Reform UK recorded their best ever parliamentary election result in Scotland - with a 26% share of the vote.

The by-election for the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse seat came after polls showed a surge in support for Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party in Scotland.

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,