Steve Cardownie

Steve Cardownie is a Scottish National Party politician and a councillor on City of Edinburgh Council for the Forth ward.

Steve was first elected as a Scottish Labour Party councillor in 1988 having joined the party in 1983.[1] He held a number of positions within the party in Edinburgh including Group Secretary, Whip and Deputy Lord Provost. He was also involved in the trade union movement serving on the national executive of the CPSA.[2] In late October 2005 he resigned from the Labour Party and joined the SNP. He said he had come to the conclusion that independence was in Scotland's interests and that Tony Blair's policies no longer represented the Labour Party he had joined.[2]

He would be the sole SNP councillor on City of Edinburgh Council until the Scottish local elections, 2007. He was elected in the Forth ward under the new proportional representation system topping the poll with 2,472 first preferences and exceeding the quota. After the elections the Scottish Liberal Democrats formed a coalition with the SNP to run the Council and Cardownie became Deputy Leader.[3] He was re-selected as a candidate for the Scottish local elections, 2012 again in the Forth ward this time with a running-mate. He polled 1,377 first preferences and took the third seat in the ward exceeding the quota.

After the elections he was re-elected Leader of an enlarged SNP group and he again became Deputy Leader of the City of Edinburgh Council as the Scottish Labour Party and the SNP formed a grand-coalition after the election.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "bbcscotland". bbcscotland. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Steve Cardownie". Cardownie Scotsman Blog. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
  3. ↑ "libdemvoice". libdemvoice. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
  4. ↑ "stv.tv". stv.tv. Retrieved 22 October 2012.

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