Local Council by-election 9th May 2024

[Tony Otim]

NORTH AYRSHIRE UA; Kilwinning (Con died)
GIBSON, Ian Charles (Scottish Family Party)
GIBSON, Sheila (SNP)
HUME, Mary (Labour)
KIRKWOOD, Ruby (Liberal Democrat)
LAWLER, Chris (Conservative)

2022: Lab 1714, 842; SNP 1225, 714; Con 867; LD 191

Sheila Gibson (SNP) and Ruby Kirkwood (LD) were the unsuccessful candidates here last time.

Current Council: SNP 12; Con 9; Lab 9; Ind 2; 1 vacancy

[batman]

Not presumably the former Liverpool full-back standing for the Tories

[evergreenadam]

Presumably not looking good for a Tory defence in this one, bit like Inverness South this week.

[minionofmidas]

Apr 12, 2024 20:57:36 GMT batman said:

Not presumably the former Liverpool full-back standing for the Tories

"a former footballer who enjoyed much of Liverpool's success of the mid 1960s to early 1970s" acc'd to wikipedia. So he found most of that enjoyable? Who did he play for himself?

[Tony Otim]

Apr 13, 2024 9:03:57 GMT evergreenadam said:

Presumably not looking good for a Tory defence in this one, bit like Inverness South this week.

I think it would be a major shock if this wasn't a comfortable Labour gain