Voters give early lead to Labour in Glasgow

Friday 4 May 2012

Voters give early lead to Labour in Glasgow

LABOUR have taken the lead in the early stages of the Glasgow City Council election count today.

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With just four of the 21 wards declared Labour leads the SNP with seven seats to five, with the LibDems and Conservatives retaining one seat each so far.

Former Labour MSP Bill Butler won a seat in Greater Pollok, where both Labour and the SNP won two seats each.

Margot Clark kept her seat for the LibDems in Linn, bucking the UK trend after a disastrous night in England for her party

David Meikle the city's only Conservative councillor, kept his seat in Pollokshields while Labour and the SNP won one seat each.

But in the first ward to be declared in the city, two of the three councillors elected were Labour.

Both Stephen Curran and Emma Gillan were elected to represent the Newlands-Auldburn ward, along with Josephine Docherty from the SNP.

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