Scottish Labour win local by-election for Kirkintilloch East & North & Twechar on East Dunbartonshire council
Scottish Labour have won a local by-election in East Dunbartonshire after a collapse in the SNP vote. Aidan Marshall secured victory after his party’s vote held up compared to the local government elections three years ago.
The snap election was held after Lib Dem Susan Murray quit in the wake of becoming an MP last year. Local elections are held under proportional representation and Marshall was elected to serve Kirkintilloch East & North & Twechar after stage 8 of the vote.
He won the largest amount of first preferences - polling 1% more than in 2022 - while the SNP vote fell by 16%, according to the Ballot Box Scotland website. The Lib Dems came third on first preferences, Reform UK was fourth while the Tories were fifth. The turnout was 26.2%.
The results for the by-election for Ward 7, Kirkintilloch East & North & Twechar, 13 February 2025.
The Returning Officer is Ann Davie, Chief Executive of East Dunbartonshire Council.
The results of the Ward 7 Kirkintilloch East & North & Twechar by-election - declared by Returning Officer Ann Davie on 13 February 2025.
The results of the ward 7 by-election
The results of the ward 7 by-election
List of candidates and number of first preference votes
Candidate Party Number of first preference votes
Marthos Christoforou
Scottish Liberal Democrats
677
Eamonn Gallagher
Alba Party For Independence
63
Satbir Kaur Gill
Scottish Conservative and Unionist
131
Bruce Hampton
Reform UK
476
Aidan Marshall
Scottish Labour Party
958
Serina Marshall
Scottish National Party (SNP)
726
Alan McManus
Sovereignty
18
Elizabeth Rowan
Scottish Greens
128
Aidan Marshall, Scottish Labour Party, was elected at Stage 8.
Electorate, turnout and rejected papers
The electorate was 12,319
The turnout was 3,228 (26.2%)
There were 51 rejected ballot papers
The quota of votes for a candidate to be elected was 1,589
