{"id":89167,"date":"2024-07-06T17:10:36","date_gmt":"2024-07-06T17:10:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/06\/liberal-democrats-win-inverness-skye-and-west-ross-shire-the-final-election-result\/"},"modified":"2024-07-06T17:10:37","modified_gmt":"2024-07-06T17:10:37","slug":"liberal-democrats-win-inverness-skye-and-west-ross-shire-the-final-election-result","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/06\/liberal-democrats-win-inverness-skye-and-west-ross-shire-the-final-election-result\/","title":{"rendered":"Liberal Democrats win Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire, the final election result"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Liberal Democrats have won the Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire<\/a> constituency, the last seat in the UK to announce its general election result.<\/p>\n

Candidate Angus MacDonald gained a majority of 2,160 over the SNP’s Drew Hendry.<\/p>\n

The SNP candidate had already conceded defeat after a recount delayed the result.<\/p>\n

It means the Liberal Democrats have won 72 Westminster seats, six of which are in Scotland, meaning they have overtaken the Scottish Conservatives.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The outcome had originally been expected at about 05:00 on Friday, but there was a recount – then candidates were told the votes would need to be counted again on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n

Returning officer Derek Brown said the delay was due to a discrepancy between the verified votes total and the provisional number of counted votes.<\/p>\n

Local businessman Angus MacDonald was elected after he received 18,159 votes, while the SNP candidate was second with 15,999 votes.<\/p>\n

Former MP Mr Hendry had already conceded defeat to his Lib Dem rival. <\/p>\n

In a statement on Friday evening he said it had been “an absolute joy” to serve the people of Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey for the last nine years – and that he was disappointed not to be continuing as an MP for Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire boundary.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The seat is new under boundary changes<\/a>, made up of the previous Ross, Skye and Lochaber and Inverness and Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey constituencies.<\/p>\n

These seats were both held by the SNP.<\/p>\n

Ian Blackford who was MP for Ross, Skye and Lochaber and Inverness announced before the election he would not stand for re-election.<\/p>\n

All other constituency results were announced on Friday.<\/p>\n

The Liberal Democrats now have six seats in Scotland, making them the third biggest party in the country in terms of MPs.<\/p>\n

Labour won a landslide victory in Scotland with 37 seats \u2013 a gain of 36.<\/p>\n

The SNP, who won 48 seats in 2019, have been reduced to nine, while the Scottish Conservatives have five seats, down one from their previous total.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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