Cove_Sheep Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Quite stunning victory for the SNP there given all the circumstances. I think it has the Katy Clark fanclub worried that she might even be unemployed soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest flumax Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Not sure it's worth crowing about as it's a council by election. Only 27.7% turnout but looks good with 47% SNP (1400 ish votes) in Gordon Brown's patch. The best bit is the swing labour down 12% SNP up 16% (rounding). Hoping this seeing gets replicated come may Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cove_Sheep Posted January 23, 2015 Author Share Posted January 23, 2015 Not sure it's worth crowing about as it's a council by election. Only 27.7% turnout but looks good with 47% SNP (1400 ish votes) in Gordon Brown's patch. The best bit is the swing labour down 12% SNP up 16% (rounding). Hoping this seeing gets replicated come may Look at the circumstances. The SNP councillor who quit was elected 3rd (after two Lab councillors). He resigned due to some kind of dodgy issues - as I understand he was actually living in Austria. This should have been a gift for Labour. Another way to put it... John West @John_A_West · 3h 3 hours ago Kirkcaldy East: 631 less votes cast than 2012. Labour down 768 votes. SNP up 108 votes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossy Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Can someone work out what will happen if this kind of percentage swing is replicated in May... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parklife Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Can someone work out what will happen if this kind of percentage swing is replicated in May... - Scunnered will explode with rage - Cove sheep will explode with orgasm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 John West @John_A_West · It'd be great if he could get a gig with Salmond... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Laud Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 (edited) The previous snp councillor got a job in Austria and moved there.There was a big stink up and front page news in the local unionist rag which usually has a picture of gordon brown opening a shop or handing some poor sod a tin of beans at a foodbank.On every page. He was collecting his wage for basically doing nothing so you would think there would have been a big swing to labour. The upshot is we have a great new councillor in Marie Penman who ran the yes team here in Kirkcaldy during the referendum. Edited January 23, 2015 by The Laud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Endell Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 (edited) It'd be great if he could get a gig with Salmond... Play a tuna two. Edited January 23, 2015 by Charlie Endell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scunnered Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Quite stunning victory for the SNP there given all the circumstances. I think it has the Katy Clark fanclub worried that she might even be unemployed soon - Scunnered will explode with rage - Cove sheep will explode with orgasm Ach I won't. This vote was always going to be tough for Katy after her parties shenanigans over the last couple of years. If she isn't returned I'll take no joy at losing a progressive for an SNP... But what can you do, Tis democracy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scunnered Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 And anyway... SNP poster boy Mr. Sheep has a dark secret when it comes to Katy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fringo Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Play a tuna two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clyde1998 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Can someone work out what will happen if this kind of percentage swing is replicated in May... Nationally - you'd end up with: SNP - 30.8% LAB - 27.3% CON - 17.9% LIB - 17.4% The Liberal Democrats hadn't gone into coalition when the last election was held... Locally (Kirkcaldy & Cowdenbeath) - you'd end up with: LAB - 49.8% SNP - 25.2% CON - 10.2% LIB - 7.8% Same comment about the Lib Dems, also Labour's candidate was Gordon Brown in 2010... The SNP won the Kirkcaldy seat in the 2011 Scottish election with 45.2% of the vote, and narrowly lost the Cowdenbeath seat with 41.6% of the vote. I'd expect a close race between the SNP and Labour here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIGHTOWER 1314 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Kirkcaldy east is my part of town and it was a comfortable victory.Marie penman will do a decent job and hopefully this is just the start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flynnyboy Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 See what happens when postal votes ain't counted. I'm serious about that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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