Candidate katie loudon, who came second. Thats a swing from snp to labourof snp to labour of slightly more than 20 . The scottish Labour Leader says that the results show that Scottish Politics has fundamentally changed. This comes after the removal of snp mp Margaret Ferrier who was removed after breaking coronavirus rules. Michael shanks, Scottish Labour Party, 17,831. This was a stunning victory widely forecast but not with a win and a swing as big as this. Its time for change. That change cant come fast enough but one thing is now clear, there is no part of this country where labour cant win. Winning hamilton and Rutherglen West doubles the number of seats labour has in scotland from one to two. Small numbers but the party has big ambitions ahead. Its an extraordinary win and i think this is a seismic night here in scotland and a historic one and i think Scottish Politics has fundamentally changed and i think people in rutherglen and Hamilton West have sent a very clear message tha