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Election 2016: SNP hold Dundee West and Dundee East

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Joe Fitzpatrick has held onto Dundee West for the SNP, with Shona Robison returning to Dundee East, as the SNP look to form the next Scottish Government.

It was an awful night for Labour after their constituency vote collapsed, returning only three seats.

However the Tories have gained a number of seats in Scotland, an unthinkable feat just a few years ago.

Shona Robison
Shona Robison

Joe FitzPatrick said: “Thanks to the Dundee City West electorate for putting their trust in me and the SNP take forward their hopes and aspirations.

“The SNP is dedicated to addressing inequality across Scotland, and I vow to do that here in Dundee, to make sure every child has the same opportunities in life.

“Thanks to my team for all their hard work, and thanks to the election staff, the returning officer, and my fellow candidates.”

The Dundee West result saw the SNP take a 3% swing from Labour as the nationalists had more than double the number of votes.

In Dundee West the SNP had 16,070 (58% of the vote) to Labour and Jenny Marra’s 7,242 (26%).

And the Conservative vote in the constituency was up 4% with 2,826, Lib Dems had 1,008, and the TUSC had 642.

Shona Robison said her fourth win in Dundee was a “humbling experience”:

“I’m very, very pleased and excited and honoured.

“This is my fourth election win in the constituency and every time it becomes more humbling.

“You get a sense of people putting their trust in you over a long period of time, and that brings with it a responsibility as well, and I give a pledge to the city’s constituency that I’ll continue to work very hard on their behalf and to continue the regeneration of the city.”

Joe Fitzpatrick
Joe Fitzpatrick

Meanwhile both seats in Angus were retained by the SNP.

Turnout in the county had initially been forecast to be as low as 40%, but Angus south came in at 56.81%.

And in Mid Fife and Glenrothes, the SNP also held on, with new MSP Jenny Gilruth heading to Holyrood with a majority of 15,555 to Labour’s 7,279

The nationalists also took the Cowdenbeath and Dunfermline seats from Labour and held Kirkcaldy.

On another historic night for the SNP, some supporters took particular pleasure in the fact the party had taken every parliamentary seat in Glasgow for the first time.
The SNP’s Westminster leader Angus Robertson said it was an “amazing” achievement to gain all eight MSP positions.

A bounceback by Liberal Democrats saw leader Willie Rennie return to Holyrood in North East Fife, while the party also took Edinburgh Western from the SNP and held on to the Orkney and Shetland islands.

Nicola Sturgeon described Labour’s collapse  as “quite staggering”.

Accepting victory in her Glasgow Southside constituency, Ms Sturgeon said the SNP had “made history” by winning its third Scottish election in succession.


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