Labour 17,845 ---- Tories 1,192

[Canary42]

Rutherglen & Hamilton By-election result.

 

Labour 17,845

SNP 8,399

Tories 1,192

Liberal Dems 895

Green 601

 

 

[10ClarionSt]

It's encouraging for Labour. They'll need a lot more results like this to form the next govt. Onwards and upwards!

[naomi24]

The seat was won from the SNP, not from the Conservatives.  Until a few years it was a safe Labour seat.  I can't see it reverting.

[diddlydo]

Well done Labour. Let us hope for a lot more of the same.

[naomi24]

It wouldn't surprise me if there is lots of the same.  The SNP may well have had their 15 minutes of fame.

[10ClarionSt]

But Labour need Scotland. It was always Labour until 2010, when the SNP swept in. This could be the start of a reversal, which is encouraging.

[Canary42]

My apologies for omitting that it was a win from SNP (I hit send too soon 😧).

[10ClarionSt]

Just think about this at the next election:

Labour win Scotland and win back all the red wall seats. Interesting thought eh?

[ToraToraTora]

So Labour win a safe Labour seat! They'll need to get at least 100 Tory seats to get into no 10. TBH though they should do well in Scotland now the natives seem to have cottoned on to the SNP.

[dave50]

Why do you want a Labour government? I actually live in fear if they get in power as I am not a member of their client state. I've worked all my life in industry, paid my taxes, saved for a rainy day, done all the right things. They will bleed me dry to give money to their grateful groups, full time benefit claimants, illegal immigrants, public sector employees, I am none of those so I will be screwed.

[ichkeria]

In recent years this has not been a safe Labour seat at all: it's gone back and forth with the SNP since the early Labour landslide days.

If this result was repeated across Scotland Labour would gain 40 seats from the SNP: that would leave the party needing another 80 to reach 320. They don't need all to be Tory seats of couerse, tho they probably mostyl woould be.

[gulliver1]

What an astounding result for Labour. Snp thrashed into second place and the Tories also ran.Looks like Labour are on the verge of a major come back in Scotland at the GE, that will propel Sir Keir into Downing St.

.....Well done Labour..We've got the Blues on the Run

 

 

[ichkeria]

Labour 17,845 SNP 8,399 ought to be the headline.

[naomi24]

Gulliver, calm down.  The 'Blues' were never in the running there.

[QuizmasterG]

Turnout was 37% of the voters.

That means 63% of the constituancy couldn't be bothered to pick one of the candidates.

Hardly a resounding victory for the democratic system.

 

[Zacs-Master]

Back in 2010 and 2005, the conservatives were in 4th place in general elections, so coming 3rd would seem to be an improvement by anyones reckoning🤔

[ToraToraTora]

Dave50 - 09:25, sadly like me you committ the worst attrocity of all, you provided for yourself and never sponged of the state. Labour hate people like us.

[ToraToraTora]

ZM, I'll settle for beating the Lib Non Dems!

[ToraToraTora]

Good point from QM, very low turnout. Apathy probably rules.

[naomi24]

//In recent years this has not been a safe Labour seat at all//

 

I didn't say that.  I said until a few years [ago]...

[ichkeria]

"//In recent years this has not been a safe Labour seat at all//I didn't say that.  I said until a few years [ago]...

I was replying to Tora.  The significance is in the inking that Labour could win a lot of seats in Scotland.

It's like in the rest of GB though: will people vote FOR a part or AGAINST the government (either Tory or SNP). If the latter than it'll be less good for Labour but not necessarily any better for the Conservatives.