Paul Walter

16% swing from SNP to Lib Dems in Orkney

By | Fri 6th May 2016 - 2:13 am

The BBC reports:

Orkney was the first constituency to declare in the Scottish Parliament election, with the Liberal Democrats holding the seat.
Liam McArthur was re-elected with 67% of the vote.
The Liberal Democrats have held the constituency since the Scottish Parliament was formed in 1999.
The turnout was up by 12.3% from 49.7% in 2011 to 62%. The Orkney result had been expected between 01:30 and 02:30, but was declared at 00:46.
Rutherglen was the second constituency to declare at 00:56.
The SNP’s Clare Haughey took the seat from Labour, which it had held since 2011.

* Paul Walter is a Liberal Democrat activist and member of the Liberal Democrat Voice team. He blogs at Liberal Burblings.

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One Comment

  • Eddie Sammon 6th May '16 - 1:23pm

    Another stand-out result. Again, it would be good to hear from the night’s big winners to see what they think the keys to bucking the national trend were exactly.

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