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Written Question · S2W-29166 · Session 2

Whether it will list all ballots on local authority housing whole stock transfer that have taken place since 1999, giving the outcome in ea…

Answered Asked by Brian Adam SNP Lodged 19 Oct 2006

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list all ballots on local authority housing whole stock transfer that have taken place since 1999, giving the outcome in each.

The answer

Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 14 Nov 2006 · 26 days after it was lodged, on time

The ballots and results are asfollows:
Council
| Ballot Result

Scottish Borders
| 82.4% for transfer, 17.6% against, turnout 76.8%

Dumfries and Galloway
| 65.8% for transfer, 34.2% against, turnout 71.9%

Glasgow
| 58.3% for transfer, 41.7% against, turnout 64.4%

Western Isles
| 69% for transfer, 31% against, turnout 66.3%

Argyll and Bute
| 89.6% for transfer, 10.4% against, turnout 62.8%

Edinburgh
| 47.3% for transfer, 52.7% against, turnout 60%

Stirling
| 31.9% for transfer, 68.1% against, turnout 67.2%

Renfrewshire
| 49.8% for transfer, 50.2% against, turnout 54.8%

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-29166 by reference.