2008 Glasgow East by-election

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/2008_Glasgow_East_by-election
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:politics
gptkbp:Conservative_Party_candidate gptkb:Davena_Rankin
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:date 24 July 2008
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:2010_United_Kingdom_general_election
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 2008 Glasgow East by-election
gptkbp:Labour_Party_candidate gptkb:Margaret_Curran
gptkbp:Liberal_Democrat_candidate gptkb:Ian_Robertson
gptkbp:location gptkb:Glasgow_East
gptkbp:notable_for Labour losing a safe seat to SNP
gptkbp:parliamentaryConstituency gptkb:Glasgow_East
gptkbp:party 365
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:2005_United_Kingdom_general_election
gptkbp:previousMP gptkb:David_Marshall
gptkbp:reason_for_by-election resignation of David Marshall
gptkbp:stateElectorate 70,518
gptkbp:voterTurnout 42.1%
gptkbp:winner gptkb:John_Mason
gptkbp:won gptkb:Scottish_National_Party
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Glasgow_East
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6