North Lanarkshire

Our first two by-elections of 2021 saw Labour victorious in both wards – contrary to some on social media, this was the expected outcome! Both wards are now represented entirely by Labour councillors, giving me another opportunity to dunk on how terrible STV is as a system. […]

Two by-elections, in two wards that have already had by-elections since 2017, with Labour capable of winning both, which would give them every councillor in both. Guys, this wasn’t how STV was meant to go. […]

First off, I have to apologise for taking so long with this one – as per usual, I had been waiting for the council to release the full data, but they’ve mistakenly posted the Preference Profile Report for the Coatbridge […]

We’re getting a double helping of Lanarkshire by-elections this summer, though fortunately this North Lanarkshire contest is for happier reasons. One of two Labour councillors in Thorniewood, Hugh Gaffney, resigned his seat to focus on his work as MP for […]

This month’s only by-election was held yesterday in Coatbridge South. I had this one down as a very close contest between the SNP and Labour, tilting just a bit in the SNP’s favour based on the 2017 result. That said, […]

Scotland’s 8th council by-election of this year is due on the 25th of October for Coatbridge South in North Lanarkshire. This one was unfortunately prompted by the death of Labour councillor Gordon Encinias, who was elected for the first time […]