Short Quotes
I am happy to provide short quotes on polling and elections for free, so long as these are appropriately attributed both to me personally and to the Ballot Box Scotland project as a whole.
Articles
If you are interested in a full article or comment piece, I am available for commissions. A list of Ballot Box Scotland appearances in the media can be found below as an example. You can get in touch via email at allan@ballotbox.scot with any commissioning requests or other questions.
Please bear in mind that Ballot Box Scotland does not take partisan positions. Whilst I am happy to discuss the past, present or current polling and election performance of a specific party or constitutional position, this will never take the form of arguing in support or opposition.
I do, however, take very public positions about issues affecting how our democracy functions, such as Electoral Reform and Local Government reorganisation. I’m much happier to contribute pieces that fall on one side of an issue in those cases.
If a quote or article is accompanied by a photograph, up-to-date pictures are available on the About page (and should be credited appropriately to the photographer, Christian Gamauf).
Ballot Box Scotland in the Media
Whenever Ballot Box Scotland makes a significant appearance in the media, I’ll add it to this list. (Unless I get really popular and I’m popping up everywhere – you never know!)
- Barrhead News, 19th of September 2018
- Comment on proposed UK Parliament constituency boundary changes
- Renfrewshire Gazette, 20th of September 2018
- Comment on proposed UK Parliament constituency boundary changes
- East Kilbride News, 27th of August 2019
- Comment provided on the East Kilbride Central North By-Election
- Dumbarton and Vale of Leven Reporter, 18th of November 2019 / Clydebank Post, 22nd of November 2019
- Comment on the West Dunbartonshire constituency for the 2019 UK General Election
- Renfrewshire Gazette, 25th of November 2019
- Comment on the two Renfrewshire constituencies for the 2019 UK General Election
- Barrhead News, 26th of November 2019
- Comment on the East Renfrewshire constituency for the 2019 UK General Election
- Helensburgh Advertiser, 27th of November 2019
- Comment on the Argyll and Bute constituency for the 2019 UK General Election
- Daily Record, 22nd of March 2021
- Comment provided on Labour polling during the Holyrood campaign
- New Statesman, 5th of May 2021
- Comment provided on the Scottish Parliament voting system
- Daily Record, 13th of July 2021
- General interview about Ballot Box Scotland, where comments on the constitutional question proved most exciting for the authors!
- The Courier, 5th of October 2021
- Comment provided on the Scottish Parliament voting system
- The Press and Journal, 1st of April 2022
- Comment provided on uncontested wards and local democracy ahead of the 2022 local elections
- Coverage of BBS Exclusive Poll, 4th / 5th of April 2022
- BBC Podlitical, 28th of April 2022
- Interview about the 2022 local government elections
- Holyrood Magazine, 27th of December 2022
- Interview about polling over the course of the year
- Sunday National, 10th of June 2023
- Comment provided on the Bellshill ward by-election
- BBC Podlitical, 27th of August 2023
- Interview about UK Parliament boundary review
- The Courier, 6th of October 2023
- Comment provided on possible impacts in Fife and Tayside of the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election
- Times Radio / Ruth Davidson, 6th of October 2023
- Interview on the result of the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election
- The Herald, 27th of February 2024
- Comment provided on the Hillhead by-election