Will the Tories Win the Aberdeen South by-Election?

Will the Tories win the Aberdeen South by-election?

For all of the squabbling between Reform and Restore, the Right’s best chance at a by-election win on 18 June may not be in Makerfield, but 300-odd miles further north – in Aberdeen. The beneficiary wouldn’t be Nigel Farage or Rupert Lowe, but Kemi Badenoch’s Conservatives. The Tory candidate is now ‘quietly confident’ It’s unsurprising that this contest has been largely overlooked. My Westminster colleagues treat the suburbs of Manchester as b…

Aberdeen South By-Election Becomes Battleground Over North Sea Oil and Green Energy Future

While political attention centers on the high-profile Makerfield by-election, a crucial environmental battle is unfolding in Scotland’s Aberdeen South constituency. The seat, vacated when former Scottish National Party Westminster leader Stephen Flynn moved to Holyrood, has emerged as a critical test case for Britain’s energy transition policies. The by-election is taking place against a backdrop of global energy uncertainty. Recent geopolitical…