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THE SNP confirmed its political lead north of the border yesterday following further victories in the Scottish council by-election.
The large swings to the party seen at the general election and in other recent local polls were repeated in the latest contests in which the party held two seats at Falkirk and North Lanarkshire councils.
The by-elections were the latest in a series sparked by the resignation of councillors who were elected as SNP MPs at the general election.
At Falkirk, where John McNally had stepped down as councillor in the Denny and Banknock ward after being elected as Falkirk MP, first-preference voting was: SNP 2,576, Lab 549, C 431, Green 170. The swing from Labour to the SNP was 23 per cent
At North Lanarkshire, first-count voting in the Wishaw ward, formerly represented by new Motherwell & Wishaw MP Marion Fellows, was: SNP 1,915, Lab 1,230, C 385, Soc 117, Ukip 67, LD 37. Swing from Lab to SNP 21 per cent.
