By Nick Mitchell:
On the 12th of December 2019, the SNP annihilated opposition in Scotland for the 3rd consecutive time in the UK General Election. In many constituencies it was the same old story, the SNP winning the seat because the Unionist vote was split by 2 or more parties.
There were SNP MP’s elected to Westminster with only 35% of the vote. This shows that the SNP will continue to dictate Scottish Politics under the First Past The Post System. Either the voting system needs to be altered or the parties need to adapt to the changes in Scottish Politics and acknowledge the changes that are necessary to triumph against the SNP in future elections.
It’s time for the Conservatives, Labour and Liberal Democrats to dissolve in Scotland and the ‘Unionist Party’ should be formed. A party that would stand against SNP’s anti-Brittish sentiment and attempt to give Scottish voters a real challenger to the SNP.
This would see the Conservatives, Labour and Liberal Democrats dissolve into 1 party where the focus would be to stop a Second Referendum on Scottish Independence and to keep Scotland in the United Kingdom.
This new party will make clear that the SNP don’t speak for Scotland and actually most Scots want to stay within the United Kingdom. This party would stand against and oppose a second Scottish referendum and keep Scotland inside the UK. Where it thrives most.
This may cause problems when dealing with policy issues on other matters but there will always be democratic ways to figure out which policies are liked most. The Unionist Party could support very broad supporting issues placed in their manifesto such as more funding for the Scottish Budget and other Public Services.
There could be democratic ways in which Unionist supporters could come up with policies that best help Scotland succeed in the Union other than the Union itself.
The chances of this happening are very slim as the UK wide parties are too egotistical in their efforts to win elections and refuse to step down in seats even if they are polling in 3rd or 4th. I hope this happens in the near future as I believe it’s the only way in which the SNP will lose their majority of Scottish seats in Westminster.
If this happened in the 2019 election, the results in Scotland would be as follows:
SNP MPs – 15
Unionist Party MPs – 44
Green Party MPs – 0
Brexit Party MPs – 0
SNP Vote Share – 45%
Unionist Party Vote Share – 53.2%
Green Party Vote Share – 1%
Brexit Party Vote Share – 0.5%
This would’ve been an outlandish victory for the Unionist Party in this election.
If this happened, the results of the 2019 Election for each constituency in Scotland would be as follows:
Aberdeen North
SNP Win
SNP – 20,205 (54.01%)
Unionist Party – 15,320 (40.95%)
Brexit Party – 1,008 (2.69%)
Green Party – 880 (2.35%)
Aberdeen South
Unionist Party Win
Unionist Party – 25,250 (55.34%)
SNP – 20,380 (44.66%)
Airdrie and Shotts
Unionist Party Win
Unionist Party – 21,158 (53.2%)
SNP – 17,929 (45.08%)
Green Party – 685 (1.72%)
Angus
Unionist Party Win
Unionist Party – 21,954 (50.85%)
SNP – 21,216 (49.15%)
Argyll and Bute
Unionist Party Win
Unionist Party – 27,010 (56.21%)
SNP – 21,040 (43.79%)
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
Unionist Party Win
Unionist Party – 26,320 (56.49%)
SNP – 20,272 (43.51%)
Banff and Buchan
Unionist Party Win
Unionist Party – 25,196 (59.62%)
SNP – 17,064 (40.38%)
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
Unionist Party Win
Unionist Party – 32,547 (61.25%)
SNP – 20,599 (38.76%)
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Unionist Party Win
Unionist Party – 18,817 (59.81%)
SNP – 11,501 (36.56%)
Brexit Party – 1,139 (3.62%)
Central Ayrshire
Unionist Party Win
Unionist Party – 25,048 (53.83%)
SNP – 21,486 (46.17%)
Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
Unionist Party Win
Unionist Party – 24,732 (51.29%)
SNP – 22,680 (47.03%)
Green Party – 808 (1.68%)
Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch
SNP Win
SNP – 24,158 (52.88%)
Unionist Party – 21,528 (47.12%)
Dumfries and Galloway
Unionist Party Win
Unionist Party – 30,556 (59.42%)
SNP – 20,873 (40.59%)
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
Unionist Party Win
Unionist Party – 30,323 (61.69%)
SNP – 18,830 (38.31%)
Dundee East
SNP Win
SNP – 24,361 (53.8%)
Unionist Party – 20,604 (45.5%)
Independent – 312 (0.69%)
Dundee West
SNP Win
SNP – 22,355 (53.77%)
Unionist Party – 17,713
Brexit Party – 1,271 (3.06%)
CPA – 240 (0.58%)
Dunfermline and West Fife
Unionist Party Win
Unionist Party – 28,537 (53.28%)
SNP – 23,727 (44.36%)
Green Party – 1,258 (2.35%)
East Dunbartonshire
Unionist Party Win
Unionist Party – 31,817 (59.99%)
SNP – 19,672 (37.1%)
Green Party – 916 (1.73%)
Independent – 221 (0.42%)
UKIP – 208 (0.39%)
Scot Family – 197 (0.37%)
East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
Unionist Party Win
Unionist Party – 28.512 (50.6%)
SNP – 26,113 (46.35%)
Green Party – 1,153 (2.05%)
UKIP – 559 (0.99%)
East Lothian
Unionist Party Win
Unionist Party – 36,684 (63%)
SNP – 21,156 (36.16%)
UKIP – 493 (0.84%)
Edinburgh East
SNP Win
SNP – 23,165 (48.45%)
Unionist Party – 22,586 (47.24%)
Green Party – 2,064 (4.32%)
Edinburgh North and Leith
Unionist Party Win
Unionist Party – 30,752 (51.82%)
SNP – 25,925 (43.69%)
Green Party – 1,971 (3.32%)
Brexit Party – 558 (0.94%)
Renew – 138 (0.23%)
Edinburgh South
Unionist Party Win
Unionist Party – 35,725 (71.84%)
SNP – 12,650 (25.44%)
Green Party – 1,357 (2.73%)
Edinburgh South-West
Unionist Party Win
Unionist Party – 25,297 (48.53%)
SNP – 24,830 (47.63%)
Green Party – 1,265 (2.43%)
Brexit Party – 625 (1.2%)
Soc Dem – 114 (0.22%)
Edinburgh West
Unionist Party Win
Unionist Party – 35,509 (65.11%)
SNP – 17,997 (33%)
Green Party – 1,027 (1.88%)
Falkirk
SNP Win
SNP – 29,351 (52.53%)
Unionist Party – 24,636 (44.09%)
Green Party – 1,885 (3.37%)
Glasgow Central
SNP Win
SNP – 19,750 (49.25%)
Unionist Party – 18,926 (47.19%)
Green Party – 1,429 (3.56%)
Glasgow East
Unionist Party Win
Unionist Party – 20,126 (52.31%)
SNP – 18,357 (47.7%)
Glasgow North
Unionist Party Win
Unionist Party – 17,581 (48.58%)
SNP – 16,982 (46.92%)
Green Party – 1,308 (3.61%)
Brexit Party – 320 (0.88%)
Glasgow North-East
Unionist Party Win
Unionist Party – 18,014 (53.1%)
SNP – 15,911 (46.9%)
Glasgow North-East
Unionist Party Win
Unionist Party – 20,057 (50.49%)
SNP – 19,678 (49.52%)
Glasgow South
Unionist Party Win
Unionist Party – 22,847 (48.16%)
SNP – 22,829 (48.12%)
Green Party – 1,251 (2.64%)
Brexit Party – 516 (1.09%)
Glasgow South-West
Unionist Party Win
Unionist Party – 18,402 (49.93%)
SNP – 17,643 (47.88%)
Brexit Party – 802 (2.18%)
Glenrothes
SNP Win
SNP – 21,234 (51.11%)
Unionist Party – 19,036 (45.82%)
Brexit Party – 1,276 (3.07%)
Gordon
Unionist Party Win
Unionist Party – 32,031 (57.28%)
SNP – 23,885 (42.72%)
Inverclyde
Unionist Party Win
Unionist Party – 20,608 (51.65%)
SNP – 19,295 (48.35%)
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
SNP Win
SNP – 26,247 (47.89%)
Unionist Party – 25,776 (47.03%)
Green Party – 1,709 (3.12%)
Brexit Party – 1,078 (1.97%)
Kilmarnock and Loudoun
SNP Win
SNP – 24,216 (50.84%)
Unionist Party – 23,010 (48.3%)
Libertarian Party – 405 (0.85%)
Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
Unionist Party Win
Unionist Party – 27,677 (58.88%)
SNP – 16,568 (35.25%)
Green Party – 1,628 (3.46%)
Brexit Party – 1,132 (2.41%)
Lanark and Hamilton East
Unionist Party Win
Unionist Party – 30,829 (58.09%)
SNP – 22,243 (41.91%)
Linlithgow and East Falkirk
Unionist Party Win
Unionist Party – 29.195 (50.53%)
SNP – 25,551 (44.23%)
Brexit Party – 1,257 (2.18%)
Green Party – 1,184 (2.05%)
VVP – 588 (1.02%)
Livingston
Unionist Party Win
Unionist Party – 27,554 (50.47%)
SNP – 25,617 (46.92%)
Green Party – 1,421 (2.6%)
Midlothian
Unionist Party Win
Unionist Party – 28,188 (58.46%)
SNP – 20,033 (41.54%)
Moray
Unionist Party Win
Unionist Party – 26,813 (54.92%)
SNP – 21,599 (44.24%)
UKIP – 413 (0.85%)
Motherwell and Wishaw
Unionist Party Win
Unionist Party – 23,179 (52.18%)
SNP – 20,622 (46.43%)
UKIP – 619 (1.39%)
Na h-eileanan an lar
Unionist Party Win
Unionist Party – 7,946 (54.88%)
SNP – 6,531 (45.11%)
North Ayrshire and Arran
Unionist Party Win
Unionist Party – 23,664 (49.15%)
SNP – 23,376 (48.54%)
Green Party – 1,114 (2.31%)
North East Fife
Unionist Party Win
Unionist Party – 27,431 (59.79%)
SNP – 18,447 (40.21%)
Ochil and South Perthshire
Unionist Party Win
Unionist Party – 30,549 (52.84%)
SNP – 26,882 (46.5%)
UKIP – 382 (0.66%)
Orkney and Shetland
Unionist Party Win
Unionist Party – 14,218 (61.38%)
SNP – 7,874 (34%)
Brexit Party – 900 (3.89%)
Independant – 168 (0.73%)
Paisley and Renfrewshire North
Unionist Party Win
Unionist Party – 26,329 (53%)
SNP – 23,353 (47%)
Paisley and Renfrewshire South
SNP Win
SNP – 21,637 (50.22%)
Unionist Party – 21,447 (49.77%)
Perth and North Perthshire
SNP Win
SNP – 27,362 (50.6%)
Unionist Party – 26,063 (48.2%)
Brexit Party – 651 (1.2%)
Renfrewshire East
Unionist Party Win
Unionist Party – 30,480 (55.06%)
SNP – 24,877 (44.94%)
Ross, Skye and Lochaber
SNP Win
SNP – 19,263 (48.32%)
Unionist Party – 19,168 (48.08%)
Brexit Party – 710 (1.78%)
SCP – 460 (1.15%)
Scot Family – 268 (0.67%)
Rutherglen and Hamilton West
Unionist Party Win
Unionist Party – 29,390 (54.63%)
SNP – 23,775 (44.2%)
UKIP – 629 (1.17%)
Stirling
SNP Win
SNP – 26,895 (51.11%)
Unionist Party – 24,783 (47.1%)
Green Party – 942 (1.79%)
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
Unionist Party Win
Unionist Party – 31,436 (58.93%)
SNP – 21,909 (41.07%)
West Dunbartonshire
SNP Win
SNP – 22,396 (49.6%)
Unionist Party – 21,169 (47%)
Green Party – 867 (1.9%)
Independent – 708 (1.6%)
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Nick Mitchell (Fife, Scotland)
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