Congratulations to Cammy Day, who has won the Edinburgh City Council by-election in Forth Ward, most of which is in Edinburgh North & Leith constituency.

I’ve worked closely with Cammy during his election campaign, and he is full of enthusiasm which will serve the area well. It was a good result for Labour – our share of the vote stayed the same which is always difficult in a by-election. The SNP share of the vote went up slightly.

Big losers on the night were the LibDems who came in a poor fourth, the same as in Glenrothes.

For comment on the by-election, have a look at Cammy Day’s blog, and also the blog of Edinburgh Labour Leader, Andrew Burns.

Mark Lazarowicz MP

The full result of the Forth by-election was as follows:

Ward 4 Forth By Election Results 6 November 2008
Electorate - 21,560
Votes cast - 6886
Turnout (%) - 32%

Successful candidate
Name                      Party
Cammy Day        Scottish Labour Party

Candidates on ballot paper
Name                                         Party                                                           First Preference Vote
Willie Black                          Solidarity - Tommy Sheridan               80             
Cammy Day                        Scottish Labour Party                       2013           
Sanne C Dijkstra-Downie      Scottish Liberal Democrats                 985
George A Gordon                Scottish National Party                      1841
Kate Joester                       Scottish Green Party                          341
John Loughton                    Independent                                    297
James G MacLean                Independent                                     26
Iain McGill                           Scottish Conservative and Unionist   1180
Robert Richard                    Scottish Socialist Party                        53

Rejected papers - 70