The Glasgow North East by-election forced by the resignation of the former Commons speaker is to take place on 12 November.

THE SNP apologised to police after a picture of two officers was put on a leaflet distributed as part of the party's Glasgow East by-election campaign, it was reported las

Labour nerves are apparent on the eve of the Glasgow East by-election. A member of the cabinet tells me "it should be ok", before going on to explain the various scenarios in which it might not. Labour are not oozing confidence in Glasgow East The SNP candidate has a formidable local record - he piled up around 7,000 votes in his council seat - and the Nats have flooded the place with resources.An...

THE Glasgow North East by-election will take place on 12 November, a Labour Party spokesman confirmed today.

Has Glasgow East influenced the postponed 2p increase in fuel duty, as David Cameron implied today? I doubt it, for a depressing reason. The place is so poor that most households in that constituency – 59% to be precise – simply don't have access to a car (let alone own one). For the record, here are the car ownership figures for some of the estates in Glasgow East (from the 2001 censu...

There's been a lot said about the deprivation and the poverty holding back the constituency of Glasgow East. Am I reading about the same place - 40% of families are seemingly so well-off that they don't work, 60% are so environmentally conscious that they don't have cars, the area is startlingly white and it is also home to one of the richest football clubs in Europe.It's little wonder that in thi...

William Hill are giving odds of 33/1 for the Conservatives to win the Glasgow East By-Election. I think those are very generous odds and William Hill may regret them. I think there a chance (though very slim) that the Tories could take Glasgow East.However, I think that there is a very good chance of the Tories coming second to the SNP. A recent poll as put the SNP in front of Labour and the Conse...

The poll from The Daily Telegraph shows Labour holding the seat with the Liberal Democrats in third place, but importantly ahead of the Tories. This has been an interesting campaign and one where there has been such immense media interest. There are four TV appearances for our candidate Ian Robertson, with the first having taken place as

A careless Labour party official has mislaid a 'lines to take' document intended for government ministers, following the Glasgow East by-election humiliation.As luck would have it, it's fallen into my hands. It was clearly written before the result was declared.It begins..... (Glasgow Win) Glasgow East was a good result, but that doesn't mean we are complacent........(Glasgow other) this is clearl...

Does Geoff Hoon (left) know what he is doing? A new matter arises following the fiasco of his letter to Keith Vaz - never mind his earlier role as Minister of Defence during the invasion of Iraq.As explained here, why will Glasgow East be without an MP for over 10 weeks after its bye-election? It is now confirmed that the vote will take place on 24 July, following the issuing of the parliamentary ...