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 stages ...
involving Clydeside members of parliament. First, the general election poll in the Govan constituency, on the river’s south bank, was allegedly rigged with
will now go ahead a month later.Blair wants to hold a General Election on the same day as those local polls - and even if he does not make a formal announcement, insiders have confirmed that is his preferred option.One Downing Street source said: "Tony is very much in favour of a del...
And they demand that we vote them in for another five years of ineffectual bleating, claiming not to have any credible plan for independence but that “next year’s General Election is our chance to ensure that Scotland’s voice is heard at Westminster and maximise our influence over what wi...
The first poll after the SNP brought the Gender Recognition Reform Bill to Parliament for its first reading in early March 2022 was the first one showing a lead of below 20 points since the 2019 general election. (The graph below is a selective one illustrating only significant changes. We’...
The Swinney-Forbes reset and Labour’s troubled start at Westminster has eaten away at the lead enjoyed by Sarwar in the exuberance of the general election victory. As the long campaign ahead of the May 2026 Holyrood election begins, an opinion poll over the weekend for the Herald newspaper ...
Originally, the number was to have been reduced in line with the drop in the number of MPs at Westminster - the change from 72 to 59 will be made for that body at the next General Election. But it has long been argued that the number of MSPs in Edinburgh should remain at 129 in ...
The exit poll in Britain's general election predicts that the Conservative Party will win 316 seats, just short of a majority in the House of Commons.
Sturgeon's renewed demand for a fresh independence referendum was given a boost when the SNP made significant gains in last month's general election. The party won 48 of Scotland's 59 seats at Westminster. Last month an opinion poll published in The Times showed support for Scottish independenc...
Sturgeon's renewed demand for a fresh independence referendum was given a boost when the SNP made significant gains in last month's general election. The party won 48 of Scotland's 59 seats at Westminster. Last month an opinion poll published in The Times showed support for Scottish independenc...