The Latest Breaking News from HAMILTON

Anas Sarwar is hoping the results of the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by-election could help Labour oust the SNP in the 2026 Holyrood election.

John Swinney has defended his decision to call the Hamilton by-election a “two-horse race” between the SNP and Reform UK, despite Labour’s…

Victory over SNP and Reform sends strong signal to Scotland’s political parties before next May’s Holyrood elections

The Prime Minister congratulated Labour’s new MSP Davy Russell and looked ahead to next year’s Scottish Parliament election.

NEWS ANALYSIS: A Scottish Labour win in the Hamilton by-election has handed the prime minister a much needed boost, but the result reveals that Reform is a growing threat in parts of the UK Nigel Farage has never appealed to before, writes David Maddox

Labour’s Davy Russell said the win sent a message to Nigel Farage and “his mob”

Victory in Hamilton by Davy Russell signals growing challenge to SNP and resistance to Farage's Reform UK

Davy Russell won the contest, with the SNP coming narrowly ahead of Reform.

'People need to change the script' says Sarwar as Russell’s victory in the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by-election marks a major upset for the SNP