It was an astonishing night on Thursday which saw the Scottish
Conservatives becoming the second largest party at Holyrood winning a 22% share
of the vote and more than doubling its number of MSPs to 31. The Conservatives also
pushed Labour into third place in many more seats.
The result in the north east region, of which Dundee is a part, returned 5 Conservative MSPs, one from a constituency and 4 from the regional list.
In Dundee it was equally amazing as Bill Bowman, the candidate
in Dundee East, nearly doubled the Scottish Conservative vote from the last election,
finishing only 642 votes behind the Labour candidate. In the Dundee East regional
vote the Scottish Conservatives were only 14 votes behind Labour!
The Scottish Conservative victories denied the nationalists another
majority. Ruth Davidson and her team will provide a strong opposition and strengthen
Scotland’s place in the United Kingdom.
Many thanks to all those who voted and to all those who helped
with the campaign in Dundee East.
