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Scottish Conservatives win first Westminster by-election in more than 50 years
Key takeaways
- The seat, vacated by the SNP's Stephen Flynn, was won by Tory MSP Douglas Lumsden.
- 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 due to a Holyrood ban on so-called dual mandates, is to resign from Holyrood just six weeks after winning re-election as a North East MSP.
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Angus Cochrane Senior political journalist, BBC Scotland PA Media Douglas Lumsden is to resign from Holyrood as he takes up a seat at Westminster The Scottish Conservatives have won a Westminster by-election for the first time in more than 50 years, taking Aberdeen South from the SNP.
The seat, vacated by the SNP's Stephen Flynn, was won by Tory MSP Douglas Lumsden.
Shortly afterwards the SNP claimed a victory in the Arbroath and Broughty Ferry by-election where Lara Bird held the seat for the party.
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