Graham Lambie: Last News

Click here for more news and sport from the Stirling area.Since 2017 the council administration has been an SNP/Labour coalition, originally comprising of nine SNP and four Labour councillors, with the opposition consisting of eight Tories, one Green councillor and one independent.Now, however, the SNP has been reduced to seven councillors after one member - Maureen Bennison - joined the Alba Party, while the recent Forth and Endrick by-election following the death of SNP councillor Graham Lambie was won by a Scottish Conservative candidate.SNP councillor Evelyn Tweed was recently elected as Stirling’s MSP but chose not to step down from the council and is carrying out both roles.The Conservatives now sit at nine members with SNP on seven,

Four new homes have been unveiled in Strathblane on a street named in memory of a councillor.

Strathblane looks set to remember a much-missed local councillor in the naming of a new address in the village.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Former Stirling Provost Colin O’Brien is making a return to politics.Scottish Labour members in West Stirlingshire have selected Drymen resident Colin to contest the Forth and Endrick Ward on Thursday, May 6 following the death of Councillor Graham Lambie in February.Colin served as a Stirling councillor from 1999-2012 in Forth and Endrick and was provost from 2003-2007.He has lived in Drymen for 36 years and has always played an active role in his local community and across the wider district.He is a former depute convener of Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park; former vice chair of Mugdock Country Park; former chairman of the Stirling Smith

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