Scottish Labour celebrates 'incredible' byelection win and hits out at Reform

Scottish Labour is celebrating an 'incredible' win in a pivotal Holyrood byelection, beating the incumbent SNP and fighting off Reform UK, whose campaign was called racist, in a result that confounded predictions and will boost the party ahead of next year’s Scottish parliamentary elections. Voters in the central Scotland seat of Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse rallied round the popular local candidate Davy Russell after a toxic campaign during which Nigel Farage launched an unprecedented series of personal attacks on the Scottish Labour leader, Anas Sarwar, that were called racist by the first minister and SNP leader, John Swinney Scottish Labour wins pivotal Holyrood byelection, beating incumbent SNP and surging Reform UK