Scottish National Party (SNP) may have a first Sikh candidate for Eastwood in the May 2021 election for the Scottish Parliament. Charandeep Singh is hoping to become the first Sikh Member of the Scottish Parliament and replace Jackson Carlaw, the former Conservative Leader in Scotland.
Charandeep Singh was one of eleven SNP candidates in Glasgow in the Scottish Parliament election and lost to leading figures Nicola Sturgeon and Humza Yousaf. In Eastwood in May 2016 there was a three-way split between the Conservatives (35.7%), SNP (31.2%) and Labour (30.6%). Considering the permanent dip in the Labour vote suggested by opinion polls the SNP will be the main beneficiaries and must be very confident to overturn Jackson Carlaw’s 1,600 Conservative majority.
