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Labour announces candidate for Oban North and Lorn by-election
In the wake of Neil MacIntyre taking the Oban South and the Isles seat in Argyll and Bute Council for Scottish Labour in today’s by-election, Labour has named the candidate who will stand to represent...
View ArticleNew councillor, Neil MacIntyre, clarifies position he will adopt at council
Readers have been wondering aloud whether newly elected Labour councillor for Oban South and the Isles, Neil MacIntyre, would:ally himself to any existing group in the chamber,or act independently,...
View ArticleMacGregor to stand in Oban North and Lorn by-election
Oban businessman, John McGregor, is to stand as an independent candidate in the forthcoming by-election for Argyll and Bute Council’s Ward 5 – Oban North and Lorn, which follows the resignation of...
View ArticleGerry FISHER to represent the SNP in Oban North and Lorn by election
The candidate selected to represent the SNP in the Oban North and Lorn by-election on 17th July is Gerry FISHER, a long time party member from the area.Mr Fisher replaces the candidate selected...
View ArticleSNP in serious split in Oban North & Lorn by election
First of all, there are five candidates nominated for the Oban North and Lorn by-election on 17th July 2014, for one vacant place on Argyll and Bute Council. They are, in alphabetical order:Gerry...
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Murphy’s Irn Bru tour for the Union
A couple of Irn Bru crates to stand on [sometimes]. A mic [occasionally]. ‘Yes’ hecklers [always]. Humour and hard facts [a constant]. And the potential spoiler to end all spoilers – Oban’s seagull...
View ArticleFor Argyll challenge to Oban North and Lorn by election candidates
[Updates on acceptances below.] There are five candidates in the Oban North and Lorn [Ward 5] by-election for Argyll and Bute Council – which takes place next week on Thursday 17th July.In the Oban...
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Oban FM interview tonight with all Ward 5 by-election candidates
Oban FM are transmitting at 22.00 tonight, Saturday 12th July, an interview by Campbell Cameron with all five candidates for the Oban North and Lorn [Ward 5] by election for a seat on Argyll and Bute...
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Kieron Green on Oban North and Lorn
During this election I have been campaigning from Kilmelford to Bridge of Orchy, from Appin to Eredine, on Lismore, Seil, Luing and Easdale as well as in Oban itself.From listening to hundreds of...
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The For Argyll Ward 5 Challenge
For Argyll invited all five candidates standing in the Oban, North and Lorn [Ward 5] by-election on 17th July to: ‘propose a single addition to the constituency which YOU personally feel would be...
View ArticleScottish Labour leader in Oban on Tuesday
Scottish Labour leader, Johann Lamont is to visit Oban on Tuesday 15th July and will be visiting the Scottish Marine Institute at SAMS in Dunbeg, along with her party’s candidate in the Ward 5...
View ArticleMacGregor takes Ward 5 by-election to Argyll and Bute Council
John MacGregor, the Independent candidate for Oban North and Lorn, will rightly be celebrating his win. Celebrating too will be Scottish Labour, whose candidate, Kieron Green, came a close...
View ArticleVoting and political analysis of Ward 5 by-election results
At the end of a hard fought vote in this ward between the winning Independent, John MacGregor and the second placed candidate, Labour’s Kieron Green, Mr Green lost the by-election for Oban North and...
View ArticleScottish National Party selects candidate for by-election in Oban North and Lorn
With candidates already selected by the Conservative and Labour parties for the by-election in Ward 5, Oban North and Lorn, the Scottish National Party [SNP] has now made its selection.Iain S MacLean...
View ArticleFor Argyll challenge to candidates for Thursday’s Oban North & Lorn by-election
[Updated] The three party-based candidates for this Thursday’s [23rd October 2014] by-election for Ward 5, Oban North and Lorn, of Argyll and Bute Council, have one thing in common.They have all...
View ArticleWard 5 by election candidates’ responses to For Argyll’s two questions
Question 1‘You have recently lost an election in this and/or the adjoining Oban South ward. What did you learn from that experience that you have used to develop your campaign for this election?’Kieron...
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Oban North and Lorn by-election count under way: indications, analyses, result
[Updated 12.00 below] The count for the Oban North and Lorn by-election result for the vacant seat in Ward 5 of Argyll and Bute Council, is under way.Indications are that the SNP candiddate Iain S...
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