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  UK Parliament - Glenrothes By-election
RACE DETAILS
Parents > United Kingdom > Scotland > Scotland > Glenrothes
OfficeParliament
Type Special Election
Filing Deadline 00, 0000 - 12:00pm
Polls Open November 06, 2008 - 06:00am
Polls Close November 06, 2008 - 05:00pm
Term Start November 07, 2008 - 07:00pm
Term End May 17, 2010 - 12:00pm
Turnout 114.43% Registered
ContributorRalphie
Last ModifiedNew Jerusalem November 06, 2008 05:52pm
Data Sources
Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyLabour Won05/05/2005
NameJohn MacDougall Votes19,395 (51.91%)
Term05/05/2005 - 08/13/2008 Margin10,664 (+28.54%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyLabour Won05/06/2010
NameLindsay Roy Votes25,254 (62.34%)
Term05/17/2010 - 05/17/2015 Margin16,455 (+40.62%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
MAP
KEY RACE? 0.0000000000 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Leaning Graph
08/26/2008 11/06/2008
CandidateSlightLeanStrongSafe
Peter Grant 3 ------
Leaning Call: Peter Grant (100.00%)
Weighted Call: Peter Grant (100.00%)
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH
Poll Graph
09/17/2008 09/17/2008

CANDIDATES
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Name Lindsay Roy Council Leader Peter Grant Maurice Golden Harry Wills Jim Parker Morag Balfour Kris Seunarine
PartyLabour Scottish National Conservative Liberal Democrat Senior Citizens Scottish Socialist UK Independence
Website [Website]
Certified Votes (0.00% in)19,946 (55.11%) 13,209 (36.49%) 1,381 (3.82%) 947 (2.62%) 296 (0.82%) 212 (0.59%) 117 (0.32%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -6,737 (-18.61%) -18,565 (-51.29%) -18,999 (-52.49%) -19,650 (-54.29%) -19,734 (-54.52%) -19,829 (-54.78%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Cash On Hand $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $--
MATCHUP POLLS (1 from 1 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg38.69%-- 43.88%-- 4.41%-- 4.99%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%--
ICM Research 
09/17/08-09/17/08		 43.00% -- 43.00% -- 5.00% -- 8.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
LAB Gordon Brown
LAB New Jerusalem
SNP Alex Salmond
RC Zeus the Moose
MORE CANDIDATES
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Name Louise McLeary  
PartySolidarity - Scotland's Socialist Movement  
Website  
Certified Votes (0.00% in)87 (0.24%)  
Margin-19,859 (-54.87%)  
Predict Avg.0.00%  
Cash On Hand $--  
MATCHUP POLLS (1 from 1 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg0.00%--  
ICM Research 
09/17/08-09/17/08		 0.00% --
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
  

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NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Aug 19, 2008 01:00pm Announcement Former Scottish first minister will not stand in Glenrothes byelection  Article Ralphie 
Aug 17, 2008 05:00pm Perspective Labour resigned to defeat in Glenrothes  Article Ralphie 

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