Liberal Democrats win last UK seat to declare result

The Liberal Democrats have won the Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire constituency, the last seat in the UK to announce its general election result.

Candidate Angus MacDonald gained a majority of 2,160 over the SNP's Drew Hendry.

The SNP candidate had already conceded defeat after a recount delayed the result.

It means the Liberal Democrats have won 72 Westminster seats, six of which are in Scotland, meaning they have overtaken the Scottish Conservatives.

The outcome had originally been expected at about 05:00 on Friday, but there was a recount - then candidates were told the votes would need to be counted again on Saturday morning.

Returning officer Derek Brown said the delay was due to a discrepancy between the verified votes total and the provisional number of counted votes.

Local businessman Angus MacDonald was elected after he received 18,159 votes, while the SNP candidate was second with 15,999 votes.

Former MP Mr Hendry had already conceded defeat to his Lib Dem rival.

In a statement on Friday evening he said it had been "an absolute joy" to serve the people of Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey for the last nine years - and that he was disappointed not to be continuing as an MP for Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire boundary.

The seat is new under boundary changes, made up of the previous Ross, Skye and Lochaber and Inverness and Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey constituencies.

These seats were both held by the SNP.

Ian Blackford who was MP for Ross, Skye and Lochaber and Inverness announced before the election he would not stand for re-election.

All other constituency results were announced on Friday.

The Liberal Democrats now have six seats in Scotland, making them the third biggest party in the country in terms of MPs.

Labour won a landslide victory in Scotland with 37 seats – a gain of 36.

The SNP, who won 48 seats in 2019, have been reduced to nine, while the Scottish Conservatives have five seats, down one from their previous total.

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