A constituent has pointed out to me this classic bit of SNP spin from their Dundee website:"Cllr Jim Barrie - SNP Candidate for Dundee West
Jim Barrie is well-known – and well-respected - as a Dundee Councillor. He has represented the West End since the Logie By Election in August 2000 when he won the seat with a large swing from Labour. He increased his majority in Logie in 2003 and in May 2007, was elected for the West End multi-member ward at Stage 1 with the highest number of votes of any of the candidates. "
Err ... so what were the first preference votes of the four elected candidates from last year's election?
Fraser Macpherson (Liberal Democrats) : 1693 votes
Richard McCready (Labour) : 1331 votes
James Walker Barrie (SNP) : 1326 votes
Donald Hay (Conservative) : 738 votes
Oh dear, SNP spin machine a bit faulty it appears!