tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post6632211476701823426..comments2024-03-29T07:48:22.768+00:00Comments on SCOT goes POP!: Lashings of loveliness in Leven as SNP score key by-election triumphJames Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-85298716222925541592016-12-17T11:11:32.415+00:002016-12-17T11:11:32.415+00:00Yes, but the 954 include Greens and Libs who prefe...Yes, but the 954 include Greens and Libs who preferred Tories to either Lab or SNP.2612https://www.blogger.com/profile/06321159177450575569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-34517128861807702282016-12-17T10:21:25.556+00:002016-12-17T10:21:25.556+00:00The Tory 2nd pref available for transfer would be ...The Tory 2nd pref available for transfer would be 752, and not 954.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-44047393835098232072016-12-16T22:24:38.689+00:002016-12-16T22:24:38.689+00:00I have finally come across the transfers from this...I have finally come across the transfers from this election (thanks to Vote UK Forum):<br /><br />Transfers from Leven, Kennoway and Largo.<br /><br />First prefs: SNP 1501 Lab 1155 C 752 LD 580 Grn 74<br />LD and Grn eliminated: SNP 1615 Lab 1302 C 954<br />C eliminated: SNP 1668 Lab 1620<br /><br />It seems that of 954 voters eliminated at the final hurdle, just 53 preferred SNP to Labour. Without them, there would not have been a pro-indy winner - thank you, these 53.<br /><br />On the other hand, just 318 of those 954 could bring themselves to vote Labour above SNP. Long may the unionists be disunited!<br />2612https://www.blogger.com/profile/06321159177450575569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-20779811319778618612016-12-16T21:37:16.193+00:002016-12-16T21:37:16.193+00:00The non-nats, for want of a better collective noun...The non-nats, for want of a better collective noun, have nowhere else to go. The Tories will be hitting 30% before long. I was saying it back when they were raising eyebrows getting into the high teens. Now they're well in the 20s and rising.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-12811834433738598502016-12-16T21:12:17.995+00:002016-12-16T21:12:17.995+00:00Tories won GE15 with "only" 37% of the v...Tories won GE15 with "only" 37% of the vote.<br /><br />Can't see them lying awake at night worrying about being outpolled by some sort of pact.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-70017162124698922262016-12-16T18:21:48.242+00:002016-12-16T18:21:48.242+00:00Marcia, the 'full figures' on Fife's w...Marcia, the 'full figures' on Fife's website are just those quoted above. There seem to have been no counts beyond the first round!2612https://www.blogger.com/profile/06321159177450575569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-89481931248586770192016-12-16T15:29:44.631+00:002016-12-16T15:29:44.631+00:00I think Scottish politics has changed forever.
It ...I think Scottish politics has changed forever.<br />It will be a straight fight between the SNP and the Unionists until independence is delivered.Jutemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11061671774494923407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-47638636965865314482016-12-16T14:13:49.299+00:002016-12-16T14:13:49.299+00:00I'm at at loss to see how important the rise i...I'm at at loss to see how important the rise in the Lib Dem vote is surely the issue is the much larger rise in the Tory vote. Is this a Tory revival at work? Your thoughts into this much larger increase would be insightful as always.<br /><br />I think that the battle for the socialist vote has been lost by Labour to the SNP, has the Unionist vote been lost by Labour to the Tories? In which case will Labour fade away and leave the left in Scotland dominated by the SNP and the right by a revived Tory party?Dr De-la-Zouchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-14266383753755622092016-12-16T12:49:13.659+00:002016-12-16T12:49:13.659+00:00It is still a pretty good result for a party which...It is still a pretty good result for a party which has been in power at Holyrood for nigh on ten years and how many unionists will actually vote Tory in the event of a formal unionist bloc which is what such a bloc would be .bill forsythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11513042239933358771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-6047204413754185272016-12-16T12:14:53.048+00:002016-12-16T12:14:53.048+00:00Sshh. Don't give them ideas.Sshh. Don't give them ideas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-5130714649616056162016-12-16T09:33:31.067+00:002016-12-16T09:33:31.067+00:00with only 38.8% of the vote, a unionist solidarity...with only 38.8% of the vote, a unionist solidarity pact could easily have seen the Best placed indy candidate outpolled.2612https://www.blogger.com/profile/06321159177450575569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-91858582787821947802016-12-16T09:23:06.479+00:002016-12-16T09:23:06.479+00:00The figures James has used is the first preference...The figures James has used is the first preference count before the 2nd preferences were distributed of the eliminated candidates. Full details will be on the Fife Council website. Marcianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-78598698372166278142016-12-16T08:48:37.328+00:002016-12-16T08:48:37.328+00:00I voted in this election yesterday. The polling cl...I voted in this election yesterday. The polling clerk told me to use numbers, listing as many candidates as I wanted to rate in order.<br /><br />Why then, were these preferences not used when no candidate achieved quota? For a single-member election, this would have been 50% + 1 vote.2612https://www.blogger.com/profile/06321159177450575569noreply@blogger.com