Labour vows to retake Scotland after trouncing the SNP in Rutherglen by-election

Labour is on the verge of a major comeback in Scotland in next year’s general election that could propel Sir Keir Starmer into Downing Street, the party has declared, after trouncing the SNP in a “seismic” by-election.

Michael Shanks, the new Labour MP for Rutherglen and Hamilton West, declared that there was “no part of this country where Labour can’t win” after attracting an extraordinary 58.6 per cent of the popular vote in the contest.

In a humiliating night for the SNP and First Minister Humza Yousaf, there was a 20.4 per cent swing to Labour compared to the 2019 general election, when the Nationalists easily took the seat.

Read more here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2023/10/06/rutherglen-hamilton-west-by-election-results-labour-snp/

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