Brendan O’Hara makes his victory speech in front of, from the left, returning officer Cleland Sneddon, LibDem candidate Alan Reid, Labour’s Michael Kelly and runner-up Gary Mulvaney, Conservative.
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AFTER a nerveshredding few hours for candidates at the election count last Thursday, SNP candidate Brendan O’Hara was re-elected to serve as the Argyll and Bute member of parliament.
Just as in last month’s council election, the Scottish Conservative vote saw something of a resurgence in Argyll and Bute. Eagle-eyed party observers monitoring the count noticed in the early hours of Thursday that it was going to be a close-run thing between Brendan O’Hara and Conservative candidate Gary Mulvaney.