US EditionSNP to 'learn lessons' as Labour wins crucial by-election
- Scottish Labour candidate Davy Russell was elected as MSP for the South Lanarkshire seat of Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse in the recent by-election held on Friday.
- The by-election was held after the passing of SNP representative Christina McKelvie and resulted in Labour overturning her previous majority of 4,582 from the 2021 election.
- SNP leader John Swinney vowed he would not cooperate with Nigel Farage or the Reform UK party, which made strong gains and finished a close third in the vote.
- Russell won with 8,559 votes, beating SNP candidate Katy Loudon by 602 votes, while turnout was 44.2% with over 27,000 votes cast overall.
- The result boosted Scottish Labour’s momentum ahead of the 2026 Holyrood election, prompted SNP to commit to learning lessons, and Swinney hinted at an upcoming Cabinet reshuffle.
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Humza Yousaf, March 2024: Actual result: Labour 37, SNP 9, Lib Dems 6, Tories 5. The two horses in the two-horse race finished second and fourth, and won just 19% of seats between them. And here’s John Swinney a week and a half ago: The two horses finished second and third. The matter of whether […]
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