In another first for Ballot Box Scotland, April will see us taking a trip to the capital for the first City by-election since this project started.
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Clackmannanshire Central By-Election, 28/03/19
For our first by-election of 2019, we’re making a return trip to the Wee County. Following on from last year’s Clacks North by-election, Clackmannanshire Central has also just seen the resignation of an SNP Councillor, with Phil Fairlie choosing to step down for personal reasons.
Beyond the Bubble – Scotland and the Independent Group
Given I spend a lot of time as it is thinking about elections in Scotland but polling has been thin on the ground recently, a look at some of the questions that should be being asked seemed worthwhile.
Where’s Westminster?
To fill the gap for my first 2019 post, I thought I’d go behind the scenes of this project again to explain why, as you might have noticed, there’s a Westminster seat projection shaped hole in my output.
2018 in Review – Parliamentary Polling
Since it wouldn’t be representative either to take the last poll of the year or to just average out the whole thing, I’ll be comparing the last quarter of this year with the same period last year.
2018 in Review – Council By-Elections
A year is a long time in politics, and 2018 has felt longer than many as Brexit rumbled on, and on, and on… and on. But local politics doesn’t stop for big national or international issues, and this was a reasonably busy year for council by-elections.
By-Election Results December 2018
We finished up 2018 with two by-elections at opposite ends of the country – one in the Highlands and one in Dumfries & Galloway. Both of these are large, rural wards but with quite different political histories.
Panelbase, 30th Nov-5th Dec 2018
Panelbase, with these all these polls you’re really spoiling us. For the third month on the … Panelbase, 30th Nov-5th Dec 2018Read more
Panelbase, 2nd-7th Nov 2018
After two years of silence on the Scottish polling front from Panelbase, since June they’ve been … Panelbase, 2nd-7th Nov 2018Read more
Dee and Glenkens (Dumfries and Galloway) By-Election, 13/12/18
2018’s final by-election will take place in the Dee and Glenkens ward of Dumfries and Galloway … Dee and Glenkens (Dumfries and Galloway) By-Election, 13/12/18Read more