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ballotbox.scot Ballot Box Scotland @ballotbox.scot · Jun 20
Cromarty Firth (Highland) by-election, most popular second preference by party:

SNP <-> Alba
Ind RC <-> Ind MR
Reform UK -> Ind RC
Lib Dem -> Ind RC
Green -> SNP
Labour -> Lib Dem
Conservative -> Ind RC
Chart showing second preferences in the by-election. Most popular second preference per party, in percentage terms: SNP to Alba 23.9 Independent Cross to Independent Rattray 33.8 Independent Rattray to Independent Cross 36.7 Reform UK to Independent Cross 16.7 Lib Dem to Independent Cross 23.1 Green to SNP 37.0 Alba to SNP 47.3 Labour to Lib Dem 29.9 Conservative to Independent Cross 18.8 Note that a plurality of voters for Reform UK at 27.0 and Conservatives at 22.9 opted not to mark a second preference at all.
June 20, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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ballotbox.scot
Cromarty Firth (Highland) by-election, most popular second preference by party:

SNP <-> Alba
Ind RC <-> Ind MR
Reform UK -> Ind RC
Lib Dem -> Ind RC
Green -> SNP
Labour -> Lib Dem
Conservative -> Ind RC
Chart showing second preferences in the by-election. Most popular second preference per party, in percentage terms: SNP to Alba 23.9 Independent Cross to Independent Rattray 33.8 Independent Rattray to Independent Cross 36.7 Reform UK to Independent Cross 16.7 Lib Dem to Independent Cross 23.1 Green to SNP 37.0 Alba to SNP 47.3 Labour to Lib Dem 29.9 Conservative to Independent Cross 18.8 Note that a plurality of voters for Reform UK at 27.0 and Conservatives at 22.9 opted not to mark a second preference at all.
June 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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ballotbox.scot
Cromarty Firth (Highland) by-election, first preferences (vs BE Sep 24):

SNP: 568 (23.8%, +6.8)
Ind RC: 503 (21.1%, +9.1)
Ind MR: 368 (15.4%, +1.8)
RUK: 348 (14.6%, +11.4)
LD: 290 (12.2%, -8.1)
Grn: 92 (3.9%, +0.1)
Alba: 91 (3.8%, new)
Labr: 77 (3.2%, nc)
Con: 48 (2%, -0.4)

Ind RC elected stage 9
Chart of the above figures; note turnout of 24.7% (no change) and that non-returning Independents won 24.6% of the vote in the September 2024 by-election.
June 20, 2025 at 5:31 PM