amsterdam scot Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 Back home in Campbeltown to find SNP won local council by election taking 62% of votes cast. Winner John Armour is brother of a regular poster on here, DoubleAA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flynnyboy Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 (edited) Up 44%. That is massive. Hopefully a sign of things to come. Oh and almost as pleasing was the fact labour came 4th. Again hopefully a sign of things to come. Edited December 12, 2014 by flynnyboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antidote Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 Excellent result and as flynnboy has said, hopefully a sign of things to come. I heard the next by election is up Elgin way very soon. Can anyone confirm that? If that, or any other seat, goes the same way then the unionists will be bricking it big time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOUBLE A Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 Back home in Campbeltown to find SNP won local council by election taking 62% of votes cast. Winner John Armour is brother of a regular poster on here, DoubleAA. Cheers Gordon, pretty ringing endorsement from the good folk in South Kintyre, not sure how he will fit it in with all his other local commitments but sure he will do the very best for all the folk he will represent although he better make sure it doesn't interfere with any of our games !!! Am sure he will manage a couple of drams to celebrate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Bruce Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 Excellent result and as flynnboy has said, hopefully a sign of things to come. I heard the next by election is up Elgin way very soon. Can anyone confirm that? If that, or any other seat, goes the same way then the unionists will be bricking it big time. Aye, Elgin North council by election result was yesterday, just announced it was won by Kirsty Reid for another SNP gain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jailender Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 Turnout in Elgin 20.9% . Poor considering the recent events in Scottish politics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamia Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 Up 44%. That is massive. Hopefully a sign of things to come. Oh and almost as pleasing was the fact labour came 4th. Again hopefully a sign of things to come. How can this be worked out given the proportional way LA elections work with a pool af candidates per area Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamia Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 Turnout in Elgin 20.9% . Poor considering the recent events in Scottish politics. Shocking - just shows how the current political structure isn't working. People will turn out to vote if they think it matters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armchair Bob Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 These results are even more remarkable as the way these 3-seat wards work, they are proportional across 3 seats, but closer to first past the post when there is only one candidate. So in a Labour dominant area, there might be two Labour councillors and one SNP, but when the SNP councillor resigns and the by election is held, another Labour one gets elected. At least, that's what used to happen *before* the referendum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wee-toon-red Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 (edited) It's also worth noting that in South Kintyre, the Tory vote in the 2012 election was likely to have been so high because the guy standing for them has been a councillor for years and is pretty popular locally. He got in at first by standing as an "independent" (like a lot of Argyll & Bute councillors who suddenly became "independent" in 1997 for some reason, can't think why) and then switched back to being a Tory in 2007 and has carried the support with him. It's unlikely that any other Tory candidate would do as well as he does in a council election in South Kintyre. In fact, they couldn't even get a properly local candidate to stand for them yesterday as the candidate chosen lives in Lochgilphead, 55 miles away. Hopefully last night's result is a good indicator for May but I wouldn't be putting the mortgage on an SNP win in Argyll on the back of it. I'm sure John would've walked the by-election anyway and will be a good representative for the area, just in case the above sounds overly negative. Just trying to be realistic. Edited December 12, 2014 by wee-toon-red Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flora MaDonald Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 Cheers Gordon, pretty ringing endorsement from the good folk in South Kintyre, not sure how he will fit it in with all his other local commitments but sure he will do the very best for all the folk he will represent although he better make sure it doesn't interfere with any of our games !!! Am sure he will manage a couple of drams to celebrate Congratulations to your brother, Double A. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmer John Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 Thanks for the good wishes folks don't worry double A I'll manage! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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