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 something a bit less numerically minded today, let’s look at one of the common consequences of parliamentary elections – council by-elections.
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
As something a bit different for a pre-Election long read, I take one last look back at the 2017 General Election. It’s a rare whole-UK moment for Ballot Box Scotland, as we take a trip through the alternate reality of having used Proportional Representation instead of First Past the Post the last time we elected the House of Commons.
With just a week to go until the General Election, YouGov have very kindly obliged us … YouGov, 29th Nov-3rd Dec 2019Read more
#25 – East Lothian
#41 – Moray
#47 – East Dunbartonshire
#53 – Ross, Skye and Lochaber
Bit of a surprise Polling and Projections post this one, off the back of Panelbase’s poll … Panelbase, 20th-22nd Nov 2019Read more
