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Few votes for Blackpool smoke ban rebel in Glasgow by-election
9:31am Friday 25th July 2008
Rebel landlord Hamish Howitt lost his deposit after polling a mere 65 votes in the Glasgow Easy by-election yesterday.
Mr Howitt, who runs two bars in Blackpool, has vigorously opposed the smoking ban since it was introduced.
He stood for the Freedom 2 Choose party.
In the election the Scottish National Party has pulled off victory in one of Labour's safest seats, by 365 votes.
The SNP overturned a Labour majority of 13,507 to win with a swing of 22.54 per cent.
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BarneyBear, Manchester says...
1:01pm Fri 25 Jul 08
By standing in the by-election he at least highlighted that fact. He has made his point! I think he knew full well that he was not going to win that by-election.