SNP WIN LEAVES LABOUR-LED DUNDEE ADMINISTRATION WITHOUT MANDATE.

SNP WIN LEAVES LABOUR-LED DUNDEE ADMINISTRATION WITHOUT MANDATE.

HUMILIATION FOR PM BROWN AS "GREAT STATE" FALLS TO SNP.

Dundee West MSP, Joe Fitzpatrick, has said that the city’s Labour-led administration “are without mandate or credibility” following the Maryfield by-election where the SNP gained a seat from Labour, and called on the administration to step down.

The SNP win brings the number of SNP Councillors to 14, while the current Labour-led administration comprises 9 Labour and 2 LibDem councillors with the support of 3 Tories – 14 in total and now equal to the SNP group.

Newly elected councillor Craig Melville recorded 48% of the vote in a humiliating defeat for Labour only a week after their party conference was held in the city and Gordon Brown praised the failing Labour council in his speech.

Mr Fitzpatrick said:

“At every election Labour are being swept away in Dundee, and the current Labour-led council administration are now without mandate or credibility. Labour should show some self respect and stand down.

“We are now at a watershed for politics in Dundee. The city faces real challenges following the announcements at NCR and Texol, and the latest SNP win shows that local people want a council that will work hard to keep Dundee's economy moving and bring new hope for the city.

“Just a week after Gordon Brown came to Dundee and claimed the city was in a "great state" Labour is losing control of the city.

“After his futile boats at the Labour conference last week Gordon Brown has been left humiliated. Labour now faces the prospect of only being in control of one city in the whole of Scotland.

“The news is not much better for the Liberal Democrats either. As their conference meets in Perth, it is clear they are making no electoral progress at all.”