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Ballot Box Scotland
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Ballot Box Scotland
@BallotBoxScot
Scottish elections and polling data. Not using Twitter anymore. OG 'Britain Elects but Scottish'. PR fan account.
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- Douglas Ross replacing David Duguid as Aberdeenshire North and Moray East candidate. I try to be careful with my words on this project, but to deselect at last minute an unwell MP; stand again yourself after having said you wouldn't; in a safer seat than your current? Sordid.Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross to stand in election bbc.in/3x65fb2
- I'm ordering the nastiest takeaway available to humankind now, and I hope all my volunteers are doing the same after the shift we've all put in today. I'll be back later this evening with some more quick-analysis of the overall picture.
- SNP GAIN Edinburgh Central (Lothian) from Conservative Angus Robertson returns to parliamentary politics, and takes the seat former Conservative leader Ruth Davidson famously won in 2016 - she is heading to the Lords this election. #SP21 #BBS21 ballotbox.scot
- Hi Twitter, can I remind you that despite the name "Ballot Box Scotland", I'm actually a human being? I also happen to be unemployed and quite depressed. This project is fun for me 99% of the time, but if you're going to be rude and unpleasant, how bout you... don't tweet me?
- I'm going to allow myself this one brief bit of (what I genuinely do not intend to be mean-spirited_ satisfaction that BBS has again proven the worth of a Scotland-focussed project. At least two sources, with more academic basis than I have, put out obviously wrong projections.
- Very grateful for immense support over the past 24 hours, and it is indeed very much from across the political aisle - very kind messages from e.g. @IanMurrayMP were lovely to see too. Couldn't possibly like or respond to it all, but absolutely adds to the joy of running BBS 😭What @BallotBoxScot does - as a volunteer operation - is remarkable…and I’m sure that’s a view shared cross party. Its ward by ward analysis pre-election, and live coverage of results yesterday, more than matched anything provided by professional media. Very well done 👏
- Arran (North Ayrshire) 1st Preference: Con: 32.4% (+19.1) SNP: 25.7% (-14.4) TY (Ind): 12.5% (New) Lab: 10% (-30.3) Grn: 9.9% (New) EM (ind): 9.4% (New) 2017 non-returns: 0% (-6.3) Elected: Con (-1 SNP) Turnout: 60.3% #BBSLE22 ^RS
- SNP GAIN Ayr (South) from Conservative Siobhan Brown defeats Conservative MSP John Scott, who is too far down the list to be re-elected now. A narrow margin of just 170 votes. #SP21 #BBS21 ballotbox.scot
- SNP GAIN East Lothian from Labour Paul McLennan elected as MSP, seeing off Labour's Martin Whitfield who sought to replace Iain Gray. #SP21 #BBS21 ballotbox.scot
- Labour HOLD Dumbarton (West) Jackie Baillie re-elected in what was Scotland's most marginal seat. #SP21 #BBS21 ballotbox.scot
- I do wish Andrew Wilson on the BBC would stop repeating "there's no PR system in the world with a majority" - I can't speak to this exact moment in time, but for example, in 2011 when the SNP won their majority, both Spain and Croatia also elected majority governments via PR.
- A naturally muted anniversary, given the circumstances, but today marks 25 years since Scotland voted overwhelmingly in favour of establishing the Scottish Parliament. The devolution referendum passed almost 3 to 1 (74.3% vs 25.7%), with all 32 council areas voting in favour.
