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Blackford was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Ross, Skye and Lochaber in 2015. He has since been re-elected in the 2017 and 2019 general elections. He was the Deputy Leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) from 2017 to 2020 and has held various shadow cabinet positions, including Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland and Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.