SCOTTISH Labour have held a seat on West Dunbartonshire council after winning a by-election.
The party’s candidate, William Rooney, won the Kilpatrick by-election which was held after Douglas McAllister stepped down to become the MP for West Dunbartonshire.
The voting turnout, much like by-elections in Glasgow last week, was low with 19.2% of people heading to the polls – 1705 out of the eligible 8879 voters.
Kilpatrick (West Dunbartonshire) by-election, first preferences:
— Ballot Box Scotland (@BallotBoxScot) November 28, 2024
Lab: 725 (42.7%, -13.4)
SNP: 514 (30.3%, -7.7)
RefUK: 176 (10.4%, new)
Con: 97 (5.7%, -0.2)
Grn: 73 (4.3%, new)
LD: 63 (3.7%, new)
Family: 25 (1.5%, new)
Communist: 23 (1.4%, new)
Labour elected stage TBC. pic.twitter.com/W6fxFuYJMl
Labour won the contest at stage six with 814 votes while the SNP finished second with 564 and Reform UK in third on 200.
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We told last week how polling expert John Curtice said the figures behind the by-election wins in Glasgow for Labour last week represented “poor results” as the numbers showed a drop in support.
According to figures from Ballot Box Scotland, Labour’s first preference support dropped by 13.4% when compared with figures from 2022.
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