glasgow-sheep Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 Labour Hold: Blantyre 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glasgow-sheep Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 Blantyre (South Lanarkshire) first prefs. LAB: 47.2% (-7.0) SNP: 39.6% (+8.9) CON: 4.5% (+0.6) SSP: 3.9% (+3.9) LDEM: 2.9% (+2.2) UKIP: 1.9% 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 Just the 9% swing in favour of SNP Sturgeon Out 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glasgow-sheep Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 Blantyre (South Lanarkshire) first preferences: LAB: 1476 SNP: 1236 CON: 140 SSP: 122 LDEM: 92 UKIP: 59 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjw Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 Clutching at straws? The tweet is from a Tory candidate. The old pals act is hard to break. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fide Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 Oh, Blantyre 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 All the auld folk voting.... limited young folk vote in council by elections... nought to see here 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baxter Parp Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 1449793957427.jpg Clutching at straws? The tweet is from a Tory candidate. The old pals act is hard to break. I'm pretty sure the SNP aren't going to win every seat they contest in the whole of Scotland. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenconner Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 I'd take a guess if the 2017 council elections were held tomorrow it would be carnage for Labour with their Glasgow flagship gone. At one point Labour had 22 out of 32 councils. The voting system was changed and 24 went down to 4. Considering the time and energy Labour is putting into local council elections, students bussed from Dundee to Blantyre, no wonder their holding on just. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 I'd take a guess if the 2017 council elections were held tomorrow it would be carnage for Labour with their Glasgow flagship gone. At one point Labour had 22 out of 32 councils. The voting system was changed and 24 went down to 4. Considering the time and energy Labour is putting into local council elections, students bussed from Dundee to Blantyre, no wonder their holding on just. Spot on. Labour are furiously trying to gain traction and momentum. They are hoping small wins like this will be a catalyst, hence they are all over them. Come full elections they simply don't have the resources.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Jo Jo Junior Shabadoo Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 1449793957427.jpg Clutching at straws? The tweet is from a Tory candidate. The old pals act is hard to break. People that get saw and seen mixed up deserve to be sent to downtown Raqqa with 'Down With Islam' tattooed on their forehead, yet this guy wants people to vote for him? Hanging's too good IMO. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 Spot on. Labour are furiously trying to gain traction and momentum. They are hoping small wins like this will be a catalyst, hence they are all over them. Come full elections they simply don't have the resources.. No, this is the start of the fightback. At best the SNP will get a few list MSPs next year. #InspirationalKezia 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thistle_do_nicely Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 1449793957427.jpg Clutching at straws? The tweet is from a Tory candidate. The old pals act is hard to break. I can actually smell the desperation in that tweet from here. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 All the auld folk voting.... limited young folk vote in council by elections... nought to see here So why hasn't that helped Labour elsewhere in council by elections? The Lab to SNP swing is in line with recent trends even if it didn't translate into an SNP victory. Think Blantyre may just be one of Labour's most diehard electoral strongholds. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Rational Posted December 11, 2015 Author Share Posted December 11, 2015 It is. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenconner Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 So why hasn't that helped Labour elsewhere in council by elections? The Lab to SNP swing is in line with recent trends even if it didn't translate into an SNP victory. Think Blantyre may just be one of Labour's most diehard electoral strongholds. Labour guy is well known, local charity stuff glad handing the OAPs etc. I won't mention postal votes. SNP candidate is a newbie. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenconner Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 And from Blantyre we go all the way to Hamilton for another council by-election. Will it be another victory for Labour? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elixir Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Did Labour win a cooncil by-election up here last month? Genuinely had no idea. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Did Labour win a cooncil by-election up here last month? Genuinely had no idea. Blantyre. Won by about 1000 if I remember 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wotad Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 a by election in Thanet tonight not sure if anyone cares between UKIP and Labour 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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