Britain's opposition Labour Party wins UK parliamentary seat in Scotland

And it is clear they believe that this changed Labour Party can deliver it," Labour leader Keir Starmer said in a statement. The by-election in Rutherglen and Hamilton West, on the outskirts of Glasgow, was called after lawmaker Margaret Ferrier was stripped of her seat in London's parliament for breaking COVID-19 rules.

Britain's opposition Labour Party defeated the Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP) in an election for a UK parliamentary seat in Scotland, a sign of its recovery in the country before a national election expected next year.

Labour is leading Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Conservative Party in the opinion polls, but will likely need to regain much of the ground lost to the SNP in Scotland over the course of the last decade if it harbours hopes of returning to government after a 13-year absence. "This is a seismic result. People in Rutherglen and Hamilton West have sent a clear message – it is time for change. And it is clear they believe that this changed Labour Party can deliver it," Labour leader Keir Starmer said in a statement.

The by-election in Rutherglen and Hamilton West, on the outskirts of Glasgow, was called after lawmaker Margaret Ferrier was stripped of her seat in London's parliament for breaking COVID-19 rules. Labour candidate Michael Shanks received 17,845 votes, beating the second-placed SNP candidate Katy Loudon, who got less than 8,399 votes.

John Curtice, Britain's most prominent pollster, said it was a "remarkable result" for the Labour party. "The Labour Party will be able to justifiably claim that this is the kind of result that suggests that the Labour party is potentially capable of winning seats again in Scotland," he told BBC News.

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