Caithness - Lib Dems Holdpublished at 05:26 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2019Breaking

The SNP enjoys an emphatic result, taking 48 of Scotland's 59 seats
Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson quits after losing her East Dunbartonshire seat to the SNP by 149 votes
The Conservative Party win their biggest majority at Westminster since 1987
An SNP candidate suspended from the party over anti-Semitic tweets wins his House of Commons seat
Labour see their number of MPs in Scotland reduced to one
Jo Perry and Louise Wilson
Election 2019: Sturgeon talks independence referendum
The SNP has made big gains across Scotland, with Nicola Sturgeon saying the country had sent a "clear message" on a second independence referendum.
The party defeated Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson in Dunbartonshire East after overturning a majority of 5,339.
SNP candidates have also won several seats from the Conservatives and Labour across Scotland.
Ms Sturgeon said the results had exceeded her expectations.
Former Scottish Secretary David Mundell says he will urge Boris Johnson not to grant Scotland another independence referendum in the next five years.
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Five Scottish seats to go. SNP need them all to oblige Ruth Davidson to take to the waters for a skinny dip. She said she would do that if the SNP won more than 50 seats.
The Conservatives now have enough seats for us to declare they have won an overall majority.
There are 650 MPs in the House of Commons, so as soon as a party wins 326 seats, we can confirm it.
Philip Sim
BBC Scotland political reporter
The Lib Dems have gained votes in every seat in Scotland except the one their leader was standing in.
Brian Taylor
BBC Scotland Political Editor
Christine Jardine holds Edinburgh West for LibDems. Could Jo Swinson be the only Scottish casualty for her party?
That phrase again. "Nationalism both sides of the border." Used by Christine Jardine. But used repeatedly by other LibDem speakers.
With 52 seats declared in Scotland, the SNP has 44.
Labour's Ian Murray held Edinburgh South.
Lib Dem Wendy Chamberlain won North East Fife and Christine Jardine held Edinburgh West.
The Conservatives have won five seats so far.
Douglas Ross in Moray, David Mundell in Dumfriesshire, John Lamont in Berwickshire, Alister Jack in Dumfries and Galloway and Andrew Bowie in Aberdeenshire West.
Aberdeenshire West and Kincardine
"It's a tough night, losing Jo," says Scottish Lib Dem leader Willie Rennie.
He praises his counterpart in the UK parliament, Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson, saying she has been a "good friend, brave, principled, stood up for what she believed".
"We need more people like Jo Swinson not less."
He goes on to say: "We will vote against independence at every opportunity."
The SNP's Tommy Sheppard increases his majority from 3425 in 2017 to 10,417 this year.
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Labour shadow Scottish secretary Lesley Laird, who lost her seat in Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath said constitutional wrangling ran threw everything in politics and the issues that really matter, such as tackling poverty, were ignored.
"The Labour party is about the wider social context. It is not about flag-waving. It's about caring for people. It is about making sure injustices are remedied," she said.
Ms Laird was beaten by Neale Hanvey, who was suspended as the SNP candidate after allegations he tweeted anti-Semitic social media posts.