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Scottish Parliamentary Election, 2003

	Scottish parliamentary election, 2003 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The polling date for the second Scottish Parliament election was held on May 1, 2003.
		The results were characterised by the rise in support for the Scottish Green Party and the Scottish Socialist Party - both parties outwith the "main four" - and a decline in support for both the Labour Party and the Scottish National Party (SNP).
		Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party leader John Swinburne was also elected.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Scottish_Parliamentary_Election,_2003 (222 words)

	Scottish Unionist Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		It was formed in the mid 1980s by members of the Scottish Orange Order angry with the then Conservative government for signing the Anglo-Irish Agreement.
		The SUP is an ideologically conservative party which vehemently opposes the idea of Scottish independence from the rest of the United Kingdom.
		The SUP also stood for two seats at the 2001 General Election, in Glasgow Springburn and Airdrie and Shotts; the party managed to retain its deposit in the former and almost do so in the latter.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Scottish_Unionist_Party (358 words)

	Encyclopedia: Scottish Parliament (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Scottish Parliament (PÃ rlamaid na h-Alba in Gaelic, Scots Pairlament in Scots) is the national unicameral legislature of Scotland.
		Parliament was reconstituted as a body that deals with matters that have been devolved to it by the UK Parliament.
		A Sewel motion is a motion passed by the Scottish Parliament, in which it requests the Parliament of the United Kingdom, or Westminster to pass legislation on a topic extending to Scotland.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Scottish-Parliament (4955 words)

	Scottish National Party
		The 1997 General Election saw the SNP double their number of MPs from three to six and, with the return of the Labour Party to power at that General Election, saw the establishment of a devolved Scottish Parliament.
		The results of the election seem to indicate that the emergence of the Scottish Socialist Party (SSP) and Scottish Green Party (both of whom also support independence) has undermined their vote a bit.
		In the 1997 General Election campaign the Tories accused the SNP of being the most left-wing political organisation in Europe since the collapse of the Communist regimes in Eastern Europe.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/s/sc/scottish_national_party.html (5052 words)

	Scotsman.com Election - 2005 UK General Election coverage from Scotland
		SCOTTISH Nationalists were today facing up to their failure to win either of the crucial by- elections which provided Scotland's biggest electoral test since the General Election in May.
		The party defended its Livingston stronghold in a Commons contest and held on at Glasgow Cathcart in a Scottish Parliament poll.
		THE shock of election night was George Galloway's dramatic defeat of the Blairite loyalist Oona...
	election.scotsman.com (396 words)

	European Parliament Elections 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Winnie Ewing went on to become the Mother of the Scottish Parliament in 1999 and as acting Presiding Officer uttered the memorable words 'The Scottish Parliament, adjourned on the 25 th day of March in the year 1707, is hereby reconvened'.
		The competition for the seven seats seems guaranteed to be intense with the Greens and Scottish Socialist Party, who won seven and six seats in the 2003 Scottish parliament elections with 6.7 % and 6.9 % of the regional vote respectively, also hoping for a share of the European cake for the first time.
		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..
	www.alba.org.uk /euro04/euro04cand.html (2618 words)

	Scottish Parliament & Local Elections 2003
		I believe in independence, I believe independence is the only way in which our parliament will have the power to deliver a prosperous economy, to get people out of poverty, to guarantee we have a safe and secure environment, and that we have a place for Scotland in the world.
		Swinney argued his party fought an election campaign that had won praise from commentators but voters had not yet been ready to view it as a party of government.
		We have to deliver Scottish independence from a position of strength - which is in government, in office." He also said the party had to strengthen its political organization on the ground, and to "rejuvenate" itself at local level.
	www.simplyscottish.com /scotlandsfuture/election2003.htm (627 words)

	The Electoral Commission : Elections : Official reports : Scottish elections 2003
		Consistent with our responsibilities to promote public awareness and modernise elections, our report on these most recent Scottish Parliament elections does not just cover administrative issues. We also examine how the campaigns were conducted, how the media covered the elections, and the views of the electorate in the lead up to polling day and afterwards.
		In 2003, elections to the Parliament were for the first time combined with elections to Scotland's 32 local authorities. Although we have no duty to report on the local government elections, we have done so in this report at the request of the Scottish Executive.
		In conjunction with the Scottish Executive we commissioned ICM to investigate the attitudes of Scottish electors to the Scottish Parliament and local government elections on 1 May 2003. This report presents the findings of a series of eight focus groups.
	www.electoralcommission.gov.uk /elections/Scotland2003report.cfm/text (466 words)

	SSP News
		This week the Scottish Socialist Party launched its campaign for the 2003 Scottish Parliament elections, with the fight to scrap the cruelly unfair Council Tax at the heart of its manifesto.
		Jack is the First Minister of the Scottish Parliament with a salary of £118,000 a year.
		The Scottish Service Tax would be set at a uniform rate across Scotland, with the revenues allocated to local councils on the basis of need.
	www.scottishsocialistparty.org /servicetax/sstvoice.html (1611 words)

	Election 2003: Fully Inclusive?
		The web sites of the main political parties standing in the 2003 Scottish Parliament elections were assessed for their accessibility to disabled web users.
		The Scottish Liberal Democrats provided a site that did in theory meet many accessibility guidelines, but the layout of information was such that many disabled users would find location of the Manifesto and other information extremely difficult - access to the Manifesto required nearly 30 key presses.
		While the Scottish Conservative Manifesto was significantly easier to access, their site failed basic accessibility guidelines by omitting to provide text alternatives to many graphics, making understanding potentially very difficult for blind visitors.
	www.dmag.org.uk /election (505 words)

	Scottish Socialists set their sights on new targets (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		In Parliament the SSP followed through the success around the abolition of Warrant Sales by presenting bills – which have been rejected – to replace Council and Water Taxes with income based taxes, to call for Trident to be scrapped and to reintroduce free school meals.
		The Scottish Parliament and MSPs are the focus of public and media attention in Scotland and thus the elections in 2003 are extremely important.
		The women’s network proposed a way of achieving this: to have elections for a male and a female list in each region with the National Council deciding in advance which regions would be topped by men and which by women.
	www.labournet.org.uk /so/52ssp.htm (892 words)

	FT.com - Special Reports / UK Election 2001
		The Scottish National party made the defence of public spending levels in Scotland the keystone of its campaign at its manifesto launch on Friday, claiming Labour attempts to cut Scotland's share of UK spending would prove a "battleground issue" in the coming parliament.
		However, with the party's eyes clearly on the 2003 Scottish parliament elections already, the manifesto contained a raft of policies relating to Scotland's devolved powers, pledging more spending on health and education, and more nurses, doctors and police.
		The manifesto retains the party's pledge to rid Scotland of Trident nuclear weapons, and a heavily qualified commitment to Scottish membership of the single currency "when the economic conditions are correct" under an "acceptable" exchange rate and subject to approval in a referendum.
	specials.ft.com /ukelection2001/FT3ZCP20WMC.html (444 words)

	politics
		Probably their easiest election to win after going into the election already 20 points clear in the opinion polls.
		Scottish Leader Charles Kennedy fought a good election campaign and had greater appeal than his aloof predecessor Paddy Ashdown.
		SSP is now better placed to fight Scottish Parliament elections with more chance of electoral success through proportional representation voting system.
	scottishfreedom.net /electwestminstercom2001.html (509 words)

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		Disabled students The Scottish Executive should extend the lead-in time for payment of Disabled Students Allowance both so that a specialist assessment of the needs of a disabled student can take place prior to the course starting, and necessary support, accessible texts and equipment can be in place from the first day of the course.
		Information The Scottish Parliament should review the implementation of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act to ensure that blind and partially sighted people are able to enjoy the same right of access to information as sighted citizens.
		Call to Action: The Scottish Executive should take a strategic grasp of the whole cycle of care for blind and partially sighted people in Scotland and to make available the resources and structures that will start to meet the needs of all those whose failing sight is adversely affecting their quality of life.
	www.rnib.org.uk /xpedio/groups/public/documents/publicwebsite/public_pomb1.doc (4160 words)

	SSP News : News from the Scottish Socialist Party
		Mr McCombes argues the most obvious vehicle is a convention based on the Scottish constitutional convention of the 1990s which heralded devolution.
		It argues one reason the SNP suffered in the elections was a shift by voters away from the "grey mainstream" towards more anti-establishment forces.
		Scottish Socialist Party MP Rosie Kane said: “The imprisonment of the Ikolo family is staggering.
	www.scottishsocialistparty.info /archive/2003_08_24_newsarchive.html (2086 words)

	Scotland's Two Parliaments - John MacDougall - Labour MP for Central Fife
		In the case of the Canadian Parliament in Ottowa, once called 'Westminster in the Wilderness', the influence is architectural as well as institutional.
		The MSP for the Central Fife Scottish Parliament constituency is Christine May MSP.
		At present the Scottish Executive is a coalition between Labour and the the Liberal Democrats.
	www.johnmacdougall.labour.co.uk /ViewPage.cfm?Page=5877 (336 words)

	Fiona Hyslop MSP Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Fiona was responsible for the manifesto for the Westminster election in 2001 and for producing the manifesto for the Holyrood election.
		During the sitting of the Scottish Parliament (1999-2003) she was the Party's Shadow minister for Social Justice and from 2001 to June 2003, Shadow Minister for Parliament.
		She stood for the 2003 Scottish Parliament elections as the candidate for Linlithgow Constituency.
	www.fhyslop.fsnet.co.uk /FJHBiog.htm (266 words)

	Scottish Labour - On your side
		I have always believed in the power of a Scottish Parliament to make a difference.
		Scottish Labour will invest in the improvements needed in our schools and hospitals.
		Because Scottish Labour is on the side of the parent.
	www.scottishlabour.org.uk /manifestolaunch (1956 words)

	Socialism Today - Scottish parliament
		This was the quip by Scottish National Party (SNP) MSP, Margo McDonald, in an effort to dismiss polls which found that 99% of people in Scotland were opposed to the recent MSP pay rise.
		There is seething anger at the fat-cat increase — £100 a week to £48,000 a year — when nurses were being told £7 a week was all that could be afforded for them, when one-in-three children live in poverty, and 750,000 households in Scotland cannot afford to adequately heat their homes.
		This is linked to the failure of the devolved parliament to deliver reforms in any of the key public services that it is responsible for.
	www.socialismtoday.org /65/Scotland.html (1264 words)

	The Scotsman - Politics - Rising star of SNP stole £240 from a video shop
		Capre Ross-Williams, 28, was the party’s youngest candidate at the Scottish Parliament elections in 2003.
		But, with dreams of her own political career, she returned north to work in the Scottish Parliament and was selected as the SNP’s candidate for the North East Fife constituency in 2003.
		A party spokesman confirmed that Ross-Williams was its youngest candidate at the 2003 Scottish Parliament elections, but added: "She is no longer on the list of candidates.
	thescotsman.scotsman.com /politics.cfm?id=123372005 (717 words)

	Electoral Systems: 30 Jun 2003: House of Commons debates (TheyWorkForYou.com)
		The Electoral Commission commented briefly on public comprehension of the voting system for the National Assembly for Wales and the Scottish Parliament in research reports published in December 2002.
		The issue is also addressed in the ICM research report on the May 2003 Scottish Parliament elections, published by the commission earlier this month.
		The commission's statutory reports on the 2003 elections in Scotland and Wales will again make use of public opinion research to measure voter comprehension of electoral systems.
	www.theyworkforyou.com /debates?id=2003-06-30.20.3 (301 words)

	BMA - priorities for health - scottish parliament elections 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		We believe the Parliament can be the catalyst for driving forward improvements in our health service to create genuine Scottish solutions for long standing Scottish problems.
		The BMA recognises that the NHS will only survive with change and is keen to work with the Scottish Executive and the Scottish Parliament to bring about positive and meaningful improvements for patients in Scotland.
		Scottish hospitals have relied for too long on doctors in training to deliver care to patients.
	bma.org.uk /ap.nsf/Content/prioritiesforhealth?OpenDocument&... (4946 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Politics - Labour fears low voter turnout may let SNP in at by-elections (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		LABOUR leaders are hoping to see off a strong challenge by the Scottish National Party and secure victory today in two Scottish by-elections - the biggest test of public opinion in Britain since the General Election.
		Labour is the defending party in both seats, with a 13,000 majority recorded in the General Election earlier this year in Livingston and a 5,000 from the 2003 Scottish Parliament elections in Cathcart.
		The Cathcart by-election was caused by the resignation of Lord Watson of Invergowrie, the sitting MSP, after he was convicted of wilful fireraising earlier this month, while Livingston lost its MP with the sudden death of Robin Cook, the former foreign secretary, over the summer.
	news.scotsman.com /politics.cfm?id=2009812005 (693 words)

	Oct 01 - News - Alcohol advertising in Labour's sights (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The issue was raised at Scottish Labour’s policy forum, which is developing the party’s manifesto for the 2003 Scottish parliament elections.
		Labour’s draft policy papers reveal that the war against abuse of alcohol will be a centrepiece of its manifesto for the 2003 elections.
		This is not just an issue for crime policy, but is rooted in our culture and attitudes: Scottish society has to examine the way that we use and misuse alcohol’.
	www.evangelical-times.org /ETNews/Oct01/oct01n17.htm (234 words)

	BBC News \| SCOTLAND \| Scottish Labour gearing up for 2003
		Labour activists at the party conference have been told they must start working for the 2003 Scottish Parliament elections.
		Both First Minister Henry McLeish and Scottish Secretary Helen Liddell have urged the party faithful from Scotland to look to the approaching Holyrood election.
		Activists were warned that although they have just fought one election they must now begin campaigning for another one.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/scotland/1572209.stm (424 words)

	Our Campaigns
		The campaign is extremely pleased that almost all of our challenges to the political parties made before the May 2003 Scottish Parliament elections are now commitments in the new government coalition partnership agreement.
		This is a great success for you if you are one of the thousands of Scottish supporters of environmental action who took part in the campaign.
		In the run up to the election in May 2003 we wanted all political parties and potential MSPs to make a commitment to the environment.
	www.everyonecan.org /mustdoit.html (923 words)

	T H E U N I V E R S I T Y
		XE "Denver, D. The 2003 Scottish Parliament elections: messages for unpopular parties.
		Theorien der Internationalen Beziehungen: eine Einführung, Opladen, Leske and Budrich, 2003, 337-62.
		War and the media: in Thussu, D. and Freedman, D. (eds.), The media, the ‘war on terrorism’ and the circulation of non-knowledge, London, Sage Publications, 2003, 190-9.
	www.lancs.ac.uk /users/acadreg/pubs/03poli.htm (844 words)

	The World Factbook 2004 -- United Kingdom
		The Scottish Parliament, the National Assembly for Wales, and the Northern Ireland Assembly were established in 1999, but the latter is suspended due to bickering over the peace process.
		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
		The war in March-April 2003 between a US-led coalition and Iraq, together with the subsequent problems of restoring the economy and the polity, involve a heavy commitment of British military forces.
	www.brainyatlas.com /geos/uk.html (1693 words)

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