Labour has triumphed in the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election - with Sir Keir Starmer hailing it a "seismic result" for his party. Michael Shanks defeated the SNP's Katy Loudon by 17,845 votes to 8,399 - a majority of 9,446 and a 20.36% swing from SNP to Scottish Labour....
In this article the author discusses aspects of Scotland's votes during the Great Britain elections, which defied the national trend with a 0.1 percent swing in favor of the Labour Party. It states that the Scottish Unionist Party has only survived so long because the English have forgotten ...
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Prior to the election, the SNP held 25 seats. In 2007, Alex Salmond took over as First Minister, succeeding Jack McConnell. From 2007 to 2011, the government Salmond headed was a Scottish minority. In the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, the party Salmond leads, the Scottish Nationalist ...
Our motions covered the areas of the two-child benefit cap – an issue we raised in 2023 but felt could be discussed again in the light of the UK election result – and a motion relating to reform of the Gender Recognition Act. Our President, Jeanette Findlay, moved the first motion an...
The years of Albany’s dictatorship, which coincided with the general unrest in Christendom due to a disputed papal election, were not prosperous ones for the Scottish Church. Spiritual authority was weakened, and the encroachments of the State on the Church became increasingly serious. A ...
Posted onJune 11, 2024byThe Constitution Unit The 2019 Conservative Party manifesto contained a number of constitutional policy commitments – on Brexit, UK institutions, elections, civil liberties, and devolution. As the manifestos for this year’s general election emerge,Lisa Jamesassesses the delive...
By the time of his retirement at the 2010 General Election, he was the longest serving Scottish MP. Birthplace: Crieff, Scotland Nationality: United Kingdom George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll Dec. at 76 (1823-1900) George John Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll, (30 April ...
However, unable to shake off the accusation that Labour had aligned with the Tories to deliver a negative message and could no longer speak for Scotland, they were virtually wiped out in the 2015 general election in Scotland. It was to take until June 2017 for the party to mount the first...
The result saved Cameron from a historic defeat and also helped opposition chief Ed Miliband by keeping his many Labour Party lawmakers in Scotland in place. Labour would have found it much harder to win a national election in 2015 without that support from Scotland.Former Prime Minister Gordon ...