News https://www.glasgowconservatives.com/ en Sign our petition opposing a second referendum https://www.glasgowconservatives.com/news/sign-our-petition-opposing-second-referendum <p>The Glasgow Conservatives are urging Scots to respond to the SNP’s fresh independence drive by backing a petition opposing a second independence referendum.</p> <p>Scottish Conservative & Unionist Party leader Ruth Davidson urges people to “join me in making sure the SNP listens for once” – following polls showing a clear majority opposed to a second vote on independence.</p> Fri, 21 Oct 2016 12:49:43 +0000 5126 at https://www.glasgowconservatives.com Scottish Conservative vote up over 7% in Garscadden by-election https://www.glasgowconservatives.com/news/scottish-conservative-vote-over-7-garscadden-election <p>Scottish Conservative & Unionist Candidate Ary Jaff showed the Glasgow Conservative continue their upward rise with an increase in the vote of over 7% in the Garscadden/Scotstounhill by-election on the 6th October. </p> <p>Ary, who resides in the ward, got 10.2% of the vote up from 2.6% in the 2012 election. </p> <p>Commenting, Ary said, </p> Wed, 12 Oct 2016 16:11:57 +0000 5124 at https://www.glasgowconservatives.com Ary Jaff selected for Garscadden/Scotstounhill by-election https://www.glasgowconservatives.com/news/ary-jaff-selected-garscaddenscotstounhill-election <p>Ary Jaff has been selected as the Scottish Conservative & Unionist candidate for the Garscadden/Scotstounhill by-election on Thursday 6th October.  This by-election was brought about following the untimely death of Councillor John Kelly.</p> Sun, 04 Sep 2016 16:37:20 +0000 5109 at https://www.glasgowconservatives.com Glasgow elects two Conservative MSPs https://www.glasgowconservatives.com/news/glasgow-elects-two-conservative-msps <p>At the recent Scottish Parliament election, voters in the Glasgow Region elected two Conservative MSPs to Holyrood!</p><p>Therefore, we doubled the number of MSPs in the region, the number of votes for the Conservatives was 29,533 and the percentage vote was 11.9%, which is up 5.8% on the previous election in 2011. </p> Fri, 17 Jun 2016 11:14:34 +0000 212 at https://www.glasgowconservatives.com You're in! Conservative supporters asked to rank regional candidates https://www.glasgowconservatives.com/news/youre-conservative-supporters-asked-rank-regional-candidates <p style="color:#444444;font-size:13.6px;font-weight:bold;line-height:19.04px;background-color:#fefefe;">The Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party is about to ‘rank’ our candidates for the 2016 Scottish Parliament election. The higher up the list a candidate is ranked, the better their chance of being elected next year. </p> Fri, 02 Oct 2015 19:02:12 +0000 139 at https://www.glasgowconservatives.com Glasgow Candidates selected for Holyrood! https://www.glasgowconservatives.com/news/glasgow-candidates-selected-holyrood <p>The Glasgow Conservatives have selected their local candidates for the Holyrood elections. </p><p>The ranking process is ongoing at the moment for the Regional List however, the candidates who will contest the local constituencies are:</p><p>Anniesland - Adam Tomkins</p><p>Cathcart- Kyle Thornton</p><p>Kelvin - Sheila Mechan</p><p>Maryhill/Springburn - John Anderson</p><p>Pollok - Thomas Haddow</p><p>Provan - Annie Wells</p><p>Shettleston - Thomas Kerr</p><p>Southside - Graham Hutchison</p> Fri, 02 Oct 2015 18:55:07 +0000 138 at https://www.glasgowconservatives.com Glasgow Conservatives launch new website https://www.glasgowconservatives.com/news/glasgow-conservatives-launch-new-website <p>Thank you for your support at the last election. Because of you, David Cameron is the first Conservative Prime Minister in 13 years and the Government’s plans to build a strong economy and a big society are in full swing. Now, to help us communicate with you, we've launched this new local website.</p> Mon, 28 Sep 2015 07:21:31 +0000 15 at https://www.glasgowconservatives.com