Labour Surprises in Scotland With Win Over Farage, Nationalists
Davy Russell, center right, celebrates with Anas Sarwar, leader of the Labour Party, center left, after winning the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by-election on June 6.
Photographer: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour Party won a Scottish parliamentary by-election, a surprise result that deals a blow to both the Scottish nationalists and Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party.
Labour’s Davy Russell won the vote in Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse, denying Farage’s populist party its first electoral victory in Scotland and setting back the Scottish National Party, which runs the semi-autonomous government and held the seat since 2011.