Election: this is when first hustings of campaign takes place in Kirkcaldy
The first hustings of the General Election are set to take place in Kirkcaldy.
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The first hustings of the General Election are set to take place in Kirkcaldy.
PLANS to build a Northern Link Road (NLR) "right through the middle" of Townhill Country Park should be scrapped.
Annabelle Ewing has won the Cowdenbeath constituency seat following a close battle to become the area's next MSP. The Holyrood battle ran close following weeks of campaigning by all five candidates, but in the end it was held by the SNP's Annabelle Ewing. She finished ahead of Alex Rowley from Scottish Labour, then Darren Watt (Conservative), Mags Hall, Greens, and Malcolm Wood, Lib Dem. The SNP are on course for another five years of power with many of the seats declared at the time of writing having been won by them. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon held her seat in Glasgow South Si...
SNP hold Cowdenbeath as Annabelle Ewing doubles majority Updated: May 7, 2021, 8:44 pm © SYSTEM SNP MSP Annabelle Ewing will represent Cowdenbeath for another four years after doubling her majority. Ewing won 16,499 votes compared to her closest rival, Scottish Labour’s Alex Rowley (10,486). Rowley was 188 votes down on his 2016 result. And Ewing now has a majority of 6,013 – up from 3,041 at the last election, when the SNP won the seat for the first time. Scottish Conservative candidate Darren Watt secured 4,758 votes, an increase of over 500 on five years ago. The seat was one of the f...
Submitting... The Scotsman spoke to several Green voters to understand why they vote for the party to try to understand more about the growth of Green politics in Scotland. Scottish Green Party co-leaders Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater on the local election campaign trail in Edinburgh. Climate change, understandably, is a driving force for many voters who back the party. Susan Hamilton lives in the SNP/Liberal Democrat marginal of Edinburgh Western and is considering “lending” her constituency vote to the SNP on Thursday. The 43-year-old mother of two was unequivocal, however, that whil...