Bad Omen
While Gordon Brown has been over in Davos, rubbing shoulders with the great and good, the BBC reports that the SNP has been running amok, politically speaking, in his own backyard.
Not a good omen if you ask me, particularly as the previous incumbent was also an SNP councillor who resigned his position under something of a cloud in that he claimed, rather brazenly, to be representing his local constituents effectively while living in Austria.
SNP's Marie Penman wins Fife council by-election
Marie Penman (centre) won the Kirkcaldy East council by-election.
An SNP candidate has won a council by-election in Fife.
Marie Penman won the seat in Kirkcaldy East by 372 votes. Labour were second and the Conservatives a distant third.
The council seat is within former Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown's Westminster constituency.
Ms Penman said: "It is a huge privilege to be elected as the SNP councillor for Kirkcaldy East ward. I am delighted at the overwhelming support of the communities here."
She added: "I pledge to repay their trust by working hard for this area over the coming months and years.
"There are a number of significant challenges facing the communities here and residents can rest assured that I will give nothing less than my absolute best in pursuit of a better future for this area."
The by-election was called following the resignation of former SNP councillor Arthur Morrison, after newspapers revealed he received his £16,000 salary while living in Austria.
At the council elections in 2012, Mr Morrison finished third in the multi-member ward behind Labour councillors Lawrence Brown and Kay Carrington.
Councillor Douglas Chapman, the SNP representative for Rosyth, said: "This SNP victory in Gordon Brown's backyard will chill Labour to the core across Scotland."
Marie Penman won the seat in Kirkcaldy East by 372 votes. Labour were second and the Conservatives a distant third.
The council seat is within former Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown's Westminster constituency.
Ms Penman said: "It is a huge privilege to be elected as the SNP councillor for Kirkcaldy East ward. I am delighted at the overwhelming support of the communities here."
She added: "I pledge to repay their trust by working hard for this area over the coming months and years.
"There are a number of significant challenges facing the communities here and residents can rest assured that I will give nothing less than my absolute best in pursuit of a better future for this area."
The by-election was called following the resignation of former SNP councillor Arthur Morrison, after newspapers revealed he received his £16,000 salary while living in Austria.
At the council elections in 2012, Mr Morrison finished third in the multi-member ward behind Labour councillors Lawrence Brown and Kay Carrington.
Councillor Douglas Chapman, the SNP representative for Rosyth, said: "This SNP victory in Gordon Brown's backyard will chill Labour to the core across Scotland."
