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Jackson Carlaw is rumoured to want the Presiding Officer position.
This power will become increasingly important during the coming new parliamentary term as with a majority of pro-independence MSPs and with Nicola Sturgeon already declaring that any decision to hold a second independence referendum lies with the Scottish Parliament – challenging Boris Johnson to take her government to court to prove otherwise – the decision on whether the parliament can vote on any Bill which aims to hold such a constitutional vote will lie with the PO.
And while the role is impartial – the MSP elected to it has to give up their party membership – on such a matter of significance as indyref2, parties on all sides will be determined to ensure they get the Presiding Officer they want.
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The seat of Galloway and West Dumfries has been in Conservative hands since it was created for the 2011 election
Winner in 2016: Finlay Carson (Conservative) THERE can’t have been many greater frustrations for the SNP in recent years than the continued Tory dominance at constituency level of the most south-westerly part of Scotland. The seat of Galloway and West Dumfries has been in Conservative hands since it was created for the 2011 election, and the predecessor seat of Galloway and Upper Nithsdale was Tory for the last eight years of its existence after Alex Fergusson unexpectedly gained it from the SNP in 2003 – although he technically gave up his party affiliation during four years as presiding officer.
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