Comments on: Moray

By: Andy JS

Andy JS — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 22:00:05 +0000

What one might call the Helmut Kohl 1998 solution.

I always remember how he humiliatingly lost his constituency seat that year but it didn’t matter because he was top of the CDU list.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 20:50:11 +0000

Yes, it’s just in Wales where it’s forbidden by law (starting from 2007 election) to stand in both sections.
In Scotland every party can do whatever it prefers in terms of constituency and list candidates

By: Paul D

Paul D — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 20:01:56 +0000

I think it was only in Wales that that rule came in.

Annabelle Goldie is a list MSP and also stood in W Renfrewshire

By: A Brown

A Brown — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:13:27 +0000

‘I thought Labour had nobbled it so that constituency candidates couldn’t also stand for list seats?’

They’ve bent/broken their rules a bit due to boundary changes.

I personally have no problem with it as my Tory constituency MSP is fairly good/efficient and would still be a list representative if he loses to labour.

By: Shaun Bennett

Shaun Bennett — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:07:41 +0000

I thought Labour had nobbled it so that constituency candidates couldn’t also stand for list seats?

Is that only in Wales perhaps?

By: A Brown

A Brown — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 14:49:19 +0000

The lib dem candidate is Jamie Patterson. He is also at the top of the list so has a reasonable chance of being elected if the lib dems lose both their highland consts to the SNP.

By: D Gatt

D Gatt — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 09:48:46 +0000

The last predictions for the 2011 Scottish Parliament Elections are wide of the mark the LibDems haven’t got a candidate yet but UKIP have!

By: Esgrad

Esgrad — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 20:23:35 +0000

Prediction for May 2011 Scottish Parliament election

SNP – 13000
Con – 8000
Lab – 5000
LD – 3000

By: A Brown

A Brown — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 14:02:16 +0000

And the greens polled nearly 10% ov the vote, more than Labour. Not sure if anything can be read into this.

By: Barnaby JL Marder

Barnaby JL Marder — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 13:30:03 +0000

The Tories lost Forres to an Independent in a by-election yesterday, although the SNP topped the first preferences. The Tory vote has halved since 2007.