Who is new SNP MP Graham Leadbitter?

GRAHAM Leadbitter was elected as the SNP MP for Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey as one of a cohort of nine SNP representatives at Westminster.

The veteran councillor won the north east seat by just over 1000 votes from the Conservatives’ Kathleen Robertson.Leadbitter has served as an Elgin South councillor for the past 16 years and served as council leader for four years.

He said: “In areas like Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey, we have serious challenges with the workforce in the hospitality sector and in the care sector.– Brexit was an appalling decision that was not what Scotland wanted and it certainly wasn’t what people in this area wanted either and it is having a huge negative impact on people across the region.”We know there are thousands of National readers who want to debate, argue and go back and forth in the comments section of our stories.

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