The political landscape of Scotland now looks massively different. Labour has swept the board, turning seat after seat red, with some of the party’s biggest successes of the night coming from north of the border. But who are all these new MPs? The Scotsman has taken a look at the new Scottish faces going to the House of Commons.
Labour Sign up to our Politics newsletter Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Kenneth Stevenson, Airdrie and Shotts Advertisement Advertisement Kenneth Stevenson has taken this seat from the SNP by securing 18,871 votes. Brian Leishman, Alloa and Grangemouth Brian Leishman has won this seat with 18,039, despite being against some big names such as the SNP’s John Nicolson and Alba’s Kenny MacAskill.
He is a Labour councillor for Perth and Kinross, and prior to this was a golf professional in Clackmannanshire. Elaine Stewart, Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock Elaine Stewart is an East Ayrshire councillor, and has now won this seat with 14,930 votes. Kirsteen Sullivan, Bathgate and Linlithgow Kirsteen is a West Lothian councillor, and won this seat with 19,774 votes.
Alan Gemmell, Central Ayrshire Alan Gemmell served overseas as a British Trade Commissioner, and says he secured “billions of pounds of investment that created thousands of jobs in Scotland and the UK”.