Inverclyde by-election

[afleitch]

Labour hold. Not as comfortable as they would like on the back of the SNP's recent win. Labour will no doubt say it shows the SNP aren't as popular etc etc, when the reality is a Labour win here (and they did win Greenock at Holyrood too) is simply a continuation of the different voting patterns at Holyrood and Westminster.

Parties other than Labour/SNP unlikely to get more than 10% in total.

[afleitch]

An expected result and again cementing the different voting tactics for national and Scottish elections. Of course certain commentators this morning have attempted to link this to Holyrood and dissatisfaction with the SNP which is a dangerous thing to do. Labour, officially at least have distanced themselves from this which is uncharateristically wise of them.

Worth noting that the swing in this election to the SNP in the by-election was larger than the swing to the SNP in Greenock and Inverclyde in May.