A re-run arising from a fumbled – and thus disqualifying – resignation of November’s winner may be a harder victory for Labour this time around.
Author: Ballot Box Scotland
By-Election Preview: Broxburn, Uphall and Winchburgh (West Lothian) 13th of March 2025
A return to a ward Labour already won a by-election in looks a much tougher win for them in the current climate, especially given Reform’s continued presence.
Long Read: A Plea for Plausible Polling
Recent FindOutNow polling has been obvious bollocks. Scotland doesn’t get enough polling that we can afford to have complete rubbish distorting our discourse.
By-Election Result: Bannockburn
Labour go fully into reverse, resulting in the first genuine SNP gain in a very long time, and surely calling time on a local administration now consisting of just 4 members.
By-Election Result: Colinton and Fairmilehead (2025)
An absolutely disastrous, yet perhaps well deserved, drubbing for the Lib Dems in bizarre circumstances, but don’t let that disguise a grim result for Labour too.
By-Election Preview: Kilmarnock North (East Ayrshire) 20th of February 2025
A second Killie by-election much harder for Labour to win than the first: if their swing there was replicated, the SNP would still win this one.
Goodbye, Twitter: Your owner is truly vile
Elon Musk has turned Twitter into a cesspit. I’m not staying on there, and neither should you be.
Poll Analysis: Survation 7th – 13th of January 2025
Another dire poll for Labour suggests Anas Sarwar will struggle to make it into Bute House, whilst Reform continue to surge, and a rebuke to the idea of Alba suddenly gaining.
By-Election Preview: Kirkintilloch East, North and Twechar (East Dunbartonshire) 13th of February 2025
The last of our Councillor to MP by-elections, the Lib Dems are starting a quite distant third, but that hasn’t stopped them pulling off big wins before.
By-Election Preview: Bannockburn (Stirling) 23rd of January 2025
The sad passing of a Labour stalwart with 44 years experience leaves Labour at risk of being left with a credibility-stretching 4 (of 23) councillor administration.