
By-Election Result: Colinton and Fairmilehead (2025)
An absolutely disastrous, yet perhaps well deserved, drubbing for the Lib Dems in bizarre circumstances, but don’t let that disguise a grim result for Labour too. […]
An absolutely disastrous, yet perhaps well deserved, drubbing for the Lib Dems in bizarre circumstances, but don’t let that disguise a grim result for Labour too. […]
A double by-election arises from some of the most outrageous(ly funny) circumstances, as November’s by-election winner quit the following week. […]
A thumping Lib Dem victory in a ward that would have seemed a solid bet for Labour in 2022 terms. […]
A typically busy Edinburgh by-election ballot has Labour attempting to get a former councillor and MP back in office after a ban on such returns was abolished, but they possibly face a strong challenge from the Lib Dems. […]
As expected, the Lib Dems romp home to a stonking victory, handing them complete control of a ward. […]
The departure of a dissatisfied SNP councillor opens the door for the Lib Dems to take complete control of this ward. […]
Capital cities the world over are highly political diverse – at least where the voting system allows that – and Edinburgh is no different. Expect all five major parties to have a strong presence here, with likely Conservative slippage. […]
An easy SNP victory in this ward, though without the bump in support current polling might have suggested. Instead, the Greens and Lib Dems were the parties picking up big increases in support. […]
Prompted by an SNP resignation, re-calculating 2017 has Labour close behind. Given each party’s current polling, odds are on the SNP coming out on top. […]
It was an absolute corker in Edinburgh’s Leith Walk ward for the first City council by-election since Ballot Box Scotland launched. Although it was prompted by a Labour resignation, the SNP had a clear lead in the ward in 2017 which I reckoned stood them in good stead for winning the by-election. […]
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