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A snappy headline stat

Posted on December 02, 2011 by

Combined spending in Scotland by the four main parties for both the 2010 UK general election and the 2011 Holyrood general election, in descending order:

LABOUR: £1,785,000

CONSERVATIVES: £1,546,000

SNP: £1,456,000

LIB DEM: £647,000

(Sources: here and here.)

2 to “A snappy headline stat”

  1. Bugger (the Panda) says:

    The Tories spent £1.3 m illions in Scotland for 1 Westminster seat!
    Evidently the SNP feel Westminster is a sideshow but Labour obviously need their seats from Scotland.
     

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  2. DougtheDug says:

    That's an interesting statistic. Labour spend big on Westminster, the SNP spend big on Holyrood.
    I doubt these figures will be prominent in the media as it doesn't follow the, "Labour the poor underdog, the SNP bad rich people", narrative.

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