Glenrothes - voters records go missing
SNP raises doubts on Glenrothes as inquiry launched into by-election - Scotsman.com News
The SNP has raised concerns after it was revealed the marked voter register from last November's poll had gone missing from the sheriff clerk's office in Kirkcaldy. These papers show who came out to vote.
The by-election was surprisingly won by Labour by a margin of almost 7,000 votes...Question marks had already been raised over the turnout at the by-election – it was, unusually, much higher than in the general election – and the number of postal votes, which was four times the average.
Tricia Marwick, the Nationalist MSP for Central Fife, said: "Without these records, there is no evidence of either a fair or unfair election. This undermines the confidence of everyone who took part.
"It is almost beyond belief that a by-election which attracted media coverage throughout the UK, which delivered such a surprise result and had a much higher turn-out than anticipated, now has no records to show who actually voted."
Whoops! Dearie, dearie me! Could happen to anyone; I must try that excuse when the Revenue Man wants to see my records....