Scottish Conservatives win Aberdeen South by-election, first Westminster victory in over 50 years
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Angus Cochrane
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The Scottish Conservatives won their first Westminster by-election in over 50 years, taking the Aberdeen South seat from the SNP after Stephen Flynn vacated it. Tory MSP Douglas Lumsden won the seat and will resign from Holyrood. Meanwhile, the SNP held the Arbroath and Broughty Ferry by-election, with Lara Bird retaining the seat for the party. The results highlight shifting political dynamics in Scotland ahead of the next general election.
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· 3 pulledThe Scottish Conservatives have won a Westminster by-election for the first time in more than 50 years, taking Aberdeen South from the SNP.
Shortly afterwards the SNP claimed a victory in the Arbroath and Broughty Ferry by-election where Lara Bird held the seat for the party.
Lumsden, who is unable to sit in both parliaments, is to resign from Holyrood as he takes up a seat at Westminster.
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