SNP ENJOY 7% SWING FROM LABOUR FROM 2007 HIGH.
LABOUR CLING ON BY 63 IN SAFEST WESTMINSTER SEAT IN SCOTLAND.
The SNP have hailed the combined results of yesterday’s by-elections held in Labour heartland seats where the party enjoyed a combined 7% swing from the Labour party from the SNP’s high watermark in May 2007, and a swing from Labour to the SNP in all three wards. The difference in elections is that only one councillor per ward was being elected in the by-elections, compared to the multi-members who were elected in these wards in May 2007.
In particular, in the Coatbridge North and Glenboig by-election in North Lanarkshire Labour only clung on by 63 votes in a ward which lies in what should be Labour's safest Westminster seat of Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill.
Commenting on the combined results SNP MSP and Minister for Parliament Bruce Crawford said:
"As we await the European results, these results are very positive indeed for the SNP – alongside the latest YouGov poll showing the SNP with an 8% lead over Labour.
"To secure a 7% swing from Labour from what was already a high watermark for the SNP in 2007 is enormously encouraging. And for Labour to see their vote collapse to a level where they cling on by only 63 votes in a seat like Coatbridge – in their safest Westminster constituency in Scotland – is nothing short of remarkable.
“With the possibility of a General Election increasing as Gordon Brown's authority disintegrates before our eyes, these results put the SNP in a strong position.
"The people of Scotland want a Government which puts jobs and communities at the top of its agenda - not one which still has plans to slash Scottish investment in the teeth of a recession.”
ENDS
Notes
1. The combined result of all three of yesterday’s by-elections is as follows:
Party: Votes - '09 % ~ '07 % (Change)
SNP: 3,600 - 28% ~ 24% (+4%)
Labour: 5,514 - 42% ~ 51% (-9%)
Tory: 1,177 - 9% ~ 9% (0%)
LibDem: 1,085 - 8% ~ 4% (4%)
Other: 1,642 - 13% ~ 11% (2%)
A 7% swing from Labour to the SNP from the 2007 election.
2. The three by-elections were as follows (with changes from 2007 in brackets):
A. Anniesland/Drumchapel ward in Glasgow
SNP: 1509 - 28.29% (+6.76%)
Labour: 2584 - 48.44% (-11.95%)
LibDem: 349 - 6.54% (+2.52%)
Tory: 316 - 5.92% (+1.17%)
Green: - 270 - 5.06% (+2.06)
BNP: 177 - 3.32% (+3.32%)
Ind: 129 - 2.42% (+2.42%)
A 9.35% swing from Labour to the SNP.
B. Coatbridge North and Glenboig ward in North Lanarkshire
SNP: 1254 – 35.25% (+5.85%)
Labour: 1529 – 42.98% (-4.84%)
Tory: 361 – 10.14% (-0.44%)
Independent: 557 – 15.65%
Green: 115 – 3.23% (+3.23%)
Independent: 217 – 6.1%
SSP: 81 – 2.27% (-0.98%)
This equals a 5.35% swing Labour to SNP
The final count was:
Labour: 1759
SNP: 1696
A majority of 63.
C. Bishopbriggs South ward in East Dunbartonshire
SNP: 837 - 23.45% (+3.32%)
Labour: 1,401 - 39.24% (-2.41%)
Tory: 500 - 14.01% (-0.09%)
LibDem: 736 - 20.62% (9.84%)
Other: 96 - 2.69% (-10.66%)
A 2.86% swing from Labour to the SNP.
2. The latest poll (a YouGov poll for the Telegraph) conducted on 2nd to 3rd June 2009 sampled 410 people in Scotland and produced the following results.
Questioned on voting intentions for the Westminster Election respondents expressed the following preferences (change from 2005);
SNP 33% (+15%)
Lab 25% (-15%)
Con 18% (+2%)
LD 16% (-7%)
Oth 10% (+8%)
Questioned on voting intentions for the European Election respondents expressed the following preferences (change from 2004);
SNP 31% (+12%)
Lab 22% (-4%)
Con 14% (-6%)
LD 17% (+4)
Grn 5% (-2)
Oth 11% (-2%)
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