Ms Bird was followed by Mr Lumsden, who won for the Conservative Party in Aberdeen South, unseating the SNP. The election was closely fought, but the Conservative Party’s policy on oil and energy meant it secured a 6,000 majority over former SNP MP Richard Thomson.
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