Scottish election 2021 results: Lib Dem candidate misses Fife count to give birth

The Liberal Democrat candidate for Dunfermline won’t see the result in person - because she is in hospital about to give birth.

Aude Boubaker-Calder who is married to Fife councillor James Calder, is being induced at the Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy today after reaching the 42-week milestone without any signs of arrival.

In a statement released to the Local Democracy Reporting Service, the candidate said: "I was hoping to be able to be present during the results on Saturday but our little bundle of joy has decided otherwise and I will need to be induced this weekend as I am reaching the 42 weeks milestone."

Ms Boubaker-Calder had been due to give birth to her child around a week before the election.

Dunfermline Lib Dem candidate, Aude Boubaker-Calder, has missed the count because she is in hospital giving birth.

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Speaking around three weeks ago, she told the LDRS: "I'm expecting a child in the next couple of weeks - we don't know what it is yet.

"It's really important to me that I am engaged, as a feminist, in politics because the issue of women in politics is so important.

"We've seen accounts of women working in politics and motherhood at the same time - just look at the prime minister of New Zealand [Jacinda Ahern] who was in exactly the same situation as me."

The count is currently ongoing for Dunfermline at Glenrothes' Michael Woods Sports Centre.

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