Election: Jenny Gilruth – being an ‘privilege of my life’
Mid Fife and Glenrothes MSP Jenny Gilruth was honoured to be re-elected to the Scottish Parliament.
Reform UK claimed second spot through Sacha Hawarth with Labour’s Afifa Khanam third on 3,970 votes and folllowed by Lib Dems’ Ed Scotcher (3,047 votes) and Conservative Niamh Heald (1,414 votes).
After securing her third election term, Ms Gilruth pledged that she would not let her constituents down.
“Being a member of the Scottish Parliament is the privilege of my life and I will continue to work hard,” she said.
“I am very happy and very proud to be representing my home area in the Scottish Parliament for a third time. You never know in politics. You know what people tell you at the door. We felt positive on the doorsteps.”
Ms Gilruth hailed developments such as the Levenmouth rail link and A92 improvements as successes during her previous term and looked ahead to the possible replacement of two high schools in Glenrothes.
“They deserve that investment and I am proud to play my part and advocating for it,” she said. “Across Scotland, the election has been quite quiet but across the UK there has been seismic change as we know it.
“We have changed Scotland for the better. Work will continue to benefit the people we all serve.
“I am very happy and very proud to be representing my home area in the Scottish Parliament for a third time. It is an absolute privilege.”