Orkney man elected SNP MP for Airdrie and Shotts

An Orcadian has been elected as MP for Airdrie and Shotts.

Neil Gray, from Burray and a former pupil of Kirkwall Grammar School, took the seat for the SNP with a vote of 23,887 –  a majority of almost 9,000.

In second place was Labour’s Pamela Nash, with 15,108 votes.