2019 – Ballot Box Scotland

2019 in Review: All the Parliaments

December 23, 2019 Ballot Box Scotland Comments Off

It’s been a dramatic year in politics in the UK, and even going back to the start of the year feels like a completely different world. […]

2019 In Review – Council By-Elections

December 22, 2019 Ballot Box Scotland Comments Off

With the General Election out of the way and Christmas looming, it’s time for Ballot Box Scotland to neatly wrap up the year’s council by-elections. […]

GE19 – The Difference a Boundary Makes

December 20, 2019 Ballot Box Scotland Comments Off

I’m back with one final GE19 post, this time on the effect of prospective new Scottish Westminster boundaries. Whether these boundaries are the ones we end up with for the next election or not, they are a reminder of the fundamentally undemocratic nature of FPTP. […]

Long Read – Ballot Box Britain: GE 2019 Under PR

December 19, 2019 Ballot Box Scotland Comments Off

Having worked out a simple PR model for the 2017 election just before GE19, it was easy to slot the numbers from this year in too. In an election notable for its tactical voting and heavily distorted result, I imagine a possible alternative to Westminster’s antiquated, unfair and fundamentally undemocratic voting system. […]

GE19 – Out with the Old Battlegrounds, in with the New

December 18, 2019 Ballot Box Scotland Comments Off

We’ve gone from a whopping 46 marginal constituencies to just under half as many with a much more manageable 22. Whenever the next election rolls around, it now has a completely different set of key battlegrounds to the top 20 most marginal seats I covered in the run up to GE19. […]

GE19 – Swing Cities

December 17, 2019 Ballot Box Scotland Comments Off

Now that we’ve seen the SNP vote rebound whilst the Conservatives slump and Labour collapse yet further, we have a whole new set of battlegrounds for next time. Before we get onto those in tomorrow’s post however, let’s take a quick look at the swings that have set them up […]

GE19 – Bring on the By-Elections

December 16, 2019 Ballot Box Scotland Comments Off

For something a bit less numerically minded today, let’s look at one of the common consequences of parliamentary elections – council by-elections. […]

GE19 – Where did the votes come from?

December 14, 2019 Ballot Box Scotland Comments Off

For the next round of analysis of the 2019 General Election result in Scotland, let’s take a look at each party’s share of votes across the country. […]

GE19 – The Headline Results

December 13, 2019 Ballot Box Scotland Comments Off

The first UK General Election I ever voted in was 2010, and in Scotland it was an extremely boring affair. It really feels like every General Election since then has been making up for that boredom, and yesterday’s dramatic results were no different. […]

GE19 – The Ballot Box Scotland Prediction

December 12, 2019 Ballot Box Scotland Comments Off

Polling day is finally here, and what would an election be without fevered speculation as to the outcome? Ballot Box Scotland isn’t immune to this particular fever, and as one final piece of pre-election coverage, I’ve come up with a […]