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The Scottish Liberal Democrats (Scottish Gaelic: Pàrtaidh Libearalach Deamocratach na h-Alba) [9] is a liberal, federalist political party in Scotland, part of UK Liberal Democrats. The party holds 4 of the 129 seats in the Scottish Parliament , 6 of the 57 Scottish seats in the House of Commons and 87 of 1,227 local councillors.
The SNP enjoyed their best election result, gaining forty seats from Labour and ten from the Liberal Democrats to hold 56 of Scotland's 59 constituencies. [3] The other parties held one seat each. The Liberal Democrats had been part of a coalition government with the Conservatives prior to the election with 57 seats in parliament.
Seat held (Notional gain) Carshalton and Wallington: Bobby Dean: Defeated incumbent, Elliot Colburn: Cheadle: Tom Morrison: Defeated incumbent, Mary Robinson: Chelmsford: Marie Goldman: Defeated incumbent, Vicky Ford: Cheltenham: Max Wilkinson: Defeated incumbent, Alex Chalk: Chesham and Amersham: Sarah Green: Held by-election gain Chichester ...
4 October: Helensburgh and Lomond South (3-member ward), Argyll and Bute, 1 member elected by single transferable vote: Lib Dem gain from Ind (result May 2007: 1 Con, 1 Ind, 1 Lib Dem; after by election: 2 Lib Dem, 1 Con)
The Lib Dem leader launched his party’s Scottish election campaign in North Queensferry.
Meanwhile, the Lib Dems also believe they can make gains in Scotland at the SNP’s expense. In 2019, the Lib Dems won just four seats in Scotland, with then UK leader Jo Swinson losing her ...
The Liberal Democrats also saw gains, increasing their Scottish representation in Parliament from four seats to six. The Scottish National Party, the dominant party in Scotland since 2007, saw a collapse of support in which they lost 39 seats, bringing their total from 48 seats won at the previous election to nine.
The Conservatives gained 54 from Labour, 3 from the Lib Dems and 1 from Speaker. They lost 1 to Labour, 2 to the Lib Dems, and 7 to the SNP, giving them a net gain of 48 seats. Labour lost the 54 as said but gained one, Putney, in direct reply, and lost 6 to the SNP and lost 1 to Speaker, giving them a net loss of 60 seats.