Back to the Ballot Box: Prospects for the Local Elections

2nd May 2022 Comment Elections, parties & leaders

Just twelve months after last year’s Holyrood election, Scotland goes to the polls again this week. This time the ballot is for all 1,226 seats on Scotland’s 32 councils. The electoral system, however, is very different. The local elections will be held using the Single Transferable Vote (STV) system of proportional representation that was first […]





Can The Scottish Conservatives Escape Boris Johnson’s Shadow?

18th March 2022 Comment Elections, parties & leaders

It has not been an easy winter for the Scottish Conservatives, whose conference takes place in Aberdeen today and tomorrow. The spring might not prove any easier either. The party reacted nervously to the ‘partygate’ row that engulfed the Prime Minister before and after Christmas. Most immediately it led to a call from its leader, […]