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By-Election Preview: Na Hearadh (CNES) 4th of July 2024
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By-Election Preview: Na Hearadh (CNES) 4th of July 2024

Ward Profile Cause of By-Election A little bit lost amongst all the drama of the UK … By-Election Preview: Na Hearadh (CNES) 4th of July 2024Read more

by Ballot Box Scotland•June 25, 2024June 25, 2024
By-Election Results: Eilean Siar Double
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By-Election Results: Eilean Siar Double

The first by-elections of 2022, unfinished business from May, easily elected two Independents, though the Lib Dems emerged with a surprise second place in their first CNES appearance since 2007.

by Ballot Box Scotland•July 10, 2022July 29, 2022
By-Election Preview: Eilean Siar Double 30th of June 2022
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By-Election Preview: Eilean Siar Double 30th of June 2022

The first by-elections of the term take us to the Western Isles, where a shocking number of uncontested wards meant many voters didn’t even get to go to the polls in May.

by Ballot Box Scotland•June 23, 2022June 26, 2022
Wards Worth Watching: Na h-Eileanan an Iar
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Wards Worth Watching: Na h-Eileanan an Iar

The Comhairle is somewhat less Independent than the other islands. In the face of boundary changes, will the SNP maintain and grow their councillor group? Can the Conservatives add to their single seat? And might the Greens make a surprise apperance?

by Ballot Box Scotland•March 18, 2022April 3, 2022
October 2020 Islands By-Election Results
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October 2020 Islands By-Election Results

After a pandemic-induced break, the first by-elections since March not just in Scotland but anywhere in the UK took place over the past week. This was a gentle easing back into by-elections for politics nerds, as both were for largely-Independent Islands councils.

by Ballot Box Scotland•October 9, 2020October 9, 2020
Na Hearadh agus Ceann a Deas Nan Loch (Na h-Eileanan an Iar) By-Election, 08/10/2020
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Na Hearadh agus Ceann a Deas Nan Loch (Na h-Eileanan an Iar) By-Election, 08/10/2020

A second Islands council by-election, this time for the Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, is likely to follow the Islands norm with an Independent victory – but what Independent?

by Ballot Box Scotland•September 8, 2020October 9, 2020
Islands Un(ballot)boxed
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Islands Un(ballot)boxed

Something a little different for Ballot Box Scotland today – looking not at election results past or present, but instead the process that surrounds drawing boundaries for those elections.

by Ballot Box Scotland•September 18, 2019October 7, 2023

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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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    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)
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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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    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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