East End Ward

We have had the pleasure of introducing a new Councillor to our offices.

You may or may not know that one of our sitting Councillors, Nigel Don, was also elected as an MSP and decided to stand down from the Council (reluctantly, I hasten to add) to concentrate on the Scottish Parliament.

Alan Ross was our victorious candidate and the whole group have welcomed him to the City Council. In what was once a labour heartland Alan's victory is even more dramatic by beating the Labour candidate hands down.

It has been a steep learning curve for Alan as there is a lot to take in but with the support of the whole group he is settling in nicely. Alan will be a wonderful Councillor for the people of the Lochee Ward and we wish him all success.

I was incredibly honoured to top the poll in the East End Ward on Thursday and wish to thank all of those who voted for me.

My one disappointment from the night was the amount of wasted ballot papers! Dundee did not seem to be as bad as many of our cities and I have to thank the information officers in the poling stations for helping out.

However their were far more spoilt papers than I think anyone has ever seen at an election and I believe we may just have made a new record - will Guinness be in touch - we will just have to wait and see.

Once again, many thanks for all the support and best wishes that I have received.