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Read about the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, held on Thursday 5 May and fought under new boundaries.
The SNP, led by Alex Salmond, won an overall majority.
Despite the relatively low level of allegations, 36% of people believe electoral fraud is a ‘very big’ or ‘fairly big’ problem. These people, however, were more likely to have seen stories in the media about fraud… … Read the full post »
Campaign spending totals by the parties for the 2011 Scottish Parliament elections have been published. … Read the full post »
The Electoral Commission’s report into May’s Scottish elections is now out and broadly paints a positive picture of how the elections were administered. … Read the full post »
During the week, I’ve done a series of posts about the poor Liberal Democrat election results, which were leavened by only a few bright spots. … Read the full post »
There was a highly symbolic moment late in the Yes campaign when its final TV broadcast was made. … Read the full post »
If Liberal Democrats simply ape the language of others, it will sound like the party is just aping their actions too rather than promoting its own beliefs. … Read the full post »
The Liberal Democrat councillor base matters because it is the heart of the party’s fabled grassroots campaigning machine. … Read the full post »
There are many things political parties and campaigners can learn from the grassroots and online efforts of both sides in the AV referendum, but the most important is a reminder of the limitations of both. … Read the full post »
Many Liberal Democrats – both currently and the 2010 voters – want the party to distance itself from the Tories, but by a massive majority wants to stay in the coalition. … Read the full post »
I’m instinctively sceptical of people who react to a poor election result by saying ‘we’ve just got to explain better’. … Read the full post »