| (1) Local SNP MSP's proven track record in opposing the despoiling of the Highland landscape by Wind Factories
(2) Labour's failure to establish a voice in Scotland/ Hollyrood independent of the UK/ Westminster party machine
(3) Labour's failure to deal |
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| A good independant unconstrained by party politics does more good than 10 squabbling party members |
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| A protest vote against the labour candidate Joke McConnell |
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| Again I did not want to vote for any of them - I had to vote for someone and I do not want independence. |
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| Again, a Tory vote to try and block / stem the SNP charge! |
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| Although I have tendency to consider Conservatives first I also I thought the person was the best for the area |
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| Although I knew a LibDEm vote was a lost cause - and the result has proved that to be true - Labour has to realise they cannot govern without the consent of the electorate. |
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| Anti-SNP vote |
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| As before |
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| As before - a vote for labour candidate would have implied that Blair's misrepresentation of the case for iraq war case was acceptable behavior by a politician. |
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| As before Labour traditionally win votes in this area and I think they are taking too much for granted. Also I feel they are letting the middle income bracket down. |
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| As before, didn't want to vote for any of them, ended up voting labour after eliminating all the others |
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| As before, more to prevent Labour getting in. |
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| As before. |
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| As stated previously |
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| Becasue of the particular person I see as representing my interests best. |
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| Best Candidate |
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| Best chance of removing sitting Labour MSP |
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| Best individual candidate |
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| Best of a bad bunch |
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| Best of a bad bunch and it didn't occur to me to leave it blank |
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| Best of a bad lot. |
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| Best of bad bunch |
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| Current consituency MSP (Labour) is terrible. |
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| Did not vote |
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| Did not want SNP to win |
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| Did not want to vote labour or conservative |
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| Disenfranchised with the Labour Party |
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| Disliked the alternatives. |
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| Disliked the candidate for the other party I would normally vote for. |
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| Dissatisfied with Westminster / Scottish Labour Parties |
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| Ditto. We're a marginal lib dem/labour seat and even though I voted lib dem last time because of the threat of them going into coalition with the snp I voted labour. |
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| Don't like any of the three main parties but chose Tory just so the others didn't get my vote. |
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| Good local candidate |
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| Had the best policy on housing |
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| He was the best person! |
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| His manifesto was to keep a local hospital |
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| I admired the candidate despite her party |
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| I always have voted SNP, _after_ considering all the options. |
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| I believe the individual candidate, David McCletchie, has been a good politician |
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| I could never vote Labour whilst Blair forms any part of it. I believe in a United Kingdom so the SNP is not an option, I remember the lies and mis-information of the Liberals during the last local By-Election - Conservative received my vote by default |
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| I did not vote for the party but did vote for the MSP as they have done a good job over the past four years |
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| I did not want SNP to get in |
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| I did not want to vote for the incumbent government - this left only this party. I would never vote for the Conservatives. |
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| I didn't want to choose any of these parties but as there was only the 4 choices it was the best of a bad bunch. |
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| I disliked the other parties more than this one |
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| I feel all politicaisn are much the same nowadays, but i prefer the integrity of the lib dems |
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| I felt unable to make a decision between LDs and SNP and therefore this was in a sense a no vote! |
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| I have had occasion to contact my MP and he was very helpful therefore I voted for him to represent this constituency again. |
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| I like David Cameron and I feel business and industry in Britain need a party who understands them. I am also fed up paying high taxes from our families one income to subsidise childcare for families with two earners. |
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| I like them as a person. |
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| I liked parts of many constituency promises but again i didn't want the SNP to win so the best of a bad bunch was labour. |
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| I liked the candidate |
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| I liked the candidate and what he stood for. Also, Willie Rennie MP has been good for the Dunfermline West constiuency in Westminster, so it's time to see how a Lib Dem MSP does. |
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| I liked the individual candidate, and although I don't support the SNP I no longer support the Liberal Democrats because of the disgraceful conduct around the last leadership change. I would not vote Labour because of Iraq, ID cards / ID register and cert |
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| I really didn't want the horrible Nicola Sturgeon to win Glasgow Govan, so I voted tactically, but she still got in and I'm very disappointed. |
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| I think he has been an excellent MSP over the last 4 years |
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| I thought that the candidate would be likely to work hard for the area, based on past performance. |
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| I thought they had a good local campaign and work hard for local issues all the time, not just at elections |
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| I thought they had the regions and my best interests uppermost in their voting/interests and not a 'political' career |
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| I thought they would bring a balance to the Executive and I agree with some of their policies. |
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| I thoughy this candidate was best |
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| I used this as a protest vote because I believed (correctly)that the Lib Dem candidate would win. I wanted to show that I was in favour of many of the SNP ideas |
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| I voted against the SNP. |
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| I voted for the independance party ( SNP )so that my socialist vote will count in an independant scotland |
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| I voted for the individual - not for a party |
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| I voted for the person and the work she had put in to a specific problem in my area |
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| I voted for this particular person because I genuinly believe he thinks he can make a difference. At the end of the day we vote for people who want things to change, not just say they will to gain seats, we need real change e.g crime and anti social behav |
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| I voted labour because I do not want Scotland to split with England so as I see that the election was a two horse race between labour and the SNP I felt that I had to vote labour |
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| I want an independence referendum |
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| I wanted to avoid SNP winning |
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| I wanted to be sure there was a good mix if politicians at parliament with the ability? to implement their policies. |
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| I was sure of the system when I entered the polling station but could not understand why there were two candidates from the same party. I the heat of the moment I was confused by the 'you have two votes' at the top of the page and put down two votes on th |
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| In my constituency there was no prospect of my favoured party, the Conservatives, prevailing.
I therefore voted Labour in an attempt to thwart the SNP. |
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| In protest at current goverments policies |
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| Independance |
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| Independant candidate fighting on a local issue |
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| It had the best chance of beating the SNP |
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| It was a tactical vote to try to keep the SNP out. |
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| It was least worst |
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| It was the least of four evils. |
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| It was the lesser of the evils! |
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| It was the party with the closest resemblance to SSP that I was able to vote for |
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| Kick up the arse for Labour - Can't stand my local Labour candidate, Donald Anderson |
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| Least bad option and certainly preferable to SNP (the other likely winner in this constituency). |
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| Least unattractive option compared with Labour, SNP & Lib Dems |
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| Most likely to beat Labour |
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| Most likely to stop the S.N.P. |
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| My vote would have been wasted as my seat is safe for another party. |
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| No candidate in this area |
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| No monster raving loony candidate was available |
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| None of the individuals deserved a vote |
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| Only the main four parties provide candidates, so couldn't vote for preferred party |
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| Our MSP is a good bloke, very helpful, experienced and hard working. He has done a good job and I'm sorry to see him go. Now we have an untried Tory - Oh the shame of it!! |
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| Part protest vote against Labour (the Scottish Labout party has to shoulder some of the blame for decisions made to go to war in Iraq and to replace Trident etc.), part a vote to shake things up: the union's a mess with the current devolved system only wo |
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| Personal affirmation of candidate |
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| Same reasons as above. To escape the kind of government that allows one man to rule. |
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| Scottish independence comes first |
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| See previous answer |
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| Sitting MSP with good record |
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| Sitting member who did well for the costituence |
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| St John's Hospital Party |
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| Strong tradition of Lib Dems here and I like the candidate personally. |
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| Tactical |
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| Tactical vote |
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| Tactical vote against the SNP |
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| Tactical vote to keep SNP out. |
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| That individual MSP has done a lot for these area with regards to underage drinking etc. Much as I don't want SNP in power, as an individual he will do a lot of good for the community. |
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| The British National Party did not have a candidate and the next party with ideals similar to my own was the conservative party |
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| The MSP responded favourably and personally to contact from me |
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| The candidate I voted for works hard for my local area |
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| The candidate campaigns hard for the constituency |
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| The candidate has been exceptional in the last 4 years. |
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| The candidate stood the best chance of beating the present incumbent. |
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| The candidate was an existing Member and his PROVEN energy and commitment to the electorate and local people/ISSUES DESERVED MY TRUST AND vote |
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| The candidate was an outstanding individual who contributes to local life and deserved a chance to represent us at a higher level. |
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| The candidate worked well for this area when she was an MSP |
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| The candidate's past performance |
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| The local candidate was the only one from all the parties who was against the proposed windfarm on Lewis. |
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| The party I prefer did not have a candidate |
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| The same reason I gave to the last question. |
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| Their local team are the best in our area |
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| There was no Green candidate available. |
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| There was no green representative in my constituency |
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| There were no parties I supported offering candidates for my constituency - best of a bad bunch! |
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| They are committed to stopping the downgrade of our local hospital. |
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| This MSP has been very helpful to me and my neighbours and we are grateful to him and want to keep him |
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| Thought he was the best candidate |
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| Thought they deserved a chance to show what they were made of |
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| To Vote against SNP as it was between Labour and SNP |
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| To beat Labour |
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| To but labour aside |
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| To kick Labour |
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| To place my Votes in the best way to stop the SNP and the Libdems. |
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| To prevent SNP gaining seat |
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| To show disapproval of Labour |
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| To stop labour and Jack Mcconnell getting control of scottish executive |
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| To stop the SNP: see answer to previous List Q. |
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| Voted for incumbent MSP based on his track record |
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| Voted for the candidate based on his good record |
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| Voted for the candidate in spite of his party. |
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| Voted for the person rather than the party |
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| Wake up call to labour. |
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| Wanted to ensure neither labour nor SNP got in |
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| Would have preferred to vote Green or Scottish Socialist but no candidate stood locally. |
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| abolish student loans |
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| again voted for the policy that I felt would benefit Scotland best |
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| anti labour |
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| best candidate for my consituency |
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| best of a bad bunch |
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| didn't receive that part in the post |
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| didt no what else to vote |
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| good local candidate |
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| i did not vote for the constituency candidate as there was no-one i could endorse and i did not have enough information to enable me to vote tactically. the polling station people said i did not have to vote in the second list - voting only once would not |
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| i feel that the labour mp didnt deserve my vote |
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| i felt i had no option as i would normally vote labour but i morally couldnt because of trident and iraq. a vote to green seemed morallt right. |
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| i think it is time Scotland took its destiny into its own hands. |
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| labour sleaze and war |
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| labour voter but did not vote labour because of iraq and blair |
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| lesser evil |
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| liked the candidate |
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| liven things up |
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| local hard working approachable person |
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| no Green candidate |
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| no way was I voting for the others! |
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| protest against iraq |
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| protest vote due to the down-grading of monklands hospital accident and emergency department, voted green because i dont really want snp to have too many seats |
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| same as my last written answer |
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| same as previous reason |
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| saw sitting SNP MSP at an election hustings and was put off by his performance and politics |
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| see previous answer |
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| seemed the best way to screw labour while not showing support for the tories (i don't like cameron and didn't want him to have a good night). |
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| sitting candidate |
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| suited my opinions |
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| tactical (protst) vote |
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| tactical vote to weaken the chance of SNP candidate getting elected |
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| tatical vote! To stop SNP getting in power |
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| the greens didnt have anyone standing |
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| they said they would abolish council tax |
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| they were the best on offer |
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| thought it was the best way of making a protest against the present labour msp |
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| to give the Labour Party a shock |
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| to punish labour for Iraq |
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| to stop Labour getting the seat. |
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| voted for independant candidate as I thought they were the best person for the job |
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| wanted a change from Labour |
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| we need more diversity in the parliament |
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| while I do not support Labours national government, I do think they have performed well in the Scottish parliament. I would have voted green if a candidate had been available |
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