Big swings to the SNP in the latest local by-elections: Full results

Big swings to the SNP in the latest local by-elections: Full results

Anderston and City (SNP defence), Calton (SNP defence), Craigton (SNP defence) and Langside (Green defence) on City of Glasgow
Anderston and City
Result: SNP 1,441 (48% +18%), Labour 857 (29% -21%), Green 414 (14% +4%), Conservatives 164 (5% unchanged), Liberal Democrats 66 (2% unchanged), UKIP 43 (1%, no candidate in 2012), Libertarian 12 (0%, no candidate in 2012)
SNP HOLD on the sixth count with a majority of 584 (19%) on a swing of 19.5% from Labour to SNP

Calton
Result: SNP 1,507 (55% +25%), Labour 814 (30% -25%), Conservative 129 (5% +2%), UKIP 103 (4%, no candidate in 2012), Green 99 (4% +1%), Independent 47 (2% +1%), Liberal Democrats 18 (1% unchanged)
SNP HOLD on the first count with a majority of 693 (25%) on a swing of 25% from Labour to SNP

Craigton
Result: SNP 2,674 (54% +23%), Labour 1,643 (33% -20%), Conservative 300 (6% +2%), Green 136 (3% +1%), UKIP 95 (2% +1%), Liberal Democrats 87 (2% +1%)
SNP HOLD on the first count with a majority of 1,031 (21%) on a swing of 21.5% from Labour to SNP

Langside
Result: SNP 2,134 (50% +12%), Labour 932 (22% -14%), Green 579 (14% +5%), Conservative 379 (9% +2%), Liberal Democrats 125 (3% -4%), UKIP 65 (2%, no candidate in 2012)
SNP GAIN from Green on the second count with a majority of 1,202 (28%) on a swing of 3.5% from Green to SNP (13% from Labour to SNP)

Total votes in by-election
SNP 7,756 (52% +19%), Labour 4,246 (28% -20%), Green Party 1,228 (8% +2%), Conservatives 972 (7% +2%), UKIP 306 (2%), Liberal Democrats 296 (2% -1%), Independent 47 (0%), Other Parties 74 (0%)
19.5% swing from Labour to SNP

Hamilton South on South Lanarkshire (SNP defence)
Result: SNP 1,441 (48% +15%), Labour 857 (29% -22%), Green 414 (14%, no candidate in 2012), Conservative 164 (5% -4%), Liberal Democrats 66 (2%, no candidate in 2012), UKIP 43 (1%, no candidate in 2012)
SNP hold on the sixth count with a majority of 584 (19%) on a swing of 18.5% from Labour to SNP

Harry Hayfield

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