Labour’s last remaining lead in votes may be at risk this time. The SNP look most likely to overtake, given their command of the local constituencies, with Conservative prospects perhaps less rosy than it would have seemed last year. […]
The very final by-election of the 2017-2022 term delivers an unsurprising Labour victory and, perhaps more surprisingly, a suite of only very small swings. […]
What is definitely, this time, the last by-election of the term follows the sad passing of a very long-serving Labour councillor. They’ll have the edge here, but there’s been a lot of change since 2017 that could see them facing a stiff challenge. […]
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 […]
May’s second council by-election remains on the east coast, but this time down in East Lothian. The Conservative councillor for the Haddington and Lammermuir ward, Brian Small, resigned stating dissatisfaction with the way his group was operating. Small had been […]
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