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UK · 5 hrs ago
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Holyrood dynasty ends as Fergus Ewing fails in bid to be re-elected
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Fergus Ewing, a long-serving SNP member and member of a prominent Scottish political family, failed to retain his Inverness and Nairn seat in the Scottish Parliament after running as an independent following his departure from the SNP.
Holyrood dynasty ends as Fergus Ewing fails in bid to be re-elected
A one time member of the Scottish cabinet, and a member of Scotland’s most famous political family, Fergus Ewing became an SNP rebel who quit the party and ran for Holyrood as an independent.He was voted into the Scottish Parliament in the first ever devolved elections back in 1999 – and had retained his seat since then.But without the backing of his former party he was unable to win his Inverness and Nairn constituency again.Mr Ewing’s defeat means it its the first time ever the Scottish Par
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