The Tories’ first by-election win in Scotland since 1967. Douglas Lumsden is elected…
John Curtice: “It’s almost undoubtedly been able to encapsulate concern about the future of Aberdeen and the oil and gas industry which has given it so much prosperity during the whole era of North Sea exploration.” The Tories won 14,308 votes to the SNP’s 8,258. Labour won 1,550 votes and the Lib Dems received 1,270…
Lord Khan in the Telegraph: “I hope, and I say this in a non-pompous way, that the public service I do will bring rewards in this world and the hereafter,” he says. “I’m hoping the work I do is earning me Brownie points.”