THE SNP’s good run of parliamentary wins in the north of Edinburgh and Leith finally came to an end at the 2024 General Election when Deidre Brock lost her Westminster seat to Labour.
But until that point, the SNP had been defying political gravity in a quite remarkable way. It’s known that in most of the country, their support generally correlates closely with the pro-independence vote, and at th...
The boundary changes in the Edinburgh constituency may work in favor of the SNP, as the new version of the constituency has a higher percentage of Scottish-born residents compared to other areas within it. This offsets the weaker Scottish national identity in parts of the constituency that have complex electorates due to the economic and cultural pull of the capital. The Greens may pose a challenge due to their reasonably good vote shares on the list in past Holyrood elections, and Edinburgh Nor...