Yes. The Tories won lopsided victories in much of their older hinterland due to the Lib Dems falling back spectacularly so much so that they would have topped the poll in the Edinburgh Southern Holyrood vote. Of course it' worth remembering that the pattern of first preferences is not too different in many regards to voting patterns in previous local elections.
See the comparison with 2003; i've used the 2012 results and overlaid them over the old wards
So 2012 under the old system would have given us Labour 24, Conservative 16, SNP 11, Green 6, Lib Dem 1. You can see that the Tory vote is where it always was, but it has in many ways eaten into the Lib Dems where it was a two way battle. The thing is, every party has eaten away at the Lib Dems too.
Interesting, thanks for this.
What's really striking is the lib dems "lost" seats to everyone, and without the personal vote for Edie would have none, that again really does not bode well (if we're still part of the UK that is) for 2015. Another thing is that apart from the Conservatives and to a lesser extent Labour no one seems to have a strong base, that is areas which will vote for them no matter what. Finally what happened in central Edinburgh to Labour? Is that a case of the Lib Dem vote breaking against them or something else?
