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Anum Qaisar-Javed wins Airdrie by-election

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iOS - Android "I hope that today by being elected as the only woman of colour in Scotland that people from minority groups of all communities in Scotland look at me and think, 'if that 28-year-old lassie from Lanarkshire can do it, so can I'."Regardless of who you voted for or if you voted at all, I pledge to represent each person in the Airdrie & Shotts constituency - it's the honour of my life to be elected as your MP."Only one in three voters cast their ballots at the by-election, which was triggered by the resignation of SNP predecessor Neil Gray to move to the Scottish Parliament and took place seven days after residents had been to the polls in the Holyrood election.The turnout of 34.3 per cent contrasted sharply with the increased.

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