Lib Dems Gaining on Labour

Labour chiefs have admitted that Liberal Democrat candidate Charles Dundas is gaining ground on Tony Blair's candidate.

Labour's Deputy Council leader, William Dunn had said the contest to be Livingston's new MP is between Labour and the Liberal Democrats.

At the General Election last May, Lib Dem Charles Dundas increased the local vote substantially.

Charles' determination to protect the local St. John's hospital as well as his campaign for better pensions and to scrap the unfair council tax has struck a chord with local voters in West Lothian. He is now the only serious challenger to Labour.

Charles said:

"Having been brought up and educated locally, it would be an honour to serve this part of West Lothian in Parliament."

The local by election is now a two horse race between the Liberal Democrats and Labour.

The SNP is facing by-election disaster. At the General Election, the SNP scored their worst result in Livingston for 18 years.

Many people are now seeing through the SNP's claim that they are the challengers to Labour. They have made similar claims in the past only to face a fall in their local vote.

The Nationalists now seem more interested in winning another by-election over in Glasgow.

Livingston Lib Dems