Seamus Logan acceptance speech

  • 3 months ago
Transcript
00:00Ajim Savage, returning officer for the UK parliamentary election in the Aberdeenshire
00:04North and Moray East constituency, declare that the total number of votes given to each candidate
00:09was as follows. Ian Bailey, Scottish Liberal Democrat, 2,782.
00:16Andy Brown, Scottish Labour Party, 3,876.
00:24Jo Hart, Reform UK, 5,562.
00:30Seamus Logan, Scottish National Party SMP, 13,455.
00:37Douglas Gordon Ross, Scottish Conservative Unionist, 12,500.
00:45Therefore, I give public notice that Seamus Logan is duly elected as Member of Parliament
01:05for the Aberdeenshire North and Moray East constituency.
01:11The total number of votes cast for the Aberdeenshire North and Moray East constituency at UK parliamentary elections
01:16on the 4th of July was 38,358.
01:21The total number of ballot papers rejected was 170. Thank you.
01:35Thank you very much.
01:37I want to first of all thank Jim Savage and all his staff here at the Crown Centre
01:41and in the various polling stations around the constituency for their work tonight in delivering this election.
01:48I also want to thank Police Scotland for protecting the candidates and ensuring the security of the result.
01:56Primarily, I want to thank everyone who voted for me. That's the first thing I want to say.
02:01Thank you everyone for having the confidence to trust me as your MP for Aberdeenshire North and Moray East.
02:08Thank you.
02:09I want also to pay tribute to all of our supporters and activists who delivered this result.
02:17But more than anybody else, I want to single out one person, and that's my election agent Ross Cassie.
02:22I regard him as something of a genius.
02:24Now, some of you may know it's been a very difficult few days.
02:33My wife lost her mother just a few days ago, and this afternoon we'll be putting her to rest.
02:39So it's been a very, very difficult time for us as a family, and so after tonight I'll just want to focus on that.
02:47But I am so honoured and so privileged to be selected as the MP for this constituency,
02:54and I just want to say to people, I promise you I will reward your confidence in me by delivering on the promises that I made to you in the election campaign.
03:04And I look forward to joining my colleagues in the SNP at Westminster.
03:08Thank you very much everyone.