Scotland

The Scottish Co-operative Party is a campaigning party that works in partnership with others to promote co-operative political ideas in Scotland. 

Bank on Owen

The Scottish Co-operative Party's is campaigning to have an Robert Owen on a Scottish banknote to commemorate 2012 being declared the International Year of the Co-operative by the UN. We would also link this to our call for the wider use of the mutual business in the financial sector.

There are a number of links below which you can follow to support the campaign on

Facebook

http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/group.php?gid=372167091433

e-Petition

http://www.gopetition.co.uk/online/34829.html

YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIRbx9txUNE

Scottish Co-op Party members are encouraged to seek widespread support for this campaign. 

The campaign has won the support of the Herald newspaper.  See editorial below -

http://www.heraldscotland.com/comment/herald-view/robert-owen-is-a-splendid-example-to-put-on-a-banknote-1.1016379

Scottish Parliament Panel

The Scottish Co-operative Party's Scottish Parliament Panel is now open.  Any member of the Scottish Co-operative Party who wants to stand as a Labour and Co-operative Party Candidate in the 2011 Scottish Parliament Elections must be a member of the Panel.  This Panel will take a fresh approach to panel membership and any existing members of the Scottish Parliament Panel or the Westminster Panel must apply for membership of the Panel if they wish to be a Labour and Co-operative Candidate in 2011.

To apply, please send a CV to Jim Lee at j.lee@party.coop.

Scottish Co-operative Party Manifesto 2007

The Scottish Co-operative Party produced a manifesto for the 2007 elections. A pdf version is available below.

Scottish Parliament

There are 9 Labour/Co-operative members in the Scottish Parliament as follows:

Rhona Brankin MSP

Bill Butler MSP

Helen Eadie MSP

George Foulkes MSP

Cathy Jamieson MSP

James Kelly MSP

Johann Lamont MSP

Marilyn Livingstone MSP

Frank McAveety MSP

These MSP were elected on a joint Labour/Co-op platform. The Co-op Party manifesto - politics for people - which is available on this page forms the basis of the Programme for Action that the Group is now following in the Scottish Parliament. A version of this Programme, up-dated to March 2008, is available below.

Westminster Parliament

There are 28 Labour/Co-op members in the Westminister Parliament of whom the following five represent Scottish constituencies:

Ian Davidson MP

Gemma Doyle MP

Tom Greatrex MP

Cathy Jamieson MP

Mark Lazarowicz MP

Scottish Co-op Party

For further information on the Scottish Co-op Party contact the Secretary of the Scottish Co-op Party, Jim Lee, at j.lee@party.coop or 0141 304 5550.

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