Comments on: Latest Scottish Voting Intention

By: Cllr Peter Cairns (SNP)

Cllr Peter Cairns (SNP) — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 09:55:02 +0000

RDL,

If it could be managed there are strong arguments for an Inverness seat and it will happen in time due to the expansion along the A96 corridor.

Oddly enough although I wouldn’t be that keen on it personally given the amount of commuting from Easter Ross towns like dingwall and the Black Isle should perhaps also be in it.

Peter.

By: RDL

RDL — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 04:18:14 +0000

I don’t think that’ll go through a local inquiry, Peter. I don’t expect the continued division of Inverness will either. While I’m happy that my part of the city is now in with the rest, I’ve written to the BCS urging them to unite the city in one seat, and to move the Black Isle into the West Highland seat.

By: Cllr Peter Cairns (SNP)

Cllr Peter Cairns (SNP) — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 00:47:27 +0000

Up her in he Highlands they are provisionally suggesting moving the “Black Isle” where e I live out of Rossshire (actually the old Ross and Cromarty with Cromarty on the Black isle) in to a northern constituency.

this makes no sense as the key towns for the Black isle Inverness, Beauly and principally Dingwall and not the north. It’s particularly annoying as the three Island constituencies will be left much as they are even though they all together are little better than one mainland one.

Peter.

By: Afleitch

Afleitch — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:52:04 +0000

A few projects can be made with the right information. The new East Renfrewshire (Eastwood minus Barrhead) looses the Labour stronghold of Barrhead. It will be almost certainly notionally Conservative for example

By: Anthony Wells

Anthony Wells — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:53:42 +0000

Crikey! Not yet Christian!

When final recommendations come out I expect I’ll do figures (though I’ll have to ponder how to deal with the new local authority election system) but I doubt anyone will do proper projections (as opposed to rough estimates) until then.