It is the first time a Tory has been elected there.
"If you're going to put a single issue at the centre of your own campaign, then you lose the election, then you're left with a bit of egg on your face and I think the Tories have egg on their face on that question this morning".
Ms Davidson said that across the country, people are "looking for this Scottish fightback against the SNP". "It means that in this seat it is a two-horse race between us and the Nationalists".
"The Tories are helping us in their rather presumptuous announcements that they're going to win the seat". I can't but feel proud of the SNP today.
Sole Liberal Democrat councillor Margot Clark lost her seat in the Linn ward, where Labour also lost a seat and the Tories and SNP both gained one each.
Each took from the results what you'd expect them to.
"They chose to fight the election on the issue of an independence referendum, they talked about nothing else, they didn't have any policies for local government". I don't think it's right to compare this election with 2012. Boasting before an election is an extremely foolish thing to do.
Farron said: "In this election people have a straight choice".
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But Christine Jardine, who had a high local profile as the LibDem candidate in 2015, is now fighting Edinburgh West, meaning more LibDems in Gordon may opt to vote tactically.
Ms Davidson said her party will "speak up for the millions of Scots who have had enough of the uncertainty and division of the last few years" and "stand up for everyone who doesn't want a second referendum on independence". That is not a boast, it's a fact. Make no mistake, we are the underdogs. They also surged to second place in Edinburgh and Aberdeen.
Kezia Dugdale, the Scottish Labour leader, said: "This is obviously a disappointing election for Labour, but thousands of people in communities across Scotland have placed their trust in us and we will continue to play a major role in local government".
Labour leaders were able to console themselves with victories in three councils, becoming the largest party in Inverclyde and East Lothian, and unexpectedly in Midlothian, as well as tying with the SNP in North Ayrshire.
"Now they are angry that the SNP has campaigned for independence ever since". Basing its calculations partly on "notional" results the BBC said the SNP were actually down by seven, but it didn't really matter: the SNP vote had held up, and held up well. In just two years they have insulted and angered the very voters that helped them secure that election result.
"No wonder they are setting their sights on Angus Robertson - with his effective questioning at PMQs tying Theresa May in knots each week, he's the biggest thorn in the Tories' side".
He said: "There was no outright victor, the SNP have one more member, and that means we have to have a totally different mind-set". This is a party which two years ago got 50 per cent of the Scottish vote.
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