Scotland Archive

Map of Scotland completed

By
Ben Raue
 – April 17, 2010

I have now finished my map of the 1997 Scottish boundaries, which means I have now posted a complete set of boundaries for all national and devolved elections since 1997. These boundaries were used for the 1997 and 2001 UK elections and the 1999, 2003 and 2007 Scottish Parliament elections. Posted below the fold are two screenshots from these maps. You can download the Westminster version or the Scottish Parliament version (which is a larger file due to the inclusion of Scottish parliamentary region boundaries).

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UK electoral map finished

By
Ben Raue
 – December 13, 2009

I have finally completed the UK electoral map for next year’s general election for the House of Commons.

I had previously completed maps for England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and have now completed the map for Scotland. I have also updated the map of England to take account of by-election results and the change of Speaker.

Maps below the fold:

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Labour and SNP go head to head in Glasgow North East

By
Ben Raue
 – November 12, 2009

Result: Labour has held on against the SNP with 59.4% of the vote. The SNP polled 20%, while the Conservatives polled 5.2%. The BNP came fourth with 4.9% followed by former socialist MSP Tommy Sheridan and the  Liberal Democrats.

Voters are now going to the polls to elect a new Member of Parliament in the Glasgow North East constituency in Scotland. Vacated by Speaker Michael Martin in June after he was forced from the Speakership, the seat has seen a fierce contest between the ruling Labour Party and the Scottish National Party, the third such contest since Gordon Brown became Prime Minister.

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