This is the last full week of campaigning for the 2010 General Election and the candidates are accelerating the pace of their efforts to meet the voters. Here is where you can expect to see, meet and talk to them over the coming week – in alphabetical order:
Labour candidate, David Graham’s schedule:
- Monday 26th April: Dunoon. The Buteman Hustings in Rothesay Pavilion at 7.30pm
- Tuesday 27th April: Rothesay – all Day (Stirling v Cowdenbeath at night in Cowdenbeath.)
- Wednesday 28th April: Campbeltown and Tarbert
- Thursday 29th April: Ardrishaig, Lochgilphead, Inveraray and Cowal
- Friday 30th April: Helensburgh and Cardross during the day and Rothesay at night
- Saturday 1st May: Rest Day OFF (Hoping to go to Brechin to see Stirling Albion win the 2nd Division)
- Sunday 2nd May: Helensburgh – after the May Day parade in Glasgow
SNP candidate, Mike Mackenzie’s schedule:
- Monday 26th April: Bute, with The Buteman Hustings at 7.30pm
- Tuesday 27th April: Bute
- Wednesday 28th April: Oban
- Thursday 29th April: Islay
- Friday 30th April: Islay
- Saturday 1st May: Campbeltown
- Monday 3rd May: Oban FM Hustings, 7.30pm, Argyllshire Gathering Halls
Scottish Green candidate, Elaine Morrison’s schedule:
- Monday 26th April: The Buteman Hustings 7.30pm Rothesay Pavilion
- Tuesday 27th April: Rothesay (morning); Cowal (afternoon)
- Wednesday 28th April: Gigha
- Friday 30th April: Dunoon (afternoon)
- Saturday 1st May: Lochgilphead (morning); Campbeltown (afternoon)
Also Skype-In sessions on:
- Tuesday 4th May from 7pm – 8pm for First Time Voters
- Wednesday 5th May 7pm – 8pm for Remote and Island Communities
Conservative candidate, Gary Mulvaney’s schedule
- Monday 26th April: Helensburgh, then at the Buteman Hustings at 7.30pm in Rothesay Pavilion
- Tuesday 27th April: North Lorn – 10am Dalmally, Lochawe, Taynuilt, Connel, Oban Main Streets, Supermarkets.
- Wednesday 28th April: Dunoon & Cowal
- Thursday 29th April: 10am Benderloch. 11am Appin, Drumneil House, Lismore
- Friday 30th April: Mull – Salen, Tobermory, Dervaig, Salen then Craignure for ‘Meet Gary Mulvaney’ at Craignure Hotel
- Saturday 1st May: Helensburgh
Liberal Democrat candidate, Alan Reid’s schedule:
- Monday 26th April: Cowal, then over to Bute for The Buteman’s Hustings in the evening.
- Tuesday 27th April: Bute. Visit to hospital with Tavish Scott. Then meeting in Rothesay Pavilion where HIE will update on their efforts to find a solution to save the creamery jobs. Then back over to Cowal.
- Wednesday 28th April: Mull & Iona.
- Thursday 29th April: Islay & Jura.
- Friday 30th April: Campbeltown, Kintyre. (Gigha either this day or the following Wednesday.)
- Saturday 1st May: Garelochhead and Rosneath peninsula.
- Monday 3rd May: North Argyll & Slate islands followed by Oban Hustings in evening.
- Tuesday 4th May: Oban High School hustings – afternoon still to be decided – probably a whistle stop tour via Lochgilphead, Ardrishaig, Tarbert, Kames, Tighnabruaich and Dunoon.
- Wednesday 5th May: Campbeltown, Kintyre & Gigha (possibly – see note to Friday 3oth April above).
- Thursday 6th May: (Election day). Start in Campbeltown and visit as many polling stations as possible before ‘remembering to get to my own one in Kirn in time to vote’.
- Friday 7th May: The Count
Note: We will add Conservative candidate, Gary Mulvaney’s schedule for the week as soon as possible; and each candidate’s visits will be added individually to the Events Listings on the right hand side of this page by tonight.
Bute Hustings held last night was a good, interesting and well chaired meeting. All the candidates made some good points for which most were given small applause, especially John Black. It has to be noted that both the consevative and Lib dem candidates recieved no applause, if that is any indication of the mood of the audience. For me Mike Mackenzie came out ahead of Alan Reid.
What did stand out and was commented on after the meeting and today while doing street work, is that Gary Mulvaney left the Hushings at 9 o’clock to get the last ferry off the Island.
While he may of had a good resaon to leave early, the general feeling was this showed a lack of respect and interest in the views of the people of Bute and will have done some damage to his campaign here.
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Yes, Mark. I heard that too and at the cafe at Ettrick Bay this afternoon the story had taken legs that the Tory candidate had walked out of the debate. Oops!
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