The Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by-election is a surprise win for Labour - giving the party a much needed boost with eleven months to the full Scottish Parliament vote. But the other big winner was Reform UK who finished third behind the SNP.

Davy Russell won the Hamilton by-election despite Scotland's First Minister John Swinney having declared the contest was a "two horse race" between the SNP and Nigel Farage's Reform UK

Labour’s victory over both the SNP and Reform UK in Hamilton comes as a major boost to Keir Starmer and Scottish party leader Anas Sarwar.There is a sense of surprise and relief inside Labour at the unexpected by-election result,