People of Aberdeen Have Asked Me to Save ‘Dying’ City, Says Badenoch

People of Aberdeen have asked me to save ‘dying’ city, says Badenoch

Voters in the Aberdeen South Westminster seat will go to the polls for a by-election on June 18.

SNP Aberdeen South candidate backs Rosebank and Jackdaw in 'oil and gas by-election'

Richard Thomson said ‘it makes no sense’ to import oil and gas from abroad ‘when we could produce it at a lower environmental cost’ from the North Sea

SNP must come clean on Rosebank

Scottish Greens candidate for Aberdeen South, Jorg Shelton-Eckstein, has challenged the SNP to come clean with voters in Aberdeen South about its position on the controversial Rosebank oil field.  It follows reports that the SNP’s candidate, Richard Thomson, has said new oil and gas licences should go ahead if they pass a climate test and are deemed necessary for energy security. According to Jorg, the comments show the SNP is “walking away from…

By-Election Preview: Aberdeen South (UK Parliament) 18th of June 2026

A highly competitive by-election may not garner quite as much attention as one happening on the same day south of the border, but is a key contest in a Scottish context.