Labour GAIN from SNP

Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by-election result:

LAB: 31.5% (-2.0)
SNP: 29.4% (-16.8)
REF: 26.2% (+26.2)
CON: 6.0% (-11.5)
GRN: 2.6% (+2.6)

+/- 2021

by Deadend_Friend

5 comments

  1. Pretty incredible result for Labour! There were people inside Labour [deriding their campaign](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/scottish-labour-election-candidate-branded-35301244), there was a growing narrative that they’d fall third, with even [Labour insiders](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/scottish-labour-figures-fear-third-35238983) thinking that, and they had become the underdogs with even Reform ending up with stronger chances on betting channels.

    Shows how important that local campaign is, and that online is very different to the doorstep.

  3. I think some people will be happy, and others much less so, with the result being used as a measure of the next Scottish election.

    Granted, it’s a by-election, so what we should take from it is limited, but Reform managing a strong third will set some alarm bells ringing.

    I suppose the Tories can be happy though. They get to keep their deposit.

  4. What was the turnout? Labour might be haemorrhaging down south right now but SNP still aren’t back on their feet enough to reassure people.

    Does anyone else think that reform might do surprisingly well in Scotland in the future? Purely because they’re not Tories by name and they are vocal about people’s dissatisfaction with… everything ?

  5. All the literature I was getting from the SNP in the last two weeks was exclusively targeting Reform and completely ignoring Labour. Meanwhile, Labour (rightfully or wrongfully) continue to use PMQs and headline speeches to attack the SNP’s record.

    This was another example of the SNP’s absolutely atrocious decline in effective campaigning strategies that has been going on since Sturgeon resigned.

    The party is bleeding talent left, right, and center (particularly in the YSI). Yet, the top brass continue to be complacent and expect that people will just switch back to the SNP from Labour with no effort. It is so incredibly frustrating.

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