Andrew Learmonth and Kathleen Nutt

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PREVIEW: Six things to look out for at SNP conference

As SNP politicians and activists gather in Aberdeen tomorrow for their party’s annual conference The National has compiled a list of some of the things that members and observers might watch out for during the three-day event...

Seven seats to watch at the 2017 General Election

Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale & Tweeddale Scotland’s lone Conservative MP David Mundell will be fighting to hold on to his seat. If he loses and the Tories fail to gain any other seat north of the Border the result will be deeply symbolic and could leave the country without a single Tory representative in the Commons. Mundell, who is also the Scottish Secretary, regained the seat in 2015 with a slim majority of just 798 votes over the SNP’s Emma Harper, elected to the Scottish Parliament last year.