South Lanarkshire Council

South Lanarkshire Council has its headquarters in Hamilton, has 16,000 employees, and a budget of almost £1bn. The council plan for 2007-2012 when the next council elections are due is Connect. The large and varied council area takes in rural and upland areas, market towns such as Lanark, Strathaven and Carluke, the urban burghs of Rutherglen, Cambuslang, and East Kilbride which was Scotland's first new town.

There are 20 council wards in South Lanarkshire, each represented on the council by 3 or 4 elected councillors using Single Transferable Vote. South Lanarkshire operates a cabinet style system, with key decisions being taken by the Executive Committee, under the leadership of the Council Leader, and approved by the council, led by the Provost.

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Robert Brown

Rutherglen South
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Robert Brown is the Liberal Democrat Council candidate for the Rutherglen South Ward of South Lanarkshire Council.

He was a Rutherglen Councillor on Glasgow District Council for 15 years and MSP for Glasgow Region from 1999 to 2011. From 2005-2007, Robert was Deputy Minister for Education and Young People.

Robert graduated from Aberdeen University with First Class Honours in Law. He qualified as a solicitor and served as Procurator Fiscal Depute in Dumbarton, before joining Ross Harper & Murphy, Solicitors, Rutherglen and Glasgow where he was latterly a senior civil partner.

Robert was Chair of Rutherglen and Cambuslang Citizens’ Advice Bureau for two terms of 5 years. He is currently Honorary President of Overtoun Park Bowling Club.

He was a longstanding Policy Convener of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, and was responsible for a number of Party manifestos.

Robert was Vice-Chair of the Steel Commission on “Moving to Federalism”. He is a member of the Scottish Liberal Democrats' Home Rule and Community Rule Commission, chaired by Sir Menzies Campbell MP.  He is currently co-editing a pamphlet on Liberal Democrat values which will be published in the spring.

Robert is married with a grown up daughter and son and lives in Rutherglen.

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