itemprop=description content=The Labour leader celebrated his party’s higher-than-expected swing from the SNP which experts believe could open the door to Downing Street.
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said the party ‘blew the doors off’ the by-election in Rutherglen and Hamilton West
The result led analysts to believe that Labour could return to being the the largest party north of the border and open the door to Downing Street if it is replicated at the next national poll. Sir Keir, whose party is riding high in the national polls, said voters had “turned their back” on a Tory government.“We’ve changed. And because we’ve changed, we are now the party of change here in Scotland. We’re the party of change in Britain, we’re the party of change right across the whole country.”Labour candidate Mr Shanks secured 17,845 votes, well ahead of the 8,399 votes returned for his closest rival, the SNP’s Katy Loudon.
“That potentially has implications for the overall outcome in the general election because if that were to happen, they would find it easier to get an overall majority,” he told the PA news agency.
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