Updated: 08/05/2021, 8:32 pm
Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross is now both MP and regional list MSP after results for the eight Highlands and Islands constituencies were confirmed.
The Highlands and Islands were the first in Scotland to declare their list results on Saturday.
Under the complex D’Hondt formula, Mr Ross is joined by fellow Scottish Conservatives Edward Mountain, Donald Cameron and Jamie Halcro Johnston, all incumbent MSPs.
The remaining three list seats went to Rhoda Grant (Scottish Labour), Ariane Burgess (Scottish Greens) and SNP Inverness Central councillor Emma Roddick.
‘Our best ever’
Mr Ross said: “Today is the best ever result for the Scottish Conservatives in this region.
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FOLLOWING the conclusion of the election count in the Highlands and Islands the seven list MSPs who will be representing the area for the next five years were announced in Inverness earlier this afternoon. The Conservatives are the big winners of this particular contest with.
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image captionScottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross was on his party s list in the Highlands and Islands region
The Scottish Conservatives have matched their best performance in the Scottish election, winning 31 seats.
The party picked up two seats on the regional lists, offsetting the loss of two constituencies.
Scottish Conservatives leader Douglas Ross took over the party in August last year.
He said he would continue to fight SNP plans for an independence referendum in the new parliamentary term.
The Conservatives finished on the same total as 2016, winning a total of 31 seats.
The SNP s former Westminster leader Angus Robertson took Edinburgh Central, beating Scott Douglas, who was seeking to hold Ruth Davidson s former seat.