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The SNP leader spoke on a campaign visit to Dumfries. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
Michael Shanks won the seat with a 20.4% SNP-to-Labour swing, winning over twice as many votes as second-placed SNP candidate Katy Loudon. [80] Of the fourteen candidates that stood in the by-election, only Shanks and Loudon received over 5% of the vote and therefore retained their deposits. The turnout was 37.2%. [4] [3]
The Scottish Greens do not have any constituencies where they require a swing of less than 5% (having gained their current seats from the regional list vote). The 7.55% swing the Scottish Greens need to gain Glasgow Kelvin is their nearest opportunity in terms of a constituency seat, in which the party finished second in the last Scottish ...
In 2015, the SNP won 56 out of 59 seats and 50% of the popular vote. The SNP rebounded from their loss at the independence referendum at the 2015 general election eight months later, led by former Depute Leader Nicola Sturgeon. The party went from holding six seats in the House of Commons to 56, ending 51 years of dominance by the Scottish ...
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MPs rejected the SNP amendment by 363 votes to 103. [27] [28] In February 2025, internal SNP sources accused Flynn of running a "boys' brigade" in Westminster amid reports that he had identified a group of SNP MSPs he wanted to stand down from the Scottish Parliament to make room for ex-MPs who had lost their seats in the 2024 general election.
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