SNP selects Alasdair Allan again
to fight seat

SNP selects Alasdair Allan again to fight seat

SNP members in the Western Isles have selected sitting MSP Alasdair Allan to be their candidate at the Holyrood elections in May 2011, and have made clear they intend to fight a positive campaign to win in the islands again next year.

Although it was open to any SNP member in the country to seek nomination in the islands, only one person did so, Alasdair Allan. At a meeting in Rodel, Harris on Saturday 24 July, members of Na h-Eileanan an Iar SNP then voted unanimously to ask Dr Allan to fight the seat again next year.

Convener of Na h-Eileanan an Iar SNP Constituency Association, Cathy MacInnes said: ‘Na h-Eileanan an Iar Constituency SNP are delighted that Alasdair Allan has been selected to represent the party in the forthcoming Scottish Election. Alasdair has worked tirelessly for the constituency since his election in 2007 and has ensured the Western Isles are considered in all decisions of the Scottish Parliament.’

 Alasdair Allan MSP added: ‘It has been an enormous privilege to represent the Western Isles since 2007, and it is a job I take seriously. I am very grateful for the support which the SNP in the Western Isles have demonstrated by asking me to be their candidate again next year.

I believe the SNP Government has a record it can be proud of, both nationally and in the islands. Only the SNP can ultimately stand for Scotland’s interests, because only the SNP is answerable to Scotland alone. And only the SNP wants people in Scotland to have real power of their own affairs.

I look forward to fighting the seat again, and am determined to win again the trust which people in the islands have been kind enough to show me in the past.’