By-elections
By-Election Result: Lochee
A Dundee double for the SNP proved a complete shocker for Labour in a ward they should have found easy pickings given the current political climate. […]
Dundee
By-elections
By-Election Result: Strathmartine
The resignation of the leader of the only SNP majority council in Scotland risked being a blow for the party; yet in a stunning double win off the back of a Labour fumble and Lib Dem gains, that majority emerged stronger. […]
By-elections
By-Election Preview: Strathmartine (Dundee) 3rd of October 2024
The departure of the council leader leaves the SNP’s majority hanging in the balance, with their best hope of preserving it to upend over a decade of electoral strategy and abandon the other by-election as lost. […]
By-elections
By-Election Preview: Lochee (Dundee) 3rd of October 2024
The sad passing of a Labour councillor is likely to be followed by the election of a party colleague, as a narrow SNP lead in 2022 is unlikely to weather the political changes since. […]
Local Elections 2022
Wards Worth Watching: Dundee
Dundee has previously delivered an SNP majority, and could again. 2017 also delivered an unjustifiably large lead in seats for Labour over the Conservatives, and leaves open the prospect of Lib Dem gains too. […]
By-elections
By-Election Results May 2019
North East (Dundee) Dundee’s North East by-election was one I had down as a meaningful yet dull contest. Coming about in unfortunate circumstances with the death of Labour councillor Brian Gordon, this was a ward where the SNP had never […]
By-elections
North East (Dundee) By-Election, 02/05/19
For the second city council by-election of the year, we’re heading slightly north to the City of Discovery. Unfortunately, this one has been prompted by the sad death of North East ward’s Labour councillor, Brian Gordon. Gordon had represented the […]
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