Brian Monteith wrote just before five o’clock today:
we may at last be seeing the beginning of a much needed realignment of Scottish politics.
But in one huge respect, Scottish politics is still aligned exactly the way it was before the elections.
From 2008-2012, Edinburgh Council had 15 women councillors out of 58. (Elizabeth Maginnis, elected to Forth Ward for Labour in 2007, died in 2008, and the seat was held for Labour by a man.) From 2012-2017, unless by-elections change this, there will be 15 women out of 58.
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