Politics

Count still taking place at Elgin Town Hall

LABOUR leader Sir Keir Starmer will be a “steady hand” as Prime Minister.

The turnout was 54.75 per cent in Aberdeenshire North and Moray East, and 63.23 per cent in Gordon and Buchan.

COUNTING staff are the vital cog in the wheel at any election count.

The count is one of five taking place at Aberdeen’s P+J Live.

With the polls now closed across the Aberdeenshire North and Moray East constituency, a nervous wait is now in store for the five candidates.

Ballot boxes on the way to Elgin to be counted.

Polling stations will remain open until 10pm.

POLLING stations opened at 7am and will shut up 10pm.

FINAL polling for tomorrow’s General Election has predicted narrow SNP wins in both new Moray constituencies, with Douglas Ross facing a narrow loss.

THE newly-created seat is being contested by five candidates.

MORAY West, Nairn and Strathspey candidates grilled by businesses at Moray Chamber of Commerce hustings at UHI Moray before General Election.

The Conservative candidate for Aberdeenshire North and Moray East has vowed to champion Scottish Fishermen if elected.

Brexit and indyref 2 were among a range of issues under the spotlight when a general election hustings was held in Cullen.

Q&A with the seven people seeking your vote

Mr Ross visited the distillery this week.

People will rely heavily upon highly trusted local news media to combat misinformation and fake news during the upcoming general election.

The loss of fishing grounds took centre stage when Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross MSP met with Scottish fishermen’s leaders.

MSP Karen Adam questioned a representative from Deaf Action in British Sign Language during a committee meeting.

CANDIDATE suspended and under investigation over ‘pro-Russia’ social media post.