Patricia Gibson 

Yesterday the weather conditions continued to be challenging but our top Scottish National Party (SNP) teams remained undeterred by the weather and we had teams out in Saltcoats, Stevenston, Kilwinning and West Kilbride, North Ayrshire.

I h...

Here is wonderful election agent Alan Dickson next to some of the empty boxes, ready to be re-cycled, which contained our election newspapers already delivered.

Alan and Councillor Anthea Dickson have been working 100+ hours a week on this election. They are utterly i...

Today the weather was absolutely appalling with high winds and pouring rain.

However, this was not enough to halt our campaigning in Stevenston for us hardy Scottish National Party (SNP) souls.

We were soaked to the skin after a full day delivering leaflet...

Since I was first elected I have worked with women born in the 1950s who had their pension age raised by the UK Government with little or no notice and leaving them tens of thousands of pounds out of pocket and pushing the women affected into cruel and unnecessary hard...

Canvassing for the General Election continued yesterday in Beith.

Only 10 days to go!

I had great fun last night at the Kilbirnie Christmas Lights Switch-On.

Huge crowds turned out for this community event, despite the freezing conditions.

Santa was also in attendance and there was fab musical accompaniment for the proceedings from Garnock Valley Pip...

It was a very cold morning but thanks to all the Saltcoats, Ayrshire Scottish National Party (SNP)members who came out to staff our street stall today to talk to shoppers and residents about the General Election. Thanks also to all those who took the time to say hello...

I really enjoyed the lively hustings last night on Isle of Arran in Brodick Hall.

The Lib Dem candidate failed to appear or even say why. However it is many years since a Lib Dem graced a hustings in North Ayrshire and Arran so no one was surprised.

The To...

The SNP has warned of a damning new report which revealed that child poverty would reach a "record high" under Tory manifesto plans.

The Resolution Foundation found that Tory proposals “make no changes” to existing policy and as a result, child poverty “risks reaching a...

Labour in Scotland has been further humiliated after the party was called out for backing UK Labour’s pro-Trident position, despite having passed a policy at their conference against the renewal of the nuclear weapons system.

On STV's Scotland Tonight, Scottish Labour l...