The Latest Breaking News from Michael Shanks

SNP 'closing in' on candidate to replace Margaret Ferrier in likely by-election

VETTING for candidates hoping to replace Margaret Ferrier in an expected by-election is nearing a close, the SNP have said.

The National (Scotland) · May 23, 2023

MP Margaret Ferrier loses appeal over Commons ban for Covid rule breaches

Failure of appeal paves way for possible byelection in former SNP MP’s Scottish constituency

The Guardian - UK · May 22, 2023

‘We’re going to fight this hard’: Labour keen for byelection test in Rutherglen

Anticipated vote would be chance to take on a shaken SNP and send message to voters UK-wide

The Guardian - UK · May 14, 2023

Labour councillor condemns 'farce' as party's Rutherglen by-election row deepens

LABOUR’S selection process for a candidate to stand in a potential by-election has been branded a “complete farce” by a councillor from the…

The National (Scotland) · May 2, 2023

Labour members in 'official complaint' to party amid row over Rutherglen by-election

TWO constituency branches of the Labour Party have written to Anas Sarwar and Keir Starmer to make a “formal complaint” ...

The National (Scotland) · Apr 29, 2023

Scottish Labour contender in 'by-election seat' quit party over Brexit stance

EXCLUSIVE: Michael Shanks announced he had resigned on the day of the European elections in 2019

Daily Record · Apr 27, 2023

One down, 39,136 to go: the explorers who walk every street in their city

You don’t really know an urban landscape until you’ve visited all of it on foot – from slums to beauty spots. Just ask the thousands of ‘every-single-streeters’

The Guardian - UK · May 4, 2022