South Lanarkshire

With a Labour victory already all but assured in this by-election, a second place for the Conservatives was further salt in the wound for the struggling SNP. […]

An SNP-triggered by-election in the only East Kilbride ward they weren’t overall winners in 2022 comes at the worst possible time for the party and seems almost certain to go Labour’s way. […]

Rounding out the set for 2017 by-elections, this trip in our electoral TARDIS takes us to a vote that arose from a Labour councillor taking the step up to Westminster. […]

Last Thursday’s other by-election was the heavily directional East Kilbride Central North in South Lanarkshire – unfortunately, the council aren’t very good at uploading the result documents, which has delayed this post. Prompted by the unfortunate passing of SNP-turned-Independent Councillor […]

Following Labour’s bruising loss of both their MEPs and a result in the single figures in the European elections plus recent polling doldrums, I’m therefore inclined to say this is the SNP’s contest to lose. […]