Scottish Labour wins pivotal Holyrood byelection, beating incumbent SNP and surging Reform UK
Labour celebrated the incredible' win in the central seat of Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse, as voters rallied around popular local candidate Davy Russell
Scottish Labour is celebrating an incredible" win in a pivotal Holyrood byelection, beating the incumbent SNP and fighting off Reform UK's racist" campaigning, in a result that confounded predictions and will boost the party ahead of next year's Scottish parliamentary elections.
Voters in the central Scotland seat of Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse rallied round the popular local candidate, Davy Russell, after a toxic campaign during which Nigel Farage launched an unprecedented series of personal attacks on the Scottish Labour leader, Anas Sarwar, labelled racist by the SNP leader, John Swinney.
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