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Winner in 2016: Alasdair Allan (SNP) NA h-Eileanan an Iar, formerly known by the English name of the Western Isles, is the place that voted SNP before it was cool. In 1970, the constituency was the first to ever be taken by the SNP at a Westminster General Election, a feat that was even more remarkable given that the party hadn’t even bothered putting up a candidate there since 1951. Perhaps if the SNP were ever going to make the initial breakthrough, it had to be in an atypical seat like this which is often more or less disconnected from national trends.