{"id":59990,"date":"2025-04-29T10:43:14","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T10:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/59990\/"},"modified":"2025-04-29T10:43:14","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T10:43:14","slug":"long-serving-councillor-quits-snp-group-on-glasgow-city-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/59990\/","title":{"rendered":"Long serving councillor quits SNP group on Glasgow City Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A long-serving councillor in Glasgow has left the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glasgowtimes.co.uk\/topics\/snp\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:SNP;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">SNP<\/a> group.<\/p>\n<p>Feargal Dalton, is now listed as an Independent councillor on the council website.<\/p>\n<p>Councillor Dalton has been an SNP councillor in Victoria Park ward in the west of the city since\u00a02012, and has been re-elected twice.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.glasgowtimes.co.uk\/news\/25116692.new-parking-control-zones-rolled-across-glasgow-year?rel=cl_mra\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:New parking control zones to be rolled out across Glasgow this year;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">New parking control zones to be rolled out across Glasgow this year<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He was a senior member of the council administration and a former city convenor for workforce.<\/p>\n<p>(Image: GCC)<\/p>\n<p>Dalton is a former weapons engineering officer serving on submarines for 17 years in the Royal Navy and also a former teacher.<\/p>\n<p>He is married to Carol Monaghan, former Glasgow North West SNP MP, who lost the redrawn Glasgow West seat to Labour\u2019s Particia Ferguson last year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.glasgowtimes.co.uk\/news\/25117136.outrage-council-refuses-homeless-charity-permission-shelter?rel=cl_mra\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Outrage as council refuses homeless charity permission for shelter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Outrage as council refuses homeless charity permission for shelter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Glasgow Times has attempted to contact Councillor Dalton.<\/p>\n<p>The SNP now has 37 councillors, ahead of Labour on 31.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the SNP Group on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glasgowtimes.co.uk\/topics\/glasgow-city-council\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Glasgow City Council;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Glasgow City Council<\/a> said: &#8220;Councillor Feargal Dalton sits as an independent by mutual agreement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The SNP group wishes him all the best for the future.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>There are now four independent councillors: Dalton, and three former Labour members, Frank McAveety, Philip Braat and Audrey Dempsey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A long-serving councillor in Glasgow has left the SNP group. 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