SP26: South Scotland Region Preview
What do Eyemouth and East Kilbride have in common? Beats me, but they're in the same region now. Will the Greens fill in their one 2021 gap, and can the Conservatives keep the whole border blue?
Barrhead, Liboside & Uplawmoor (East Renfrewshire) Council By-Election Result [1st Prefs]:
🌹 LAB: 41.9% (+21.7)
🎗️ SNP: 25.1% (-8.3)
➡️ RFM: 22.4% (New)
🌍 GRN: 5.4% (+2.0)
🌳 CON: 4.6% (-6.2)
✖️ ABO: 0.6% (New)
No Inds (-26.0, -5.1) or ALBA (-1.1) as previous.
Labour HOLD* - Stage 6.
Changes w/ 2022.
Barrhead, Liboside and Uplawmoor (East Renfrewshire) by-election, first prefs:
Labour: 1901 (41.9%, +21.7)
SNP: 1142 (25.1%, -8.3)
Reform: 1018 (22.4%, new)
Green: 247 (5.4%, +2.0)
Conservative: 207 (4.6%, -6.2)
Abolish: 27 (0.6%, new)
(Non-returns: Inds 26.0% & 5.1% Alba 1.1%)
Lab elected stage 6
Reform's Richard Tice has written to energy firms to inform them of the 'political risk' of Reform to renewables
Labour official: “Reform are now actively trying to discourage businesses from investing in clean energy in the UK...
"They are disgracefully... undermining the UK's national interest."
Westminster Voting Intention...
...Amongst People with Jobs:
LAB: 27%
RFM: 24%
LDM: 16%
CON: 15%
GRN: 12%
...Amongst the Retired:
RFM: 36%
CON: 28%
LDM: 14%
LAB: 13%
GRN: 4%
Via @yougov.co.uk, 29 May - 18 Jun.
Cats or dogs? Favourite singer? What's a law people don't know about? Best bit about your job? Worst bit about your job? How do we deal with climate change?
Always good to listen to and answer questions from young people - thanks to James Aiton Primary for having me in!
❗ Labour GAIN from SNP
Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by-election result:
LAB: 31.5% (-2.0)
SNP: 29.4% (-16.8)
REF: 26.2% (+26.2)
CON: 6.0% (-11.5)
GRN: 2.6% (+2.6)
+/- 2021
🚨 | DONCASTER MAYORAL ELECTION RESULT:
🌹 Jones (LAB): 32.6% (-10.7)
➡️ Jones (RFM): 31.6% (+30.1)
🌳 Fletcher (CON): 26.0% (-2.2)
🌍 Buckley (GRN): 3.4% (-1.9)
⚪ Walmsley (Yorks): 1.6% (-4.8)
🔴 Bettney (SDP): 1.3%
🔶 Melenciuc (LDM): 1.2%
⚫ Others (x5): 2.3%
LABOUR HOLD.
Changes w/ 2021.
Complete and utter bollocks, to be perfectly honest. What we find out now any time there's a FindOutNow poll is how much glue they've been huffing, and the answer is invariable "the whole bloody factory". An embarrassment to keep paying them money for this dreck.
Kemi Badenoch's new plan:
❌ Keep bills high by making us more reliant on fossil fuel markets and dictators
❌ Repel billions of pounds of private sector investment in clean energy and the jobs that go with it
❌ Abandon the fight to protect our planet for future generations
Limp Bizkit at the Hydro last weekend.
Guarantee it is definitely not good and that Cedric and Omar will leather each other on day one of the headline tour and that’ll be them done for a while. Again.
Aye aye going to hurry up and just release new music ffs!
In the early years of devolution, Holyrood was open to new ideas, to different ways of working, to taking calculated risks on behalf of the Scottish people. Twenty-five years on, our country and our parliament have stagnated, that energy and creativity too often replaced by bitter partisan politics and government by slogan. Essential public services are in crisis. Our once-admired Scottish NHS struggles to deliver basic services. More than 10,000 Scots have been waiting more than two years for hospital treatment — the comparable number in England is 113 people. The number of people stuck in hospital because their discharge has been delayed is the highest ever and the Scottish NHS is still seeing fewer patients than before the Covid-19 pandemic.
This is very good from Jack McConnell on the ambition we should seek from Scotland's Parliament in 2026, and the stagnation under the SNP now - public services in crisis and a failure to think of new, bold ideas to fix them.
www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/...
Fantastic news! A brilliant Scottish Labour win!
@aidanmarshall.bsky.social is a friend to our CLP and one of the most decent people in politics.
The people of Kirkintilloch East & North & Twechar have elected the dedicated, local champion they deserve!🌹💪
Kirkitilloch East, North and Twechar (East Dunbartonshire) by-election, first preferences:
Lab: 958 (30.2%, +1.0)
SNP: 726 (22.9%, -16.0)
Lib Dem: 677 (21.3%, +2.6)
RUK: 476 (15%, new)
Con: 131 (4.1%, -7.8)
Grn: 128 (4%, new)
Alba: 63 (2%, new)
Sovereignty: 18 (0.6%, new)
Labour elected stage TBC.
Labour activists with Aidan in the centre
Michael, Aidan and Paul
Great to be out in Kirkintilloch with our absolutely fantastic candidate @aidanmarshall.bsky.social on polling day. He’s so well known I think he’s already doing half the job but if he’s elected I know he’ll work tirelessly for his community.
Best of luck to my pal Aidan Marshall, Scottish Labour’s candidate for today’s Kirkintilloch/Twechar by-election. A true legend who’s knocked his pan in!
Very strong statement from Anas Sarwar supporting new nuclear power in Scotland for improved energy security, more jobs, and lower emissions. While the SNP hide behind lies about renewables, we need a Scottish Government willing to be honest with the people of Scotland.
Colinton Fairmilehead (Edinburgh) by-election, 1st prefs (vs Nov 24):
Con: 2027 (32.6%, +12.9)
La: 1146 (18.4%, -1.1)
LD: 1009 (16.2%, -20)
SNP: 840 (13.5%, +2.7)
Grn: 426 (6.8%, +1.5)
RUK: 345 (5.5%, +1.9)
Inds (Rtn): 347 (5.6%, +1.5)
Inds (New): 18 (0.3%, new)
Family: 65 (1%, +0.4)
Con + Lab win
#StormEowyn is expected soon, with winds expected to reach up to 100mph.
@metoffice weather warnings are in place - more info on electricity & how to prepare for potential disruption:
◼️ Energy Networks Association: www.energynetworks.org
◼️PowerCut105: www.powercut105.com/en/
It's Christmas Eve! Last of my lookback videos and a thanks to everyone in the constituency for everything you do to make this such a great place to live, work and grow up in. It's a privilege to work for you as your Member of Parliament.
Have a fantastic Christmas and all the best for 2025! 🎅
Two by-elections today. Stirling East could be a tight one; 2022 would have went to an SNP vs Con head to head... by 2 votes over SNP vs Lab, that SNP win by 8.8%. Labour *can* overcome that, but haven't always lately. Favourites perhaps, but only barely. ballotbox.scot/preview-stir...
How will we ever survive…
Hi there! I’m a slightly over 40 year old ex-sovereign of a now fallen empire called Twitter, looking to rebuild a following in pastures green under a Bluesky. Oh, and I sing - but not necessarily to your liking.
Kind of get the point about Grand Central Hotel’s load in. Basically a grand tour of the depths of Central station!
View from behind the drivers seat at yet another corporate gig at the weekend!
Fresh off the plane from Copenhagen, I went to see Sleep Token at the Hydro. Arguably one of the best bands in the UK at the moment, and the fastest growing!
