Tory Borders MP John Lamont MP claimed it showed the Labour party had lost communities across the UK.
He said: Just like we have seen over the past 20 years in Scotland, Labour have taken communities for granted across the UK and are paying for it at the ballot box. Voters want politicians to focus on their priorities. The Labour Party are completely out of touch with them. The people of Hartlepool see the UK Government delivering on the issues that matter, like the world-leading vaccine rollout, protecting jobs through the furlough scheme, and seeing the UK strike trade deals with our allies around the world.
They got a very robust response. They then asked me about hate crime laws and being able to say things in their own home. I told them to say whatever they want in their own home but don t be a homophobe, a transphobe, Islamophobe, antisemite or a racist.
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5 They didn t have much of an answer. They were directing questions to me about Pakistan obviously because of the colour of my skin. My home is in Scotland.
I was delighted to be joined by colleagues right across the political parties including Labour and other parties standing in unity with me.
I m pleased their voices were drowned out.
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Both the Scottish Conservatives and the SNP saw their votes increase, while Scottish Labour took a hit in the constituency, with candidate Katie Pagnell winning only 6,759 votes.
Former Scottish Conservative Leader Jackson Carlaw held on to his seat in Eastwood.
Turnout in the constituency was one of the highest in Scotland, at 76.2 per cent.
Professor Nicola McEwen, professor of territorial politics at Edinburgh University, told the BBC the loss of the Eastwood seat suggested the SNP may not get their much sought-after majority of 65 seats.
She said: “It is looking perhaps less likely now than it was at the start of this when we were thinking about the gains that they could make.
SNP – 17501 (52.8%, +1)
Conservative - 3688 (11.1%, -2.9)
Nicola Sturgeon meets people among the crowd in Glasgow s George Square for a pro-independence rally (Picture: John Devlin)
Lib Dem - 1063 (3.2%, -0.6)
Glasgow Cathcart – SNP Hold
Labour – 11,332 (29.7%, +7.5%)
Conservative – 4,041 (10.6%, -4.1%)
Lib Dem – 1,051 (-2.8%, -2.8%
Glasgow Kelvin – SNP hold
Kaukab Stewart (SNP) 14,535 (40.33%, +1.78%)
Patrick Harvie (Green) 9,077 (25.18%, +0.87%)
Pam Duncan-Glancy (Lab) 8,605 (23.87%, +2.89%)
Grahame Cannell (C) 2,850 (7.91%, -3.86%)
David McKenzie (LD) 977 (2.71%, -0.98%)
Glasgow Maryhill & Springburn – SNP HoldBob Doris re-elected MSP with 16,428 votes.
SNP - 16428 (59%, +3.4)
First Minister and SNP party leader Nicola Sturgeon. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire
Scottish Labour won 4,766 votes in the seat, while the Liberal Democrats took just 808, with a turnout of 68 per cent of the electorate.
Earlier on Friday, Paul McLennan won 17,968 votes in the East Lothian seat, which was held by former Labour leader Iain Gray until his retirement this year.
Mr Gray boasted a majority of 1,127, but after a 2.58 per cent swing that has now shifted to a 1,179-vote lead for the SNP.
Scottish Labour candidate Martin Whitfield won 16,789 votes with a turnout of 69 per cent.
In the last parliamentary term, the SNP held 63 seats, just two shy of an overall majority.