The contest in Rutherglen and Hamilton West was triggered by the removal of MP Margaret Ferrier.
The party's candidate, Michael Shanks, took the Westminster seat with 17,845 votes - more than double the number polled by the SNP's Katy Loudon.The by-election was called after former SNP MP Margaret Ferrier was ousted by her constituents for breaking Covid rules.
He added: "We lost this seat in 2017, and like 2019 we can win this seat back. However, we will reflect on what we have to do to regain the trust of the people of Rutherglen and Hamilton West.""We can't shy away from the fact this is a very challenging set of results," he told BBC Radio's He said: "We knew that different turnouts will have that impact, but also we know that a lot of Conservative voters did tactically vote in this constituency against the SNP.
"It's well above the kinds of swings we've seen in the opinion polls in Scotland. The Labour vote is up to nearly 59%, that's 24 points. Almost 12,000 constituents had signed a recall petition against Ferrier, who was given 270 hours of community service after being convicted of breaching Covid regulations in 2020.Labour needed to win this by-election and they needed to win it well.
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