Scottish Labour’s Michael Shanks has won the Rutherglen and Hamilton West byelection in an overwhelming victory over the SNP that the party leadership declared “seismic”, and a clear demonstration that Scotland could lead the way in delivering a Labour government at Westminster at the coming general election.

In a result that exceeded Scottish Labour expectation, Shanks beat his closest rival, the SNP’s Katy Loudon, by 17,845 votes to 8,399 – a majority of 9,446 and a resounding swing of over 20%.

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    Full results, with major parties in bold (with apologies to His Imperial Majesty, the Emperor of India):

    • Gloria Adebo (Scottish Liberal Democrats) - 895 (2.9%)
    • Bill Bonnar (Scottish Socialist Party) - 271
    • Garry Cooke (Independent) - 6
    • Andrew Daly (Independent) - 81
    • Cameron Eadie (Scottish Greens) - 601 (2%)
    • Prince Ankit Love, Emperor of India - 34
    • Niall Fraser (Scottish Family Party) - 319
    • Ewan Hoyle (Volt UK) - 46
    • Thomas Kerr (Scottish Conservatives) - 1,192 (3.9%)
    • Katy Loudon (SNP) - 8,399 (27.6%)
    • Chris Sermanni (Scottish Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition) - 178
    • Michael Shanks (Scottish Labour) - 17,845 (58.6%)
    • David Stark (Reform UK) - 403
    • Colette Walker (Independence for Scotland Party) - 207

    Source: The BBC

    Result: Labour gain from the SNP.

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      with apologies to His Imperial Majesty, the Emperor of India

      I had to Google to make sure shit wasn’t being made up, but no, he actually calls himself the emperor of India.

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        You know the saying: the road to India runs through Rutherglen and Hamilton West*.

        *No need to google this, which I did make up.