A relatively quick return to a ward that voted last year looks set to be a contest between the Lib Dems and two popular Independents to pick up the seat.
By-elections
By-Election Result: Clydebank Waterfront
The SNP survive a big swing against them as Labour slump to third place behind surging Reform.
By-Election Preview: Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse (Scottish Parliament) 5th of June 2025
A by-election nobody wanted to arise is an absolutely must-win contest for Labour but not for the SNP: they’ve won without Hamilton before, and could again.
By-Election Result: Glenrothes Central and Thornton
The SNP manage an easy win against a collapsing Labour party that, given its complete capitulation in the face of a hate campaign targeting a minority, deserves to lose hard at the moment.
By-Election Preview: Clydebank Waterfront (West Dunbartonshire) 15th of May 2025
Capping off complete coverage of Clydebank over one year, changed circumstances make the prospect of a Labour hat trick look rather remote.
By-Election Result: North East (Glasgow) 2025
A bizarre Labour blunder opened the door for the SNP to hand them their worst Scottish defeat since July’s general election.
By-Election Result: Southside Central
In a poor day for Glasgow Labour, the SNP improve on their 2022 position after transfers, whilst the Greens reverse a recent trend of slipping in their core city wards.
By-Election Preview: Glenrothes Central and Thornton (Fife) 24th of April 2025
A vacancy arising from the sad passing of an SNP stalwart looks likely to be a comfortable SNP victory.
By-Election Result: Broxburn, Uphall and Winchburgh (2025)
Labour continue to struggle to pick up transfers from a surging Reform UK, allowing the SNP to narrowly squeak a win in a ward Labour easily won an earlier by-election in.
By-Election Result: Kilmarnock North
Background This week’s by-election gave us a relatively rapid return to East Ayrshire, and to Kilmarnock … By-Election Result: Kilmarnock NorthRead more