgowcentral.html (631 words)

	Nicola Sturgeon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1992 she stood in the Glasgow Shettleston constituency, and was the youngest parliamentary candidate in Scotland, in the UK general election.
		She was elected to the Scottish Parliament to represent Glasgow in 1999 and re-elected in 2003.
		On June 24, 2004, Nicola Sturgeon announced that she would be a candidate in the forthcoming election for the leadership of the Scottish National Party.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nicola_Sturgeon (259 words)

	Scottish Socialist Party Constitution
		Standing committees provide an opportunity for office bearers and spokespersons to share their workload and for the experience of as broad a range of party members as possible to contribute to the development of party policy and campaigning initiatives.
		(a) Members of the SSP in any given electoral area eg council ward, parliamentary constituency, can decide to stand a candidate in an election, provided the decision is ratified by the branch that covers the appropriate area.
		(b) Members of the SSP within the relevant electoral ward or constituency will select their candidate using the same voting methods that are used in internal elections, with members from the appropriate branch(es) being entitled to vote.
	www.scottishsocialistparty.org /pages/constitution.html (4950 words)

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