Ben Langmead wins Bearsden South by-election
Thank you for all that voted for Ben Langmead and helped during the campaign, we won a massive victory along with our highest first preference vote share percentage in the ward.
It was a great campaign and a massive thank you to all the volunteers who throughout this campaign helped to support Ben over these past two months. The work will continue as we look towards May's Holyrood election where we have a great chance to get Adam Harley elected as the next MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden.
While this election might be over, we will continue to campaign and fight for Bearsden South as we always have done. The East Dunbartonshire Liberal Democrats continue to work all year round and if you wish to join our volunteer team you can sign up here.
Full details of the first preference results below:
- Ben Langmead (Lib Dem): 1744 (38.1%, +14.9)
- SNP: 789 (17.2%, -6.2)
- Reform UK: 709 (15.5%, new)
- Labour: 650 (14.2%, -1.9)
- Green: 371 (8.1%, +0.9)
- Conservative: 283 (6.2%, -17)
- Family: 35 (0.8%, new)
Votes at final head-to-head stage:
- Ben Langmead (Lib Dem): 2333 (50.9%)
- SNP: 1057 (23.1%)
- Reform UK: 836 (18.2%)
- Didn't Transfer: 355 (7.7%)
