First minister says majority is ‘very long shot’ as results show strong support for defending candidates of other parties
, the recently elected Scottish Labour leader, by 9,456 votes – despite a nine-point increase in Labour’s vote. Sarwar is the son of Mohammad Sarwar, a former Labour MP who lived in the constituency.
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