Category: Events

The video of the 2024 Glasgow North East constituency general election hustings event held on Monday 24th June is now available for viewing.

The full list of nine candidates was invited. Six attended. We appreciate their participation in what we believe was a successful event, judging by the positive comments received from many of the attendees afterwards.

On that note, thanks also to residents who attended, collectively submitting the numerous suggestions for questions to be put to the panel of candidates. Inevitably we ended up with many more questions than could have been asked in one night. But we made our best effort at selecting a representative sample across a range of topics, intended to provide the audience with the best possible insight into the candidates standing for election.

Rounds of questions were asked on the following local, national, and international topics:

1. Local amenity funding.
2. Social security.
3. Gaza-Israel conflict.
4. Climate policy.
5. Education funding.
6. Trans rights.
7. The main ‘pain points’ of the area.

The first of those questions came from DCC. Questions in rounds 2-7 were taken from the many suggestions provided on the night by those attending.

The panel of candidates were advised of the format in advance of the event but were, as per the above description, given no briefing on what questions would be asked.

Direct link to video: https://www.facebook.com/DennistounCC/videos/833215432039504/

It’s not long until the DCC hustings for the Glasgow North East constituency on Monday 24th June.

Further details about the time, location and venue are available here: dennistouncc.org.uk/2024/06/13/2024-general-election-hustings-glasgow-north-east.

But what is a hustings?

A hustings is an event where political candidates for your constituency answer questions from you, the local voters.

DCC’s general election hustings will be chaired by a community councillor. The candidates will each give brief opening statements, where they will set out their priorities if elected. Then the hustings will be opened to questions from the audience.

How do I ask a question?

Come along to Drygate on the night (doors open at 7pm). You can have your question written down in advance or you can write it down when you arrive, and hand it to one of the community councillors who will be there to assist you.

Will my question definitely be asked?

DCC has invited all nine candidates, and each question will be put to all of those in attendance. Previous DCC hustings have proved very popular, so we will ask as many questions as we can, but we may not be able to get through all of them. If there are a number of questions on the same topic, the chair will select a representative question to put to the candidates.

What if I can’t attend in person?

We plan to live stream the event via our Facebook page and make the video available for viewing thereafter.

Previous Hustings

A video of our 2019 general election hustings is available on our Facebook page.

Direct link to video: https://www.facebook.com/DennistounCC/videos/567798787341327/

Glasgow North East Constituency 2024 General Election Hustings

Dennistoun Community Council is hosting an election hustings on Monday 24th June for all candidates in the Glasgow North East constituency.

Details

• Date: Monday 24th June 2024.
• Time: 7:15pm to 8:45pm (doors open at 7:00pm).
• Venue: Drygate (upstairs hall), 85 Drygate, Glasgow, G4 0UT.

The venue is accessible. The event will take place on first floor. The first floor bar will be closed for the duration of this event.

Hustings Format

A Dennistoun community councillor will chair.

The exact format is still to be finalised. It is likely that each candidate will be invited to make a short opening statement, followed by initial questioning from the chair, with attendees being invited to submit written questions for moderation and presentation by the chair thereafter.

Live streaming online via the Dennistoun Community Council Facebook page is planned.

• facebook.com/DennistounCC

Voting Information

See the most recent Dennistoun Community Council post for information on voter registration, key dates, voter ID, postal votes, proxy votes, constituency, candidates and more.

• dennistouncc.org.uk/2024/06/12/uk-general-election-2024

Candidates

All nine confirmed candidates for the Glasgow North East constituency have been invited to take part.

The full list of candidates (and parties as they appear on the ballot paper) is as follows:

• Maureen Burke (Scottish Labour Party)
• Robert Henry Connelly (Scottish Conservative and Unionist)
• Ewan Lewis (Scottish Greens)
• Catherine McKernan (Alba Party: Yes to Scottish Independence)
• Anne McLaughlin (Scottish National Party (SNP))
• Chris Sermanni (Scottish Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition)
• Gary Steele (Communist Party of Britain)
• Sheila Thomson (Scottish Liberal Democrats)
• Jonathan Walmsley (Reform UK)