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Aberdeen South declaration. Conservatives win with a majority of 6,000 over the SNP. Kemi willl be delighted

Starmer now has his comeback narrative. He can say that he's listened to the voters in Aberdeen and decided to sack Ed Miliband while ignoring the less significant by election in Makerfield.

Aberdeen South

Con 14,???
SNP 8,258
Ref 2,478
Lab 1,550
LD 1,270
Grn 974
Alliance Democracy 59

Aberdeen South

Con 14,???
SNP 8,258
Ref 2,478
??? 1,550
LD 1,270
Grn 974
Alliance Democracy 59

The Labour vote completely collapsed.

BBC says Aberdeen South result predicted for 10 mins from now

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002xv7k/election-26-byelection-special

Why is chatter pouring out of Aberdeen South but not Makerfield?

People in Scotland are better at counting?

Pennies, certainly.

Other things too.

"... One toaster for me... One toaster for Nic... One toaster for the SNP HQ... Three gold pens for me... Two gold pens for Nic... One for the SNP HQ..."

The SNP doing badly in Aberdeen South makes you wonder what's happened to their vote in Arbroath & Broughton Ferry.

Aberdeen South may have been the wealthiest seat in the UK in the late 70s / early 80s, when the oil boom was at its height. In Paul Theroux's book on walking around the UK at that time, he said the hotel room rates in Aberdeen were off the scale compared to everywhere else he'd stayed on his trip.

From yesterday:

My prediction for tomorrow's by-elections

Aberdeen South -> Con gain from SNP
Arbroath & Broughton Ferry -> SNP hold (with strong Ref UK performance)
Makerfield -> very narrow Lab hold

2 out of 3 is not bad Andy

Which 2 out of 3 was Malcolm talking about? 🤔

Why is chatter pouring out of Aberdeen South but not Makerfield?

People in Scotland are better at counting?