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MIDLOTHIAN

Conservatives hope to break back into council on back of single transferable vote

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heraldscotland staff

THE extent of the embedded power of Labour in Midlothian is reflected by the lack of even a single Tory councillor.

The only SNP council member, Owen Thompson for Loanhead, was voted in after the death of Independent Bill Hogan in 2005.