Archive · 6 Jun 2025
Labour Scores Surprise By-Election Win in Scotland
In Scotland, Labour won a surprise election.
This is a good thing for the Labour party and its leader, Keir Starmer, who have had a tough time lately.
They won the election with 8,559 votes.
The Scottish National Party (SNP), who were expected to win, only got 7,957 votes.
The win shows that people in Scotland want a change.
Labour hopes to gain more power next year.
The election happened because of the death of an SNP lawmaker.
Labour secured a surprise win in a Scottish Parliament by-election.
Labour won with 8,559 votes.
The SNP saw their vote collapse by almost 17 percent.
The ballot was held following the death of SNP lawmaker Christina McKelvie.
Reform UK made inroads into Scottish politics, gaining 26.1 percent of the vote.
- Who
- Labour and SNP
- What
- A by-election
- When
- Friday
- Where
- Scotland
- Why
- To fill the vacancy after the death of Christina McKelvie
- Winning Party
- Labour
- Labour Votes
- 8,559
- SNP Votes
- 7,957
- Labour Vote Share
- 31.6 percent
- Reform UK Vote Share
- 26.1 percent