Michael Shanks, who won with 17,845 votes, had this to say after the 'seismic' win.
Labour candidate Michael Shanks and Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar celebrate a resounding victory The Labour Party are celebrating after thrashing the SNP in a by-election with an absolute landslide. Sir Keir Starmer hailed it as a ‘seismic result’ for Labour after an overwhelming victory in Scotland’s first recall by-election. Labour candidate Michael Shanks won the Rutherglen and Hamilton West seat after securing more than twice the votes of his SNP rival Katy Loudon.
’ SNP candidate Katy Louden lost the seat in the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election with Mr Shanks securing double the number of votes The Scottish Conservatives came in third place, with Thomas Kerr polling 1,192 ahead of Scottish Liberal Democrat candidate Gloria Adebo and Scottish Green Party candidate Cameron Eadie who secured 895 and 601 votes respectively. A total of 30,531 votes were cast in the by-election, with turnout standing at 37.2%, well below the 66.
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