The Scottish National Party has selected their longest serving Glasgow councillor, John Mason, to try to overturn Labour's 13,507 majority in the forthcoming byelection in the east of the city. Mason, 51, is an accountant who has lived in the East End of Glasgow for almost 20 years. He was first elected to the city council in a 1998 byelection. He became leader of the party's group on the Labour-led city council the following year – a role he continues to hold. Labour had hoped that the SNP would select a candidate from outside the area, but Mason has sterling local credentials and represents the Baillieston ward within the Glasgow East constituency. As leader of the opposition, he heads a 22-strong SNP group. The ruling Labour group has 45 councillors. The main thrust of Mason's campaign is that Labour's domination of the...
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