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By-elections

By-Election Result: Arbroath West, Letham and Friockheim

No surprises that the Conservatives won this Angus contest, though the absence of Independents from the ballot for the first time has made everyone’s swing a bit misleading.

by Ballot Box Scotland•May 5, 2024May 13, 2024

By-elections

By-Election Preview: Arbroath West, Letham and Friockheim (Angus) 25th of April 2024

The departure of an Independent who previously led the council may not be welcome for his former foes in the SNP, as it sets up a contest the Conservatives are probably the favourites for at the moment.

by Ballot Box Scotland•March 22, 2024March 21, 2024

Local Elections 2022

Wards Worth Watching: Angus

This mix of countryside farming and coastal fishing communities spent decades as an SNP stronghold before narrowly swinging Conservative. SNP chances of retaking a lead in votes seem strong.

by Ballot Box Scotland•February 16, 2022April 3, 2022

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Larkhall is a slightly special case, but one of the bits I pick up in here is that whilst Reform beat the SNP and Labour came third, Labour would have beaten both the SNP (by 2%) and Reform (by 2.3%) in a head-to-head, because they were more transfer-attractive here than either party.
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By-Election Result: Larkhall

Reform win their second ever by-election by displacing Labour in one of the most staunchly Pro-Union parts of the country.
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Larkhall (South Lanarkshire) by-election, first preferences (vs 2022):

Reform UK: 1150 (35.2%, new)
SNP: 975 (29.9%, +1.0)
Labour: 799 (24.5%, -8.5)
Conservative: 342 (10.5%, -14)

Reform UK elected stage 4.
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I don't know why councils occasionally do this. It's not legal to get up on stage and go "The winning candidate won this many votes, now go away until tomorrow if you want anyone else's figures", so why are they not taking the few extra seconds to add everyone's votes or a photo of the declaration?
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Ballot Box Scotland @ballotbox.scot 5 days

By-election underway for South Lanarkshire's Larkhall ward. After having failed one test last week, this is another key test of Reform's electability in a very different type of area they would expect to do well in. If they can't pull off a win, it'll almost certainly be Labour instead.

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