This is what it feels like when common sense wins.
Aberdeen backed oil and gas, jobs, energy security and a local champion who will fight for the city he calls home.
Congratulations @DLumsden_MP. Let’s get Britain working again.
This is a significant result, and I want to start by congratulating @DLumsden_MSP on becoming the new Member of Parliament for Aberdeen South and the newest Conservative MP!
Makerfield was about one man’s job.
Aberdeen South was about thousands of jobs in oil and gas across our country and the future of an entire city.
Yesterday, the people of Aberdeen sent a message on behalf of the whole country. Energy security is national security. They know it is common sense to use our own oil and gas rather than importing it from overseas. They know it is madness to make ourselves poorer, weaker and more dependent at a time when even the government’s own intelligence says we are under threat. The first duty of any government is to keep its people safe. The Conservative Party will always put Britain’s security first.
What makes this result particularly significant is that many people who voted Conservative today have never voted Conservative before. I want to thank every one of them.
Many will have voted for us because they care deeply about Aberdeen and its future. Many will have voted for us because they are sick of the SNP’s shenanigans. Others because they are worried about what Labour’s policies mean for their jobs and livelihoods. Many voted for us because they wanted a strong local champion.
Douglas is that champion. He has lived in Aberdeen all his life. He spent two decades working in the oil and gas industry. He knows this city, he knows its people, and throughout this campaign he brought energy, optimism and a genuine belief in Aberdeen’s future. Wherever he went, he had a smile on his face and a positive message about what this great city can achieve.
The Conservative Party is working to earn the trust of the country again. I am grateful and humbled that Aberdeen looked at the choice before them and decided that the Conservative Party was the party that would fight for families, workers and business.
Thank you, Aberdeen. I will never stop fighting for you. Douglas will never stop fighting for you.
The Conservative Party will keep fighting for common sense, a stronger economy and a stronger country.
Thank you, Aberdeen.
This result sends a clear message to Labour and the SNP: their war on North Sea oil and gas must end.
It’s an honour to be elected as your MP. I’ll fight every day for Aberdeen, our jobs and our energy industry.
A huge thank you to every supporter, activist and voter who got behind our campaign to stand up for Aberdeen, save oil and gas jobs, and fight for the North East 💙
🚨 ONE HOUR LEFT
The future of Aberdeen’s oil and gas industry is on the ballot today.
Vote for me, Douglas Lumsden, to stand up for oil and gas jobs, and send Labour and the SNP a message.
Polling stations close at 10pm 🗳️🔵
(Remember your photo ID)
Today voters in Aberdeen South have the chance to elect a pro-oil and gas MP.
By uniting behind me and the Scottish Conservatives, we can beat the SNP and send a message to Labour to get Britain drilling.
Vote @DLumsden_MSP in Aberdeen South TODAY to beat the SNP, send Labour a message and save local oil and gas jobs 🗳️🔵
Polls are open until 10pm. Remember to bring your photo ID!
Voters in Aberdeen can see right through the SNP. The Nationalists are no friends of our oil and gas industry.
Tomorrow, let’s send them a clear message that their war on oil and gas must end.
WOW: A bombshell document released under freedom of information laws has revealed the SNP still oppose new oil and gas drilling.
Tomorrow voters in Aberdeen South can tell Labour and the SNP to end their war on our energy industry by voting for @DLumsden_MSP 🗳️🔵
Marie has been a great champion for Aberdeen and I’m delighted to have her support.
The evidence is clear. I’m the only candidate who can beat the SNP here in Aberdeen South.
Vote for me tomorrow and let's get Aberdeen an MP who will stand up for our great city 🗳️🔵
Tomorrow’s by-election in Aberdeen South is neck and neck between me and the SNP.
If pro-UK, pro-oil and gas voters unite behind myself and the Scottish Conservatives, then we can beat the SNP and send Labour a clear message.
Labour and the SNP’s war on our oil and gas industry must end.
Vote @DLumsden_MSP in Aberdeen South tomorrow to beat the SNP, send Labour a message and save local oil and gas jobs 🗳️🔵