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Glasgow Labour elects new leader as George Redmond ousts Malcolm Cunning

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Malcolm Cunning has been deposed as the leader of the Labour group on Glasgow City Council after the party lost another local election to the SNP.George Redmond beat Cunning by 24 votes to 11 - a landslide victory.Soryia Siddique also defeated Cunning's number two Eva Murray to become deputy leader.Labour gained seats in Glasgow in May and came one seat behind the SNP - but the result was not enough to avert a leadership contest.

Cunning’s preference had been to hold on to the post for a few years before handing over to a so-called next generation leader.Redmond, elected as a councillor again after a five year break from the city chambers, pounced and challenged Cunning for his job.After a short but intense battle, he pipped the sitting leader after securing support from across the councillor group.Redmond, a close ally of fellow Labour councillor Frank McAveety, told the Record last week his first priority would be calling a summit of business leaders:“Glasgow is not in a good place.

People want the city cleaned up. One of the first things I would do is call a meeting of the business community about the city centre.“The state of the city centre is heartbreaking.

Big stores have pulled out. We can’t pretend it is not happening.”This is a breaking news story - more to follow. We will bring you updates, pictures and video as it happens.

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