A new study has examined the impact of “significant” tactical voting by supporters of the Union in Holyrood elections.
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It concludes: “Unionist voters became a more cohesive strategic bloc after 2007. This is contemporaneous with surging support for the SNP so is likely a reaction to that growth.“This intra-unionist voting appears to have been extremely successful, denying them consecutive majorities in both 2016 and 2021 and preventing dozens of SNP candidates from winning constituency seats.”
“The SNP received 11.8% more votes than Labour on the regional ballot, making them the most popular party on the ballot which does not encourage strategic action. Kelly said: “Similar things have happened in Dumbarton multiple times, it is the place it happens the most. But it has happened across Scotland in quite a few constituencies.”
Earlier this year Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross suggested his party supporters could vote Labour in the next General Election in seats where Keir Starmer’s party had a better chance of winning against the SNP.
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