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Hamilton by-election results: Labour defeats SNP and Reform
Labour is to hold a rally in Hamilton on Friday morning following it's shock by election win.
Anas Sarwar is to appear alongside his new MSP Davy Russell, who won a tight three-way contest ahead of Reform and the SNP.
John Swinney, the First Minister, is likely to face more difficult questions over his party's defeat. It is not clear whether the first minister, who has been a regular visitor to Hamilton over recent weeks, will stage his own event.
Labour won a stunning victory in the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by-election after a shock collapse in the SNP vote.
Davy Russell emerged victorious in a narrow three-way race in which Reform also came within fewer than 1,500 votes of taking its first ever Holyrood seat.
Labour were 11/1 outsiders to claim victory with the SNP 1/10 odds-on favourites when polls opened. John Swinney, the SNP first minister, had repeatedly dismissed Labour's chances and insisted the contest was between his party and Reform.
