Labour stuns SNP with ‘seismic’ win in Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election
Labour has pulled off a remarkable victory in the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election, defeating the SNP by a huge margin and gaining its second seat in Scotland. How Labour turned the tide in a former SNP stronghold The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Margaret Ferrier, who was suspended from the SNP after breaching Covid-19 rules by travelling between London and Scotland while infected. Ferrier had won the seat in 2019 with a majority of 5,230 votes over Labour’s Ged Killen. However, Labour’s candidate Michael Shanks managed to overturn that result and secure a stunning win with 17,845…