A tactical voting tool by The Movement Forward

Council by-election

East Dunbartonshire

Bearsden South ward

29 January 2026

Tory threat after transfers
This advice is designed to stop the Conservatives from winning this council seat on transfers, which should be the top priority for all progressive voters.
It is not a general endorsement of any particular party.
Bearsden South

No matter who you give your first preference to, if it is not the Lib Dems, please make sure you include them in your preferences.

Failing to complete your preferences for the Lib Dems risks letting the Tories win.
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Tactical Advice Explainer

(Bearsden South ward)

You can vote for 1 candidate here

We've manually set advice for this ward. While it seems unlikely that the Tories can win here, there remains a risk and to stop them it is essential that progressive voters (whatever their top preference is) make sure that their list of preferences always includes the Lib Dems somewhere, so that transfer votes can help beat the Tories.

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Vote counts missing for Scottish elections

Sorry, we aren't yet able to show vote counts for Scottish elections because they are STV (Single Transferable Vote) and so work differently to the First Past the Post system used elsewhere in the UK. However please rest assured it's on our list to fix this!

In the mean time, you can find the relevant information in the explainer text next to this section.

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