IF it hadn’t been for the late drama of the LibDem leader Jo Swinson being unseated, the defining moment of election night in 2019 for SNP…
Nicola Sturgeon and Dave Doogan, SNP candidate for Angus, meets with activists and supporters on the British General election campaign trail on November 16, 2019 in Arbroath, Scotland
Until a little more than a year ago, it seemed highly likely that Tory unpopularity meant the story of the 2024 election would be the SNP finishing the job in the six remaining Tory seats, with there being no real doubt that they would retain all of the seats they already held, such as the newly-renamed Angus and Perthshire Glens.
There has been a substantial boundary revision, which has brought in a large chunk of Pete Wishart’s old Perth and North Perthshire constituency, but because the balance of party support in that constituency was similar to that in Angus, it hasn’t changed the equation much. Simply by default because of SNP voters moving to Labour, the Tories do seem to have cut into their national lead over themselves since the last general election, but for the most part, the opinion polls do not suggest they’ve cut it to as little as twelve points.
Mike Weir replaced him as the local SNP MP, and stayed on for 16 years until Kirstene Hair upset the apple cart in 2017.
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