I’m back with one final GE19 post, this time on the effect of prospective new Scottish Westminster boundaries. Whether these boundaries are the ones we end up with for the next election or not, they are a reminder of the fundamentally undemocratic nature of FPTP.
We’ve gone from a whopping 46 marginal constituencies to just under half as many with a much more manageable 22. Whenever the next election rolls around, it now has a completely different set of key battlegrounds to the top 20 most marginal seats I covered in the run up to GE19.
Now that we’ve seen the SNP vote rebound whilst the Conservatives slump and Labour collapse yet further, we have a whole new set of battlegrounds for next time. Before we get onto those in tomorrow’s post however, let’s take a quick look at the swings that have set them up
For the next round of analysis of the 2019 General Election result in Scotland, let’s take a look at each party’s share of votes across the country.
The first UK General Election I ever voted in was 2010, and in Scotland it was an extremely boring affair. It really feels like every General Election since then has been making up for that boredom, and yesterday’s dramatic results were no different.
Polling day is finally here, and what would an election be without fevered speculation as to … GE19 – The Ballot Box Scotland PredictionRead more
#25 – East Lothian
#41 – Moray
#47 – East Dunbartonshire
#53 – Ross, Skye and Lochaber
#4 – Glasgow East
#3 – Glasgow South West
#2 – Perth and North Perthshire
#1 – North East Fife
#8 – Lanark and Hamilton East
#7 – Rutherglen and Hamilton West
#6 – Airdrie and Shotts
#5 – Stirling
#12 – Inverclyde
#11 – Glasgow North East
#10 – Motherwell and Wishaw
#9 – Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
