EnergyReader · 2026-06-19 09:40

Tories take Aberdeen South as Streeting signals North Sea drilling U-turn

By EnergyReader Newsroom · June 19, 2026

Douglas Lumsden, a Conservative, won the Aberdeen South seat at the Scottish Parliament by-election on Friday (2026-06-19), a contest both campaigns had billed as a referendum on the North Sea. Kemi Badenoch, the Conservative leader, called the result a triumph for oil and gas workers, and Lumsden used most of his acceptance speech to attack the SNP and the Labour government over the basin's future.

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