Fergus Ewing resounding in Inverness and Nairn with his sixth victory
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Voters in Inverness and Nairn have secured Fergus Ewing’s return to Holyrood for the sixth time.
The SNP man has held the seat since 1999, steadily increasing his majority over the years. This time, he polled 21,793 votes this time, as against 18,505 in 2016.
Benefiting from voter turn-out of 64.5% – 7% more than the 2016 election – Tory candidate Edward Mountain also increased his vote share from 7,648 to 12,679.
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Having always promoted a tenure-neutral approach, I strongly believe that the housing sector has to be considered as a whole system in light of the many interdependencies which exist. It is not within the gift of any one part of the system to deliver the homes we all need. We must work together, as landowners, developers, regulators, communities and funders. With everyone wanting something slightly different out of the system, this is no mean feat. These interdependencies, and subsequent difficult conversations that arise will become even more important as we seek to recover from the coronavirus pandemic and move towards a net-zero development environment.
ALL4Unity, which targets the list vote similar to Alex Salmondâs Alba party but for the opposite political aim, has apologised for chopping Shetland off its unity election leaflets.
The partyâs lead candidate for the Highlands and Islands Moira Ramage said she could only apologise for the error, which shouldnât have happened. âIt’s entirely our fault,â she said.
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âI understand why people would be angry. I would be too. We are trying very hard to make a change for the better and move away from the constant ‘neverendum’ which is so damaging to Scotland. Hopefully people will be forgiving.â
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