“No one was expecting a majority of over 6,000, which is what they’ve got.”
The Conservatives have won Aberdeen South from the SNP, their first by-election win in Scotland in more than 50 years.
Times Scotland political editor Daniel Sanderson and Scottish pollster Mark Diffley were speaking to Adam Boulton for Times Radio’s by-election night special.
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