Douglas Lumsden: “People understand this is a chance for them to send both Labour and the SNP a strong message about the oil and gas…”

I’m looking forward to getting down to Westminster and really banging the drum for Aberdeen and the oil and gas industry.

This result sends a clear message to Labour and the SNP: their war on North Sea oil and gas must end.

The destruction of the North Sea oil and gas industry must stop now.

The hostile policies of both the SNP and Labour, with their refusal to back new drilling, is economic vandalism at a time when we should be maximising the resources we have.