Hecklegirth Primary School pupil Kyla Richardson, front centre, receives her bike prize after coming first in the annual MP and MSP’s constituency schools Christmas card design competition. Making the presentation are Oliver Mundell MSP, left, and David Mundell MP, right. Looking on back are Kyla’s mum Jennifer Richardson and brother Brody

Dumfriesshire pupil's design comes top in MP's Christmas Card competition

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A Hecklegirth Primary School pupil’s festive artwork has won her a new bicycle.

Nine-year-old Kyla Richardson’s Christmas design was judged overall winner of a competition to design a greetings card for Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP David Mundell and his son Oliver Mundell MSP.

Her colourful front cover shows a fireplace with blazing logs, topped with a large snow globe featuring snowflakes, presents sack, snowman and a candy cane

Keen cyclist Kyla was overjoyed when the news was broken to her at the school’s morning assembly which was also attended by David and Oliver, who presented her with the top prize, appropriately a brand new bike.

Looking on, along with her fellow pupils and staff, were her proud mum Jennifer Richardson and Kyla’s older brother Brody.

Trying out her prize bike in the school playground later, Kyla said: “It was quite a surprise. I enjoy cycling very much and I’m really happy to have won. The bike will get a lot of use.”

The runners-up designs also appear on page two of the greetings card.

There were more than 400 entries in the competition with the final printed card going to addresses across the constituency, plus to Buckingham Palace, 10 Downing Street and Bute House, official home of the Scottish First Minister.

A full set of cards was presented to Sir Lindsay Hoyle, Speaker of the House of Commons and the MP for Chorley, when the two local politicians visited his official residence within the Palace of Westminster where they were also greeted by Attlee, the Speaker’s celebrity cat.

Both David and Oliver agreed that despite emails, texts and other digital media, the Christmas cards tradition — in their case including a small 2025 calendar — still had an edge when it came to festive greetings and they also received positive feedback from participating primary schools.

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