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Saturday, May 03, 2003
Glasgow Council Results The big surprise was the dramatic increase in support for Tommy Sheridan's Scottish Socialist Party. The extra votes still returned only one SSP councillor, but the party came second in 19 seats, forcing the SNP into third place. Keith Baldassara managed to hold Pollok for the SSP by just 30 votes after a recount. The seat was previously held by Mr Sheridan, who quit the council to concentrate on Holyrood.
Mr Baldassara said: "Labour said I was a paper candidate and the SSP would be incapable of holding a seat in Glasgow unless Tommy was standing. We proved them wrong." Mr Sheridan, who was at the council count when he heard the SSP had won a sixth Scottish Parliament list seat, said: "It has been a tremendous result for the SSP in Glasgow and in every part of Scotland. "To return this council seat here is the icing on the cake. Keith Baldassara will be a tremendous councillor for the people of Pollok." Glasgow Evening Times
