Lib Dems gain council seat from SNP in Edinburgh
Three principal authority council by-elections this week and, hooray, a full slate of Liberal Democrat candidates.
First up, a very impressive second place in a ward where we didn’t stand before for Lib Dem candidate Chaitan Shah in Hounslow:
Next, a Lib Dem gain from the SNP in Scotland:
Congratulations to new councillor Fiona Bennett and her team.
Finally, another Labour ward and another promising Lib Dem improvement, up into second place:
Thank you to Allen Windsor for being the Liberal Democrat candidate.
For what all this means for the running total of council by-election results since the last May elections, see my council by-elections scorecard here.
These by-election results round-ups cover principal authority by-elections as it’s only those for which comprehensive results are available.
Understanding the opinion polls
For understanding what is happening in politics, by-elections have the advantage of being real votes in real ballot boxes. But the opinion polls have the advantage of trying to be a representative sample of voters, not just those in the places that happen to have by-elections. To understand the polls properly – and what they do and don’t really tell us – see my book, Polling UnPacked: The History, Uses and Abuses of Political Opinion Polls.
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