A left wing councillor has been suspended from the Labour group in Glasgow after failing to vote along with his occasion on the town finances.
Matt Kerr has been sanctioned regardless of claiming technological points have been the explanation for not supporting a Labour modification.
Kerr, a councillor in Cardonald, stood for the deputy management of Scottish Labour in 2020 however misplaced to MSP Jackie Baillie.
An investigation by Glasgow Labour councillors befell final month after he didn't vote along with his occasion on the finances.
The Document has been informed his councillor colleagues right now voted to droop him till the tip of the month.
The quick time period nature of the suspension means he will probably be eligible to face within the council election in Might.
Glasgow council is led by the SNP.
Two years in the past Kerr bumped into hassle after he mentioned he couldn't vote for any of the finances proposals in Glasgow.
He tweeted on the time: "I introduced that I couldn't vote for any cuts finances being proposed for the town that I symbolize. I've had sufficient, this metropolis has had sufficient and we owe it to the folks we symbolize to place up a struggle."
Scottish Labour and Kerr have been contacted.
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