The by-election in Rutherglen and Hamilton West, on the outskirts of Glasgow, was called after lawmaker Margaret Ferrier was stripped of her seat in London’s parliament for breaking COVID-19 rules
Labour candidate Michael Shanks received 17,845 votes, beating the second-placed SNP candidate Katy Loudon, who got less than 8,399 votes. There was a swing to Labour from the SNP of 20%.
“The Labour Party will be able to justifiably claim that this is the kind of result that suggests that the Labour party is potentially capable of winning seats again in Scotland,” he told BBC News. She tested positive for COVID in September 2020 after speaking in Britain’s House of Commons. Instead of isolating as was mandatory at the time, she took a train more than 400 miles back to Scotland.
SNP leader Humza Yousaf said it was a “disappointing night", adding that the “circumstances of this by-election were always very difficult for us” in reference to Ferrier’s conduct.
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