Glasgow Greens win first ever Scottish by-election as Hillhead councillor chosen

Glasgow Greens’ candidate Seonad Hoy has been elected to represent Hillhead, as the party won its first-ever by-election in Scotland.

Labour’s Ruth Hall narrowly picked up the most first preference votes, with 1,298 to Cllr Hoy’s 1,284. However, Alistair McConnachie, a former UKIP organiser who was barred from the party after he reportedly said there was no evidence that Jews were executed in gas chambers, received 133 votes in the first stage.Under the single transferable vote system, transfers - particularly from the SNP candidate - gave the victory to the Greens.

She intends to give up her job at housing provider Wheatley Group to “focus on being a councillor”. “I’m excited to work in partnership with Martha,” she added. “I look forward to working closely with Seonad to address people’s concerns across the Hillhead ward and help to deliver a fairer, greener Glasgow.”

“It’s not just that people have chosen to support us, and I’m very grateful for every single vote, but we know that we are growing in confidence and growing in ability to campaign in this way as a party and that bodes really well for the future.”

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