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.
Edinburgh
Leith Walk By-Election Result
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.
Leith Walk By-Election, 11/04/19
In another first for Ballot Box Scotland, April will see us taking a trip to the capital for the first City by-election since this project started.