David Maddox: Inspiring candidates
As many of the papers have noted this morning there is concern that Glasgow North East could set a new low in the turnout records for Scotland.
Some commentators have suggested that it may be around 25 per cent, which is pretty depressing considering the effort that has gone into this by-election by the various parties and that it is the last serious test, with the possible exception of the English council elections, before next year's general election.
However, it will struggle to beat the all time record of 19.6 per cent set in 1999 when Hilary Benn, the son of Tony Benn who is now a cabinet minister, was elected as the MP for Leeds Central.
But one interesting statistic is that the previous Scottish record was 36.6 per cent in Falkirk West in 2000 when Eric Joyce won for Labour.
Who was the defeated SNP candidate then? It was David Kerr of this very same by-election.
Some commentators have suggested that it may be around 25 per cent, which is pretty depressing considering the effort that has gone into this by-election by the various parties and that it is the last serious test, with the possible exception of the English council elections, before next year's general election.
However, it will struggle to beat the all time record of 19.6 per cent set in 1999 when Hilary Benn, the son of Tony Benn who is now a cabinet minister, was elected as the MP for Leeds Central.
But one interesting statistic is that the previous Scottish record was 36.6 per cent in Falkirk West in 2000 when Eric Joyce won for Labour.
Who was the defeated SNP candidate then? It was David Kerr of this very same by-election.
Labels: David Kerr, David Maddox, Eric Joyce, Falkirk West, Glasgow North East, Hilary Benn, Leeds Central, turnouts
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