Counting under way in Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election
The seat is seen as a straight fight between the SNP and Labour
Polls have closed in the crucial Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election, with a result expected in the early hours of Friday.
Labour are confident of taking the seat from the SNP, but the margin of victory if that happens will be keenly examined ahead of the looming General Election.
The seat is seen as a straight fight between the SNP and Labour
Polls have closed in the crucial Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election, with a result expected in the early hours of Friday.
Labour are confident of taking the seat from the SNP, but the margin of victory if that happens will be keenly examined ahead of the looming General Election.
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00:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:04 Hi, I'm Rachel Aimery, and I'm the Scotsman's Political
00:06 Correspondent.
00:07 And I'm here in Hamilton, where the election
00:09 count for the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election
00:11 is now underway.
00:12 It's quite busy, as you can see.
00:13 We haven't got any results yet.
00:14 It'll still be a wee while before we actually
00:16 get any results through the door.
00:18 But we're hearing quite good news from Scottish Labour.
00:20 They're seeming quite buoyant, quite happy
00:21 about how things are going.
00:23 SNP, not quite so much.
00:24 They're still a wee bit despondent.
00:25 But it's definitely a straight fight between the two of them.
00:27 And we'll soon see in a couple of hours who wins.
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