Holyrood Elections

Call to keep joint elections in spite of last year's confusion THE city's returning officer today warned that holding council and Holyrood elections at different times may lead to mid-term "protest votes" against the Government.

MSPs hit back amid doubt over fairness of election MSPs who won marginal victories in the 2007 Holyrood elections yesterday defended their right to sit in the parliament after the man who led the inquiry into the voting fiasco questioned the validity of poll results.

Wrong MSPs elected in poll fiasco THE expert appointed to investigate last year's Scottish Parliament election fiasco has said some MSPs may have no right to sit at Holyrood.

Fiasco-hit election cost public an 'astounding' £39m THE bill for last year's elections is more than double the previous one, with the cost reaching almost £40 million, an SNP MSP said yesterday.

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