Remarkably for the first time the SNP is not standing a candidate in every mainland ward in an STV election. They are missing candidates in the Borders including a ward where Labour bizarrely has 2. … (View Post)

https://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/media/26916/slge2022_notice_of_poll_and_situation_of_polling_stations-aberdeenshire-final.pdf Tories running 30 candidates, up from 23 in 2017. Would be interesting t… (View Post)

https://twitter.com/BallotBoxScot/status/1509207142980636677 FIRST CANDIDATES ELECTED FOR MAY'S ELECTIONS: Inverclyde East is uncontested - a 3 member ward with 3 candidates. Christopher Curley (SNP)… (View Post)

Yes, Starmer has overreached himself here and is understandably open to criticism (instead of maybe just arguing that is no longer appropriate for Lebedev to have a peerage now and not trying to make… (View Post)

Jamie Wallis would be appear to be the first trans MP in the commons. There was a Labour trans candidate who stood in East Worthing and Shoreham in 2017 who got relatively close and then fell out wit… (View Post)