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Updated: May 7, 2021, 7:16 pm
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Maree Todd held the Caithness, Sutherland and Ross seat for the SNP but with a reduced majority.
Despite hopes from Lib Dem leader Willie Rennie to take the seat, Ms Todd beat their candidate Molly Nolan with 15,889 votes to 13,298.
The result significantly ate into the SNP majority of 3,193 at the last election, but did not cause the upset the Liberal Democrats had hoped for.
Maree Todd paid tribute to her family in her victory speech, saying they were “everything”