The Scottish Conservative victory in the Aberdeen South by-election wasn’t entirely unexpected. New MP Douglas Lumsden is a well-known local figure who ran a savvy campaign pledging to fight for an oil and gas industry abandoned by the SNP. He was always thought to be in with a shout. The real surprise of the night

Tory candidate Douglas Lumsden won a majority of more than 6,000 with 14,308 votes, followed by the SNP in second place with 8,258.

Party sources believe they have come from third place to overturn an SNP majority of almost 4,000 by a large margin.