He retained it with an increased majority over the SNP's Joan McAlpine five years later. He has held a number of shadow ministerial portfolios during his time in the Scottish Parliament.

Joan McAlpine, project director of the Robert Burns Ellisland Trust – which safeguards the 170-acre site – said: “The place ...

Joan McAlpine, project director of the Robert Burns Ellisland Museum and Farm, said: "It’s exciting to be inviting the community in to celebrate a Burns Supper in the barn that Burns built.