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‘Seismic night in Scotland’: Labour crushes SNP in Rutherglen and Hamilton West byelection (www.theguardian.com)
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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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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

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

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