Scottish election 2016: disaster for Labour, reality check for the SNP

Craig Andrew McAngus

Scottish election 2016: disaster for Labour, reality check for the SNP

Craig Andrew McAngus

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Abstract

The 2016 Scottish election was meant to be a foregone conclusion. Nicola Sturgeon’s SNP was expected to achieve another majority in a repeat of 2011, but it hasn’t happened. The party is the clear winner, securing a historic third term, but two seats short of the majority line. It didn’t quite win as many constituencies as it hoped, and the regional-list vote didn’t deliver enough seats to get the SNP to the magic 65.

Original language	English
Specialist publication	The Conversation
Publisher	The Conversation UK
Publication status	Published - 6 May 2016

Keywords

SNP
Scotland
Holyrood
indyref
Nicola Sturgeon
Scottish Labour
Ruth Davidson
Kezia Dugdale
Scottish Greens
Scottish election
Scottish Conservative

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