Scottish Labour win local by-election for Kirkintilloch East & North & Twechar on East Dunbartonshire council <br /><br />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. <br /><br />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. <br /><br />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%. <br /><br />The results for the by-election for Ward 7, Kirkintilloch East & North & Twechar, 13 February 2025. <br /><br />The Returning Officer is Ann Davie, Chief Executive of East Dunbartonshire Council. <br /><br />The results of the Ward 7 Kirkintilloch East & North & Twechar by-election - declared by Returning Officer Ann Davie on 13 February 2025. <br /><br />The results of the ward 7 by-election <br />The results of the ward 7 by-election <br />List of candidates and number of first preference votes <br />Candidate Party Number of first preference votes <br />Marthos Christoforou <br /><br />Scottish Liberal Democrats <br /><br />677 <br /><br />Eamonn Gallagher <br /><br />Alba Party For Independence <br /><br />63 <br /><br />Satbir Kaur Gill <br /><br />Scottish Conservative and Unionist <br /><br />131 <br /><br />Bruce Hampton <br /><br />Reform UK <br /><br />476 <br /><br />Aidan Marshall <br /><br />Scottish Labour Party <br /><br />958 <br /><br />Serina Marshall <br /><br />Scottish National Party (SNP) <br /><br />726 <br /><br />Alan McManus <br /><br />Sovereignty <br /><br />18 <br /><br />Elizabeth Rowan <br /><br />Scottish Greens <br /><br />128 <br /><br />Aidan Marshall, Scottish Labour Party, was elected at Stage 8. <br /><br />Electorate, turnout and rejected papers <br />The electorate was 12,319 <br /><br />The turnout was 3,228 (26.2%) <br /><br />There were 51 rejected ballot papers <br /><br />The quota of votes for a candidate to be elected was 1,589
