Calendar An icon of a desk calendar. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Email An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Google An icon of the Google "G" mark. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Logout An icon representing logout. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Tick An icon of a tick mark. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. Quote Mark A opening quote mark. Quote Mark A closing quote mark. Arrow An icon of an arrow. Folder An icon of a paper folder. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Caret An icon of a caret arrow. Clock An icon of a clock face. Close An icon of the an X shape. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Ellipsis An icon of 3 horizontal dots. Envelope An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Home An icon of a house. Instagram An icon of the Instagram logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Menu An icon of 3 horizontal lines. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Rating An icon of a star. Tag An icon of a tag. Twitter An icon of the Twitter logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Information An icon of an information logo. Plus A mathematical 'plus' symbol. Duration An icon indicating Time. Success Tick An icon of a green tick. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Facebook Messenger An icon of the facebook messenger app logo. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the Twitter app logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. WhatsApp Messenger An icon of the Whatsapp messenger app logo. Email An icon of an mail envelope. Copy link A decentered black square over a white square.

SNP “deeply humbled” by Argyll and Bute result

Brendan O'Hara
Brendan O'Hara

Newly-elected SNP MP Brendan O’Hara said he was “deeply humbled” after a runaway victory in the Argyll and Bute constituency.

The award-winning television producer swept into Westminster on the tidal wave of SNP support across the county.

He polled 22,959 to oust Liberal Democrat Alan Reid, who finished in second place with 14,486.

Mr O’Hara said “Scotland has raised its voice” and promised “to work as hard as I possibly can. I will not let you down”.

The seat had been held by the Lib Dems since 1987, when it was won by the late Baroness Michie of Gallanach.

Ray Michie held the constituency until 2001 before standing down and Mr Reid had held the seat for the party since the 2001 election.

Mr Reid said it had been an honour to represent Argyll and Bute for 14 years.

He added: “I have made many friends here.

“I will continue to live here and work for the good of Argyll and Bute.”

In the independence referendum, Argyll and Bute voted No by 37,143 to 26,324; with a turnout of 88.2%.

At 28-years-old, the Conservative candidate Alastair Redman said there were plenty more opportunities for him to win the seat.

“Record numbers of non-traditional Conservatives are joining the ranks,” he said.

Caroline Santos was the first Ukip candidate to fight Argyll and Bute and she promised she would be back.

“I’m looking forward to the next one – this has paved the way and we are a party which is seeing its share of the vote increase,” she added.

Labour’s Mary Galbraith said there had been lots of positive feedback on the doorsteps.

She said: “On a personal level it has been really positive and we have had a lot of good policies.

“Obviously we were not going to withstand the tsunami that is flooding over Scotland right now.”