It was great to catch up with my fellow Conservative Councillors in Kilmory and to hear of the terrific work they have been doing for their constituents and the wider Argyll and Bute area.

I pushed for the council to give the Argyll Gardens a good clean up ahead of the opening of the new Queens Hall and I think you have to agree it looks fantastic today. A wee bit more work on the bandstand and it'll be looking grand for the opening.

Dunoon and Cowal Councillors Bobby Good and Yvonne McNeilly have been getting out and about in their wards speaking to local people.

I have had a busy few day's working hard for my constituents.

 It was a great honour to participate in the Citizenship Ceremony for Yuqing Zhang and I wish her well in her future role as a citizen of the United Kingdom.

Yuqing is better known locally as Carol and has lived in Dunoon for some time.

I'm just back form attending the latest Argyll and Bute Council meeting. I and spoke at length with my fellow Conservative Councillors about the blight of ferry disruptions across my council ward particularity on the Island of Islay.

On behalf of all the candidates, and our newly elected group of councillors, Argyll and Bute Conservative and Unionist Association would like to thank all of our members and supporters, who turned out in such great numbers and voted in the local elections last week. 

Across the country, Scotland has been turning blue today, with a significant increase in seats for Scottish Conservatives; results that were echoed in Argyll and Bute.

The local council elections are about helping your community and who is the best person for the job.

Be sure the candidate you choose is standing for the community and will get on with the day job. Not someone who wants to use your vote as a sign you support Indyref2 #good4dunoon

Remember when choosing the candidates you want to vote for this May that if they get elected they have to be able to work as a team together.

It's vitally important that they are capable of doing this. Division will not be good for this community. Doing the day job is what we need.