Small earthquake in Glasgow, not many vote red ...

One of the 25 safest Labour seats in Britain narrowly returned an SNP member of parliament last night. If Labour cannot hold Glasgow East there is not a seat in the country they can take for granted.

The excellent Conservative candidate improved our position from fourth to third place and held her deposit. The Lib Dems dropped from third to fourth and didn't
hold theirs.

This is an even worse result for Labour than Crewe and Nantwich. It is an excellent result for the nationalists and a reasonable one for the Conservatives.

I remain absolutely convinced that the Conservatives must campaign on the basis of fair and equal treatment for all parts of the UK. However, this result emphasises that we must be careful not to allow this to be misrepresented as anti-Scottish if we do not wish to jeopardise the union.

Full results:

JOHN MASON, SCOTTISH NATIONAL PARTY 11277 43.08%
MARGARET CURRAN, SCOTTISH LABOUR PARTY 10912 41.69%
DAVENA RANKIN, SCOTTISH CONSERVATIVES 1639 6.26%
IAN ROBERTSON, SCOTTISH LIBERAL DEMOCRATS 915 3.50%
FRANCES CURRAN, SCOTTISH SOCIALIST PARTY 555 2.12%
TRICIA McLEISH, SOLIDARITY 512 1.96%
DR EILEEN DUKE, SCOTTISH GREEN PARTY 232 0.89%
CHRIS CREIGHTON, INDEPENDENT 67 0.26%
HAMISH HOWITT, FREEDOM 4 CHOICE 65 0.25%

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