And We're Off!

After several weeks of anticipation, and five months after the Speaker of the House of Commons Michael Martin stood down as it's MP, the date for the Glasgow North-East by-election has now been set.

Polling day will be Thursday 12th November. Pundits are widely predicting a two-horse race between Labour's Willie Bain and the SNP's David Kerr, but there is a wide range of candidates for voters to choose from. These include Eileen Baxendale for the Lib Dems, Ruth Davidson for the Conservatives, David Doherty for the Greens and wait for it, Glasgow airport attack hero John Smeaton standing as an independent.

As in previous by-elections, the SFHA will be campaigning to highlight the importance of affordable housing in the constituency. We are hosting a public hustings event on housing, with the main candidates taking your questions on Wednesday 4th November from 7pm. It take splace at Galasgow North regeneraiton Agency, 179 Ayr Road, Springburn. Watch this space for more on the campaign!