April 2019 – Ballot Box Scotland

Panelbase, 18th-24th April 2019

April 30, 2019 Ballot Box Scotland Comments Off

Two Scottish polls along at once? Who would have thought it! Ah, right, everyone, because it keeps happening. […]

Who’s Who for Scotland In the EU Elections

April 27, 2019 Ballot Box Scotland Comments Off

The election no one expected is officially going ahead. With a Brexit extension until Halloween, the UK is obliged to elect MEPs to the European Parliament. A total of 49 candidates are standing for 8 parties or as independents, compared to 54 candidates across 9 parties in 2014. […]

Scotland, Are EU Ready to Rumble?

April 15, 2019 Ballot Box Scotland Comments Off

As a reminder, in 2014 Scotland elected two MEPs each from the SNP and Labour, plus one apiece from the Conservatives and UKIP. […]

Leith Walk By-Election Result

April 12, 2019 Ballot Box Scotland Comments Off

It was an absolute corker in Edinburgh’s Leith Walk ward for the first City council by-election since Ballot Box Scotland launched. Although it was prompted by a Labour resignation, the SNP had a clear lead in the ward in 2017 which I reckoned stood them in good stead for winning the by-election. […]

Haddington and Lammermuir (East Lothian) By-Election, 09/05/19

April 3, 2019 Ballot Box Scotland Comments Off

May’s second council by-election remains on the east coast, but this time down in East Lothian. The Conservative councillor for the Haddington and Lammermuir ward, Brian Small, resigned stating dissatisfaction with the way his group was operating. Small had been […]